The M8

[Matthew]

Are you breaking a known embargo? Sorry Jorge, but I hope that is not the case. What gives you the right to plan Leica's publicity? So who is your snitch?

As Jorge is not under an NDA (as far as I am aware) he has every right to show photos of as yet announced products. It's called investigative journalism. It's not like he's gotten a camera to write a review on the promise that it won't be published until after a certain date and he's violated that promise.

 

[Nachkebia]

Magic is back how sweet, now we have a silver beauty I like silver more, perheps because I don`t see back side of it

 

[usccharles]

which way you thing the shutter wheel is going to turn?? M6 classic way or M6 TTL way?? looks like from the big wheel, it will be M6TTL way? i like that way better

 

[MP Guy]

I just got off the phone with a very reputable dealer in NY. This person has handled th M8 and had to sign a NDA regarding it. I asked him to validate weather the photos I have up are like the camera he handled. He said he does not dispute the photos but could not give me anymore info for now.

 

[Nachkebia]

Jorge Torralba : Well, I think every mocuped M7 and MP with some digital stuff on it will look like the one he handled, don`t you agree?

 

[John Camp]

I removed these photos until I double confirmed their authenticity. Several east coast dealers have confirmed to me that this is the photo they have seen. Although they may look like PS work, they confirm its what they know to exist.

Good enough for me.

JC

 

[humanized_form]

hmmm....

hmmm....

it seems odd that Leica haven't deleted the M8 threads from their official online forums. kind of makes me wonder if this could be an authorized leak of some sort? certainly has generated some hype.

 

[nrb]

It looks nice but not quite as nice as when it will be available for sale.

 

[trph_2000]

What is so hard to believe about the picture? Just go to the
Leica site and look at pics of the old Digilux -2. A Leica M-based
dig RF will emphasize simplicity (at least I hope so). I hope the real thing looks
like Jorge's picture.

 

[Ben Z]

I've seen inside the top plate of an M7 and where that blue cell is in the photo there's no room for anything inside behind it. Maybe it's a decorative jewel

 

[rvaubel]

I just got off the phone with a very reputable dealer in NY. This person has handled th M8 and had to sign a NDA regarding it. I asked him to validate weather the photos I have ......

If you sign and NDA the only admissable comment is "no comment". Any confirmation or denial of anything, is a violation of your NDA.

Rex

 

[lushd]

After literally hours on the internet I have at last come up with a picture of the M8 that is authentic beyond doubt. Just follow this link and don't worry about the disguise

 

[rvaubel]

Paparazzi style of journalism ... is that the future direction of this forum

What Jorge is doing is totally legitimate. All's fair in love or war...or journalism!
Violating NDAs is a contractual matter between the signer's and Leica.

A society based on the principle of free speech necessarily dictates that people can be rude without being unlawful. Jorge is being neither.

Bring it on, Jorge!

Rex

 

[Marc-A.]

Paparazzi style of journalism? I can’t believe it.
There were sarcastic sceptics about the credibility of the pictures, now there are judges of Jorge’s morality! Everybody on RFF and a lot of users of other sites are waiting for the new M8, even if they won’t buy it for a reason or another (personally, I won’t; no money and not interested in digital). We are lucky that the administrator of this site, without whom there wouldn’t be any RFF, tries to collect information on new stuffs in the small RF world, and shares with us what he gets.
Enough of misplaced sarcasm and whining. If you don’t want to know the sex of the baby, just turn a deaf ear!
Marc

 

[visiondr]

Marc, you are right on! Here, Here. Jorge, keep up the good work. As a former journalist, I applaud your effort to inform us.

Ron

 

[Bully]

Hello Jorge,

we want you to know, that your work is well done and we hope to see more information of the upcoming M8 from you in the near future.

Go on with your work, it is very well done!

Greetings
Bully

 

[Skinny McGee]

M8 long time a comin'

M8 long time a comin'

Hell, it will be obsolete by the time they get it out..

 

[jaapv]

Thanks Jorge! let's hope it is accurate as that is a camera after my heart!

 

[dadsm3]

Thanks Jorge.....great scoop. I think a lot of the negative comments are motivated by jealousy that this forum made the headlines and established itself as the pre-eminent RF forum......just read the other forums, they can't even hide their envy. The balance of the nastiness seems to come from anti-Leicaphiles that can't bear the fact Leica may be re-establishing itself, and somehow relegating their brand new plastic DSLR's to the second tier....some on other forums have called the design "embarrassing", "ugly", and "simplistic"......talk about sour grapes!
I thought I would never go digital, but that chrome one is just about the prettiest thing I've ever seen.....

 

[Simon Larbalestier]

You use your left eye at the viewfinder???? Am I missing something here??? How many of photogs like you are out there with Leica Rangefinders who use their left eyes?

Mark
errr me

left handed left footed and left eyed.........