I bought my Leica M8 used in 2012. After dabbling in all sorts of digital cameras - Nikon, Fuji, and Olympus — I was looking to replicate the joy of my old Leica M4-2 so I final...
6 December, 2019
Leica M8 – A Year with an Ageing Digital Rangefinder – By Rui Hu
The Leica M8 was the first digital Leica I've ever shot with, and was also the most film-like digital camera I've ever used. I fell in love with a camera for the first time, and...
30 October, 2019
5 frames with 5 Leicas – by Per Wilhelmsson
I am honored to be a guest blogger on 35mmc - a blog/webpage that I have been reading for quite some time. When I got the question if I could make a post, I thought of what I sh...
30 December, 2018
5 Frames with a 90mm Summarit on a Leica M8 – By David Evans
It’s 10 years since I bought my first Leica - the M8. As anyone who knows this camera will testify, it’s a strange beast, albeit one which still manages to deliver excellent res...
22 August, 2016
Leica M8 Review – A simple, digital, rangefinder
Released a decade ago, the M8 was Leica's first digital rangefinder. By the standards of most people, this thing is now old technology; it's long in the tooth, many times supers...
How important is the use of a CCD in the look of Leica M8 photos?
18 June, 2016
A few snaps with the Leica M8 and Zeiss 28mm ZM Biogon
My Leica M8 has been out of action for a little while. It'd become difficult to use for anything other than close up portraits, so I just lost interest in using it. Yesterday mo...
25 March, 2016
An evening of abusing the Leica M8 in low light
If you follow this blog, you might recognise Tom (in the foreground above). He’s one of the unfortunate people I know who frequently has me pointing a camera in his face.&...