The M8

[erikhaugsby]

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

add.: And I'd love to see what is on the other 6 pages of the report...😀

 

[ghost]

might be white balance...which are usually white, so i dunno.

 

[Harry Lime]

Anyone want to guess what the little blue lens (dot) above the red dot does? Flashmeter? Color temperature sensor? Part of the exposure meter?

Very, very cool.

 

[Rich Silfver]

Zanydave, instead of downloading the photo from here and posting it over on the Leica User Forum you could have just provided the link to this thread instead....

 

[Harry Lime]

Don't go there. Remember what happened to the M5?

It does look very Leicaesque.

😉

Cheers,

HL

 

[erikhaugsby]

In order to achieve a silent advance of the shutter, a rubberized silencing friction wheel was placed in the first gear step.

I do hope that the rubber on the wheel won't strip easily and render the shutter useless...that might become one costly replacement part.

 

[ERV]

The blue dot is for the Cosina/ Zeiss collaboration. 😀

 

[John Robertson]

Sorry still no sale here!

 

[Harry Lime]

Thanks Jorge! If you need bail money for those industrial espionage charges , give us a heads up and we'll take up a collection.
😀

 

[rogue_designer]

Now they just need to make a 28 1.4, and a 40 1.0 and 1.4 so I can have my 35-50 low light kit back. 😀

Man I need to win the lotto.

 

[Trius]

Where will I put my thumb? 😀

Looks gorgeous. Camera reliability & company survivability are the open questions. Along with affordability, of course.

 

[zanydave]

Rich, Your treating this as tho it's some sort of espionage. Stay cool, no harm was intended. It's something we are all excited about.

Dave

 

[Rich Silfver]

Rich, Your treating this as tho it's some sort of espionage. Stay cool, no harm was intended. It's something we are all excited about.

Dave

Nah, I just thought it was pretty low form of you to download the photo and post it on another site a) without any credit to RFF and b) especially since Jorge had said here that it was only available to registered RFF members.

Just my thoughts.

 

[humanized_form]

OH YES! that is so beautiful.

 

[zanydave]

Rich, as i said i'm not going to be dragged into it. Get a life. It's only a camera.

 

[ghost]

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

dave, just say "sorry, i should have credited jorge" and be done with it. unless you already have.

 

[Matthew]

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

add.: And I'd love to see what is on the other 6 pages of the report...😀

It probably is white balance and I imagine it is less blue in reality (at least in most lighting conditions) than in the product illustration.

Overall it looks great! I was excited before seeing the photos and now I'm even more so. And we're getting an alternative to the 28 Summicron, as well as a wide Tr-Elmar.

Not that I expect anyone to answer, but I wonder who violated their NDA in letting this document see the public light of day.

 

[rogue_designer]

I thought perhaps the blue dot was a subliminal mind control emitter...

"you will want one... you will take out another mortgage... you will go to debtors prison, but you will take beautiful pictures of it..."

😀

It could also be an emitter/sensor, like for a wireless remote, or flash unit. But I have been very very wrong before.

 

[MP Guy]

If anyone downloaded the previous image and is showing it somewhere, please replace it with the one I just posted. I ask this as a favor from the members.

 

[JohnM]

Very nice - clean looking. I'm impressed.

On a semi-related note, one of my kidneys is now for sale in the classifieds.