The M8

[telenous]

This is one beautiful camera. Well done Leica and well done Jorge for this first!

 

[Joerg]

Looks like a cross between M5 and R9😱

😉

Ciao

Joerg

 

[B_Algood]

Thanks Jorge, looks real Nice, I'll have to start saving more $$$ for this...

 

[John Camp]

Terrific-looking camera. Very clean. Of course, Jorge's spy is now being led into a dank little dungeon in Solms...

Is the screen recessed? It's hard to tell, but it appears to be, because the selector switch seems to sit out from it.

Is there any text with it?

JC

 

[jano]

the blue dot scares me. 😀

We are Zeiss. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

 

[Rich Silfver]

Looks great...still so many questions...

 

[humanized_form]

when i first looked at this thread there were some specs/details accompanying the picture, but now i can't find them, are the specs still available somewhere on the site?

 

[Parkes Owen]

finally, a REAL digital camera!!! looks awsome, I reeeeeaally need (want) this thing 😀

 

[Ted Witcher]

Great. Nose-grease on the damn screen on yet another camera.

 

[humanized_form]

i think the buttons on the left say "play" , "delete", i can't quite read the third one and "set." the button on the right is "menu" i think. the slot on the left is maybe for the SD card?

i was kinda hoping for exposure compensation around the shutter dial, but it looks like that stuff is probably menu driven. hopefully it's a good interface.

 

[pachuco]

That is great! Can't wait to see more 🙂

 

[Nemo]

Could anyone repeat those specifications here?

 

[Chris Lynch]

yeah, one of the biggest ?'s i have is battery life...

 

[jlw]

Maybe it's just JPEG compression, but doesn't the perspective of the M8 nameplate look a little "off"? And the lens-release button on the front view, and the knurling around the edge of the four-way controller on the back view, appear to be lit from the bottom, which is a bit unusual (unless they photographed the camera on a backlit copystand or on top of a glass display case.)

I'm not questioning the veracity of Jorge's source, just noting that we're still seeing a pretty darn compressed photo here.

Anyone want to make a guess as to the purpose of the little blue dot seen above and to the left of the Leica "red dot" in the front view? It looks a bit retouched, but again, that could just be JPEG compression. I'm thinking maybe white-balance sensor...?

 

[ywenz]

Wha? No engravings on the top plate?

J|W: The lens release is lit from the bottom. The focus tab is also lit from the bottom. Looks legit to me

 

[Rich Silfver]

I was surprised to see a chrome M8 in the first photo. I had read somewhere that only black bodies were going to be released initially. Did anyone else read the same or did I have some day-dreaming experience again?

 

[jlw]

i think the buttons on the left say "play" , "delete", i can't quite read the third one and "set." the button on the right is "menu" i think. the slot on the left is maybe for the SD card?

The upper-right button says "MENU," the top two left buttons say "PLAY" and "DELETE", and the bottom two say "INFO" and "SET." I can't read the middle one. It looks as if it says "TROUBLE", but let's hope not!

 

[Rich Silfver]

Wha? No engravings on the top plate?

That will be through the M8 A la carte program 🙂

 

[Nemo]

the back looks kind of cramped on the right side where the arrow buttons are. that's where my palm would rest.

Right.

Would anyone send to me the original photos of the chrome version? (just to see).

Specifications, please?

 

[akptc]

What is that akward-looking blue dot near the top of the red Leica dot? ...😀

It's probably autofocus... 😱