Your advice: is a 10 year old digital Leica still worth buying in 2020?

[Jeru]

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After months of watching reviews on YT and reading online, my mind is set on buying a Leica. 
My budget is max. $500. Which buys me a D Lux 4,5,6 or typ 109 or a X1 or (if I am lucky) a X2.

I really would like a small(ish) camera. For my job I use a Canon DSLR, so the Leica is the one I would
like to carry around with me. Don't care for video. Don't care for wifi and other new stuff. Don't need
to print billboardsizes. I just want a simple well built camera with an analogue feel. I don't want a pocket sized
computer that takes pictures.

From what I understand the image quality for the D Lux 4-6 is basically the same, is this true?
Does the D lux 4 for example still hold up today? 

I know the D Lux line is internally the same as the Panasonic ones, but with better jpeg output and colour rendering.
Is de X series more analogue in use? I would really appreciate some feedback and advice...


 

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[jaapv]

Get an X2 and enjoy.... AF is a bit slow, but for the rest it holds its own against modern cameras. 

[wda]

A hot contender would be the D Lux Typ. 109 if your budget would reach. More versatile. More modern. Greater chance  of  spares, if ever needed. Excellent performer.

[Jeru]

Thanks!

I am leaning towards de 109 indeed. I almost never shoot RAW, and I read the X2 has issues with in camera jpeg conversion?