11/1/2023 0 Comments Roger deakins leica![]() I had my M3 film camera for comparison and the M8, while definitely way more modern, did feel like a Leica M. My first impressions of the M8 back in 2010 was that it handled like an M camera. The lowest price did! Though I must say the M8 does look beautiful in silver/chrome but I don’t really want my camera to look like jewelry, especially if I’m going to use it. The choice of color didn’t have anything to do with my purchase. ![]() I’d probably have done better with a black model which would be more stealthy for street photography. Now it wasn’t really that I wanted the M8 in silver, though it looks very beautiful in this finish. I happened to have the money but as always I had to bite hard when anything is over $500! But I did bite and soon I was in possession of a beautiful silver/chrome M8. I found it in an ad in one of the forums. So I found what was a good deal at the time, a near new M8 for $2000 USD. My first picture with the Leica M8! It was certainly “Dream Time” for me in 2010 when the Leica M8 arrived in the house! □ creeping in again □ “Dream Time” February 2010. Never mind that I already had the Epson R-D1 since 2006! It was G.A.S. ![]() Now the M9 had been introduced in the fall of 2009 but as is usually the case I almost never buy anything new and especially that pricey, so the M8 was really my only option for a digital Leica M. My main digital SLR at the time was the Nikon D3 which I loved but I kept reading all these great things about the M8. The digital cameras from the year 2007 and up were really taking things up several notches. I read, I digest, I research for myself if I’m especially interested in something and I find out for myself what the truth is.Īnd so ten years ago in 2010 my interest in the M8 was very high. Part of the reason I don’t get involved in the threads is that there are so many knowledgeable posters there, what I am going to say to them? □ I’ve learned a lot on these forums over the years going all the way back to the mid 1990s! The M8.2 has a reduced top shutter of 1/4000.įor those of you who enjoy a more “dynamic” experience, here’s our accompanying YouTube video on the M8:Īs I’ve mentioned many times here, I was and to some degree still am a frequent reader of photography form threads (though not as much these days) but I’m more of a lurker than a contributor. The M8 was updated in 2008 with a newer model called the M8.2 which apparently has an improved and quieter shutter as well as more accurate frame lines and a sapphire lcd cover which is reportedly more scratch resistant. The M8 has a shutter speed of 1/8 to 1/8000 and has aperture priority and manual mode. The sensor is an APS-H sensor with a crop factor of 1.3x. The M8 features a 10.3 megapixel sensor made by Kodak. The world’s first digital rangefinder is the Epson R-D1 introduced in 2004. It is their first digital rangefinder model but not the world’s first digital rangefinder. The Leica M8 was introduced in 2006 by Leica Camera AG of Germany. Today I would like to give you the pros and cons of this camera. The Leica M8 is one of the few that I still enjoy using. Good day you war torn camera geeks! There have been few digital cameras that I return to again and again.
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