WHAT. THE. FRAK !!!!!!!!!
Steve Huff Review of the Leica X (Typ 113)
Einen Trost gibts ja: die X-E sieht IMHO sowieso am Schönsten aus von den aktuellen X Kameras.
Und am billigsten ist sie auch noch. 
Steve Huff Review of the Leica X (Typ 113)
Ich dachte ja erst, das liegt daran, das die X die relative Blende angibt, statt der absoluten. Aber anscheinend ist das wirklich der Fall, das die eine offene Blende einfach nicht zulassen, wenn man nah fokussiert.Frustration was kicking in as I was manually setting the aperture to f/1.7 using the MANUAL dials yet when I went to shoot an image the camera would change the aperture electronically to 2.5 or 2.8, even when the dial said 1.7! I thought it was a glitch, a firmware issue… but nope, I soon found out that this was done purposely by Leica!
What has been said is that this lens is not so good at close focus wide open when it does to image quality..meaning, the IQ suffers when shooting close wide open. So if you try to shoot wide open, for a head and shoulders portrait for example, you will not be able to. You lose that extra shallow DOF ability and what you get is VERY similar to what you would get from an X2. In fact, for 90% of my use the camera always went to f/2.5 or f/2.8. Why would I want to shoot a landscape at f/1.7? Close to mid focus distance will get you f/2.2 to f/2.8. Leica should have said this was a “Variable Aperture” lens as this is what it acts like I am sad to say.
Out of 100 images during my testing the camera shot around 4 or 5 at f/1.7 – the rest were between f/2.2 to f2.8. For me this negates the whole reason for the faster lens!! I mean, I may as well have been shooting with an X2! It is smaller, has no lens quirks and offers the same good looks and can be found for less money.
For me, if a lens is advertised as an f/1.7 lens it should shoot at f/1.7 when you want it to, not when IT wants to. No Leica should override your manual settings, period.

Einen Trost gibts ja: die X-E sieht IMHO sowieso am Schönsten aus von den aktuellen X Kameras.

