Leica M8

Review summary: Casually buying the 10-megapixel M8.2 digital rangefinder is out of the question unless you're seriously loaded. It's not perfect but, in the niche that it occupies, it provides incomparable quality, both in terms of its build and finish, and its ...

Pros: Excellent picture quality ; unparalleled build and finish ; smallish size

Cons: Infrared sensitivity under (mainly) incandescent lighting ; superfluous snapshot mode ; very expensive

Verdict: The Leica M8.2 is a welcome, if very pricey, upgrade to the M8, and makes excellent use of the legions of Leica M lenses in existence. While dSLRs may be more versatile overall, the M8.2 provides incomparable quality in the niche it occupies

Review summary: Perhaps no other camera brand has the same rich heritage as Leica, and the M8.2 can trace its roots back to the first 35mm film models. Like the M8 before it, the updated M8.2 is based on the legendary 35mm coupled rangefinder M range, but due to a ...

Verdict: Then there's the weak IR cover glass over the sensor. We saw magenta-tinged skin tones under incandescent lighting along with colour shifts caused by infrared reflectance from mainly black-coloured synthetic fabrics. This can be corrected using an UV ...

Review summary: Leica has a unique camera on its hands with the M8.2.

Award: TIPA Award!

Review summary: The Leica M8.2 digital rangefinder camera is a significant development of the M8 predecessor. The new snapshot mode "S" is intended for use in reportage conditions, controlling the key features automatically, such as exposure, ISO speed setting and ...