marknorton Posted July 29, 2006 Share #1 Posted July 29, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) While checking through the box my lenses came back from coding in, SWMBO discovered a pink envelope containing a leaflet in 6 languages which confirms the name of the Leica digital M as "Leica M8". "Notes on using Leica M lenses with 6-bit code on analog and digital Leica M cameras Type Marking This Leica M lens is equipped with a 6-bit barcode marking on its bayonet flange for use on the digital LEICA M8. This marking enables digital M models to detect the type of lens attached by using the sensors in the camera's bayonet flange. The LEICA M8 writes the lens information it has read to the EXIF file and uses this for processor-aided optimization of image quality. This code also allows the focal length of the lens to be displayed in the camera monitor. This Leica M lens can also be used on Leica M models up to the LEICA M7. Supplement to the tips on lens care for type-marked Leica M lenses Ensure that you do not apply too much grease to the bayonet flange and especially that you leave the lens code area ungreased, otherwise residues of grease might become lodged in the recess, allowing more dirt to accumulate. This could ultimately impair the legibility of the code and consequently the camera functions of the LEICA M8." Leica M8 - Welcome to our World! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 29, 2006 Posted July 29, 2006 Hi marknorton, Take a look here Leica M8 - It's official!. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
earleygallery Posted July 29, 2006 Share #2 Posted July 29, 2006 ah ha, the old red herring trick! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted July 29, 2006 Share #3 Posted July 29, 2006 Do you have a photo of the coding on your lenses? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share #4 Posted July 29, 2006 Take a look at the thread "Lens Codings".... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ross Posted July 29, 2006 Share #5 Posted July 29, 2006 Now that it is "out", Leica can make the official announcement....LOL! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 29, 2006 Share #6 Posted July 29, 2006 To be honest, I think the _name_ of the camera is the least important thing about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted July 29, 2006 Share #7 Posted July 29, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well, I think it is important how sensitive a company is in naming their models! I like the idea of M8 name, it shows more the consequent evolution of the M system than other manufacturers starting to use D-letters to name their digital cameras. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 29, 2006 Share #8 Posted July 29, 2006 But it's just a label to identify the model, M8, D1, D1.33 it's the same camera. What's important is the camera not the label. If there's a discount for calling it the D8M then I'll sign up for that :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
firoze Posted July 29, 2006 Share #9 Posted July 29, 2006 I think the name is important in this case. M8 signals a continuity of the M system with all the implications that signifies. Meanwhile I've had confirmation form a very reputed Leica dealer in Frankfurt that the price will be just under €4000. Regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimF Posted July 29, 2006 Share #10 Posted July 29, 2006 Including or excluding VAT? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etanguero Posted July 29, 2006 Share #11 Posted July 29, 2006 Including or excluding VAT? if "ex VAT" you'd wonna buy before dec 31st ... at least in germany where VAT will go up by 3 procent on jan 1st. eT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share #12 Posted July 29, 2006 €3995 + VAT equates to $4995 + sales tax and, say, £3299 including VAT. I think the name is important because it signifies no new Leica film cameras, apart perhaps from special editions. That ties in with information in the annual report which suggests all R&D effort/funding is going into digital and sport optics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
firoze Posted July 29, 2006 Share #13 Posted July 29, 2006 The price includes VAT. Regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share #14 Posted July 29, 2006 That would make it less than the DMR alone and only a few hundred euros more than an M7/MP/Noctilux. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 29, 2006 Share #15 Posted July 29, 2006 That would make it less than the DMR alone and only a few hundred euros more than an M7/MP/Noctilux. DMRs are now available for £2700 on the street (in Bradford) apparently... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ross Posted July 29, 2006 Share #16 Posted July 29, 2006 €3995 + VAT equates to $4995 + sales tax and, say, £3299 including VAT. I think the name is important because it signifies no new Leica film cameras, apart perhaps from special editions. That ties in with information in the annual report which suggests all R&D effort/funding is going into digital and sport optics. Hi Mark, While you are probably right about new film cameras, they could just as easily produce an M11-film that integrates what they learned on the M8, 9 & 10 in digital......shutter, body molding material, meter circuits....if for no other reason than to use the components across the film/digital great divide in the fabrication process, even for special editions. Your discovery has a nice tie in with your conversation with Andreas Kaufman about his calling it the M8.... Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share #17 Posted July 29, 2006 Tough to see the business case for ever producing a new film camera. Derivative of the M7 maybe but for film users, the message is pretty clear: what you see now is what you are ever going to get. Leica M7, Nikon F6, that's the way it's going to be. Leica's future commercial survival comes from selling lots of M8s and especially lots of new lenses to go with them. Then there's 4/3 and a possible R10 but the common theme throughout is digital. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 29, 2006 Share #18 Posted July 29, 2006 What more can you add to an M7 to make an M7+? All you can do is remove stuff, and call it an MP (and charge more money for it ... ) But, wait. That's already been done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 29, 2006 Share #19 Posted July 29, 2006 Well you can use whale foreskin for the covering ;-). But I agree I can't see there being another film M outside of the a la carte system. It wouldn't suprise me if by the new year the film bodies were built to order and only available via a la carte. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugby Posted July 30, 2006 Share #20 Posted July 30, 2006 Well you can use whale foreskin for the covering ;-). And if you caress it a little, that 21mm lens suddenly becomes 280mm !!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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