Leica M8 10.3MP Digital Rangefinder Camera Review

Long before the SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera came along, the rangefinder camera was the norm. Between the 1930's and the 1970's, almost all 35mm images were captured with a rangefinder.

The great photojournalists from the "golden age" of photography, such as Robert Capa, Larry Burrows, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Alfred Eisenstadt, preferred having the rangefinder camera in their arsenal, rather than the alternative options available.

So with the introduction of the versatile SLR camera, why do so many photographers choose to still use rangefinders? Because there are still those that believe the rangefinder is the one tool that still offers honest and simple photography in a world where auto-everything is taking over. Now however SLR camera lovers can have their cake and eat it too as the Leica M system is ready to combine the rangefinder with professional digital photography.

The amazing LEICA M8 Digital Rangefinder Camera not only looks like an SLR camera, it incorporates the many SLR benefits resulting in unique yet sophisticated digital photography. Benefits such as image precision, photo speed, and quiet performance.

What's wonderful about the LEICA M8 Digital Rangefinder Camera is that it is fully compatible with most all of the Leica SLR "M" (mounted) lenses. Combine this with the low-noise CCD image sensor equipped with 10.3 megapixels resolution and all the wonderful controls and functions of a digital SLR camera, and you are left with a compact lens design that guarantees superlative photographic quality.

The LEICA M8 Digital Rangefinder Camera is the first timeless rangefinder digital camera to be "Made in Germany". Amazingly new and yet still a true blue Leica.