The M8

[Mark Norton]

A waste of everyone's time. Of course the camera is going to look something like this but I expect Leica binned this "design study" 2 years ago. The devil is in the detail and this blury mess doesn't have it.

The original product announcement memo - 28 f2.8, Tri-Elmar, Universal Finder, added credibility but Jorge and his pals have lost all theirs.

 

[Magus]

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[ywenz]

No PC Sync cord? WTF?

 

[Magus]

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[kbg32]

Where will I put my thumb? 😀

Yes, that's important. They could have taken some ergonomic syling points from Panansonic and included a little "hump" on the back for your thumb.

Jury is still out until I hold one.

 

[ywenz]

Yes, that's important. They could have taken some ergonomic syling points from Panansonic and included a little "hump" on the back for your thumb.

Jury is still out until I hold one.

I will sell a kneadable clay that you can stick to the back of the M8 for this purpose. I'll call it the "Slay".

 

[rsh]

Nice to see thr M8.

 

[FrankS]

For all those who think this is a fake image: Jorge has stated that he himself took the photographs of this camera. I've got to believe him.

 

[John Shriver]

Doesn't look exactly like the one I saw in the flesh. I don't remember seeing any "compass rose" button on the lower right rear. I also think the top was flat (no step), and the control around the shutter button was chrome. There was no red dot on the one I saw, either. So this may indeed be a careful fake.

I didn't get much of a chance to really look at the camera, it was in someone else's hands, and he couldn't talk about it...

I can't imagine that the review units would be different from the production units.

 

[Nachkebia]

FrankS : Did he paint those fake shadows too? 😀 😀

 

[rsh]

M8

M8

Nice to see the M8.

 

[Gib]

John,

The photos don't seem to show either a rewind knob or a film advance lever. Were those absent from the M8 you saw?

 

[Magus]

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[FrankS]

Ouch, Magus!

It'll be interesting to see what happens on this. Maybe Jorge can respond to this question.

 

[Matthew]

Perhaps Jorge has better search engine chops than I do, because other than this site and the Leica users forum (which got the image from here) I can't seem to find these images "floating around the internet" anywhere.

Some of this doubt as to authenticity could be solved by posting a link to the site where they can from in the first place.

 

[Iansky]

Looks good to me - especially if they keep it in the traditional Leica Rangefinder style otherwise it could be a damp squid!!

Can't afford the Mk 1, so will have to wait for the next variant then hopefully get a Mk 1 "cheap???".

In the meantime I will stick with my M6TTL and Konica Hexar RF - Don't know about the rest, but I have heard that Leica UK are charging over £60.00 to convert existing lenses for M8 use!!!!

 

[Nemo]

...so Leica is the culprit...
:angel:

 

[Matthew]

In regards to how this image got out and who might have leaked it: It is possible that different versions of the same pdf from which this originally came were circulated (it's too bad the whole page image isn't up anymore...), each with slightly different information. That way if and when information gets out it can be more accurately tracked. I know Apple is in the habit of giving different code names to the same project when in the development stage for just that reason. Don't know if Leica is that tight-lipped.

 

[Nachkebia]

What the heck is this then? 🙂 normaly they don`t put logos like this 🙂

Look at the color jpg artefacts around the logo, this is funny 🙂

 

[Marc-A.]

Maybe it's the true M8 maybe not. If it's not, Jorge will owe us some explanations, and maybe an apology. If it is, the sceptics would have made fools of them!
But here's a thought: the sceptics say "no way it can't be it 'cause (1) it's not the dreamy M8 we're expecting (2) nobody outside Leitz can have any preview picture before it's officially released".
On the first point, I think the sceptics expect too much of the new Leica! It's only a camera, remember, not a magical tool coming outta fairy tale.
On the second point, Leitz is not MacDouglas, and neither the Pentagon nor the CIA ... and even with the Pentagon and the CIA, there are a lot of leaks! It's only a camera, remember, not the top secret atomic weapon.
So I think there's no reason to be sarcastic before the M8 is official released.
Best,
Marc