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Leica M8: Looking back on Leica’s first digital M

Leica Jean Perenet -
...quirk, was that the sensor was not full-frame and therefore standard M lenses, intended for the 35mm format, adopted a longer focal length on the M8. The M8 used an...

Zambia with the Leica M8: Cropped CCD sensor still produces the goods

Leica Richard Alton -
The Charcoal Carrier. All photographs in this article by Richard Alton. Mike’s recent article about the M8 set me thinking. I bought mine in 2013, with about 500 frames ‘on...

Leica M8: Tanning for 2,000 years and a much missed digital M 

Leica Paul Glendell -
Cleaning the de-hairing machine My first digital Leica camera was an M8 and one of the first projects I undertook with it was to photograph Baker’s tannery in Devon back...

£1,200 for a second-hand Leica M8 or choose the Lego version

Leica Mike Evans -
Superceded it might have been, but Leica’s 2006 M8 range-finder digital camera is still one of the best. Especially if, like this example, it’s made entirely from Lego pieces. It...

WATE and the Frankenfinder: A journey with the wide-angle Tri-Elmar and the Leica M8

Leica Gordon Brown -
...were taken with an M8, and a Leica Universal Wide-angle Viewfinder for M System, commonly known as the Frankenfinder. Jörg-Peter wrote about the Frankenfinder and other Leica viewfinders in a...

Around Japan in 2008 with the Leica M8

Feature Articles Richard Scott -
...M8 50mm Summicron Roof detail Nishi-Hongwan-Ji Nishi-Hongwan-Ji, Leica M8 50mm Summicron Stone lantern storage Ryoan-ji temple, Leica M8 50mm Summicron Kinkaku-ji temple, Leica M8 50mm Summicron The two main religions...

Leica M8 in Japan: A very different culture, a groundbreaking digital camera

Feature Articles Richard Scott -
...Leica M8 28mm Voigtlaender 1.9 Tsukiji tuna auction, Leica M8 50mm early rigid Summicron Tsukiji tuna auction, Leica M8 50mm early rigid Summicron Tsukiji tuna auction, Leica M8 50mm early...

Leica M Digital at Ten: Remembering the M8

Leica Mike Evans -
...Leica had dabbled rather unsuccessful in the digital world before, but in September 2006 it announced the M8 — the progenitor of the latest M10. The M8 wasn’t my first Leica...

Leica M Digitals: The lengthening timeline

Leica Mike Evans -
...a marketing ploy we will have to continue to live with. More reading on Macfilos Leica M8 Leica M9 Leica M240 Leica M10 Leica M10-D Leica M10-P Leica M10-R Leica...

Leica M: Ten years of digital and some special offers

Leica Mike Evans -
Ten years since the introduction of the M8; it doesn’t seem possible. But it’s true. Since 2006 we’ve had the M8, M9 and the M in its many guises. Currently...

Japan: A Very Different Culture

Feature Articles Richard Scott -
...the original plans are followed. Traditional house in central Takayama – Leica M8, 28 mm Voigtländer f1.9 Vacationers in an old Takayma street – Leica M8, 28 mm Voigtlander f/1.9...

Mykonos in monochrome with Sony’s A7II, Leica’s 50mm Summilux and Ricoh’s little GR

Leica Mike Evans -
...returned to Athens after quiet early-season foray to the beautiful Aegean island of Mykonos. I met some new photographer friends, Vlassis and Kostas, and found the first Leica M8 I’ve...
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