Are the M8 Pictures real?

I would just refer to an African Grey parrot named... dunno... Sparky who tells everything about the new camera:)

On a more normal side... I don't think Leica could possibly complain about how much happiness and drooling is going on accross the net from these pics. I know I am excited... and I was NOT someone who was really thinking of it before these leaks and the pics confirming them. However... these sure look like the conceptual drawing I seen quite a while back in an online newsletter. Have to see.
 
Surely the new MD or M8 will look like these pictures.
Leica, however, won't stand for anything less than a full frame sensor, at least not to stay behind Canon 5D and 1D mk II, or Sony's coming alpha 1.
 
No Jorge, I am not that person but I do think it is ridiculous that you are pursuing the idea of coding lenses. There are lots of risks which you don't seem to recognise and little up-side.

As regards your mole, are you paying them for the information?
 
Mark,

I understand there are other risks involved which is why I still have not purchased the machine. I have a sample which I will post a picture of but it needs to go back because it has failed a machine test. I will follow up on that later.

Oh, I try not to pay for anything if I can :) So, no. I have not paid for any information. And as another thread points out those images have been out for a while already.
 
jan contermans said:
The foto's of the M8 wich caused such a stirr a defenitely not real.
These fotos are for some time on a French Leica site;
http://www.summilux.net/m_system/m8.html

There it is stated that these foto's are not defetitive.

A pity, because a think it is a real prtty "weniger is mehr" design.
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Thanks 'jan' for joining today to make this same post in two threads.
I asked some question about your 'find' here: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27576
 
Ok Ok Ok! Maybe it isn't the M8... Maybe Leica has taken so long to put it out that it is a "ZORKI" That right folks, you heard it here first...Late breaking news. The Russians were able to get the plans from the Leica factory in WW11.(Because that is how long it seems that have been working on the stupid thing) ,, and were able to put out a copy of a camera that (may or may not exsist).. sneaky little devils... So with the truth out now. everyone can rest easy.. I am sure that the new "Zorki" will be fractions less than what Leica would have put on their so called M8. So keep your eyes out on the BAY.
 
jan contermans said:
The foto's of the M8 wich caused such a stirr a defenitely not real.
These fotos are for some time on a French Leica site;
http://www.summilux.net/m_system/m8.html

There it is stated that these foto's are not defetitive.

A pity, because a think it is a real prtty "weniger is mehr" design.
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I haven’t seen your post yesterday, otherwise I would have replied immediately. This is my reply as I posted it on your thread:

What is a shame is that you spread complete false information!:mad:
The pictures of the M8 are on this site because I – yes I – opened a thread on Summilux.net about the M8 with a link to RFF. The “non definitive” mention refers to the fact they are not yet official; it does not mean they are fake.
Read the thread on summiluxM8
And be more cautious next time!


errare humanum est, I guess.
 
Marc-A. said:
...The pictures of the M8 are on this site because I – yes I – opened a thread on Summilux.net about the M8 with a link to RFF...
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OK Marc, désolé de vous ennuyer mon ami, but you don't say where you've found out the picture posted on Summilux.net.
My feeling is you have copied it from the one deleted by Jorge here.
Any comment?
Best,
LCT
 
LCT said:
OK Marc, désolé de vous ennuyer mon ami, but you don't say where you've found out the picture posted on Summilux.net.
My feeling is you have copied it from the one deleted by Jorge here.
Any comment?
Best,
LCT
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Hi LCT,
On the thread (see my second message, #3) I say that the pictures came from RFF and I put the link to RFF. The pictures come from Jorge’s first post, and I just had to crop them to fit the thread. I haven’t deleted them when Jorge did, as it was a little bit difficult for me to follow the flow of information. Other members posted the same pictures as me, as you know it goes fast on internet these days (in French, we call it “le telephone arabe” … but internet is much quicker). But I have nothing to do with the pictures on the front page of Summilux.net (I’m not the administrator); everyone on Summilux.net knows where they come from.
Best,
Marc
 
I hesitate to get involved in this discussion, because it seems to have aroused extraordinary passions amongst some of the participants on the forum, but i'm afraid i fail to understand why individuals whose only connection with Leica is that they currently own, or plan to own, one or more of the company's products, feel that they must somehow take on the mantle of Leica's 'avenging angels'.

Jorge published some images for those who were interested. They spread around the internet. Such things happen. In fact, as others have stated, the company in question often wants it to happen in advance of a launch (i'm not stating categorically that that is the case here).

Otherwise, i find the psychology of the 'guardian angels' more interesting than the images themselves. I mean, what possible harm can the images do at this late stage? Especially as there is no guarantee whatsoever as to their eventual accuracy.

Regards! //mani
 
Marc-A. said:
...The pictures come from Jorge's first post, and I just had to crop them to fit the thread. I haven't deleted them when Jorge did, as it was a little bit difficult for me to follow the flow of information....
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Yes that is what i guessed, thanks for clarification. :)
 
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