rwchisholm Posted May 11, 2017 Share #1 Posted May 11, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Owned the 8, 9, and now 10. The 8 was a cool camera. Shot some amazing pics with that beast. Anybody ever consider buying another? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ShivaYash Posted May 11, 2017 Share #2 Posted May 11, 2017 Never sold up. It's just brilliant. Super rich B&W. filmic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernstk Posted May 11, 2017 Share #3 Posted May 11, 2017 I use my M8 regularly alongside my M-P (240). I recently had it serviced at Wetzlar and it performs brilliantly. Ernst 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted May 11, 2017 Share #4 Posted May 11, 2017 I don't see what's so good about its B&W performance Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecar Posted May 11, 2017 Share #5 Posted May 11, 2017 (edited) I still have a couple of M8s alongside their younger siblings. They now see little, but regular use. One of them should probably go, but I'll definitely keep the other. (on a separate note, perhaps this thread belongs in another sub-forum...) Edited May 11, 2017 by Ecar 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eujin Posted May 11, 2017 Share #6 Posted May 11, 2017 I think of the M8 as a perfect candidate for a "poor man's Monochrom". So yeah, I would consider picking one up to shoot for giggles. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
satijntje Posted May 11, 2017 Share #7 Posted May 11, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Got an amazing M8.2 last week. Nostalgic feelings come back. My first leica in 2009 was a M8 John 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenixv8 Posted May 11, 2017 Share #8 Posted May 11, 2017 I missed that camera so much that after I sold and upgraded to the M240 I repurchased a M8. Recently I sold both the M240 and the M8 to fund the M10. Now that I have the M10 i dont miss either anymore. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted May 11, 2017 Share #9 Posted May 11, 2017 I had my first M8 from when they were originally released in 2006 and traded it after moving onto a M9-P. I missed the M8 so much that I bought a used one; the M9-P is long gone and forgotten and the M8 gets used regularly. Pete. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteen pads Posted May 12, 2017 Share #10 Posted May 12, 2017 I don't see what's so good about its B&W performance I do think it has a look in BW that no other digital Leicas share. IMO. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverchrome Posted May 12, 2017 Share #11 Posted May 12, 2017 My first digital M was a silver M8. I'd only buy another one if it were stupidly cheap, and it would probably have to be a later M8.2 (which I also owned) as well. I'd be buying it simply for nostalgia, and,I guess, as a cheapo take everywhere beater. The later Ms are just so much nicer to use and much much more reliable. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfly_2nd Posted May 12, 2017 Share #12 Posted May 12, 2017 I'm still using my M8 on a regular basis. It just came back from Wetzlar, where it was cleaned and adjusted for free - thanks a bunch, Mrs. Frankl (Leica CS)! The camera is working flawlessly and produces nice pictures (that surely don't look like they're - by today's standards - from the early days of digital photography). I will upload some examples as soon as I get home...:-) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted May 12, 2017 Share #13 Posted May 12, 2017 My one has been unused for > 6 months (I admit that M240 is better) , but is going to turn its 10th birthday next week, and it deserves, as a gift, to be switched on and take some pictures... was built for this, after all... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko.Fe. Posted May 12, 2017 Share #14 Posted May 12, 2017 I don't see what's so good about its B&W performance I don't see anything special, either. But it is organic, not as flat bw as from most digital cameras. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted May 12, 2017 Share #15 Posted May 12, 2017 To answer the title question, no. I had two M8s and an M8.2, got some great images from them (really good from the M8/21SA combination) and enjoyed using them but I wouldn't re-buy one for a host of reasons. That said I do wonder if Leica should have retained the crop sensor as part of the current M line up? 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted May 12, 2017 Share #16 Posted May 12, 2017 In my opinion a Fuji X-Pro 2 now makes far more sense than an M8 if you like using M lenses with a crop-sensor body. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted May 12, 2017 Share #17 Posted May 12, 2017 (edited) If buying an M8 was strictly a financial issue, then certainly I would buy one. But it's not. . Edited May 12, 2017 by pico Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted May 12, 2017 Share #18 Posted May 12, 2017 In my opinion a Fuji X-Pro 2 now makes far more sense than an M8 if you like using M lenses with a crop-sensor body. Unless you want to shoot infra-red of course. Pete. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted May 13, 2017 Share #19 Posted May 13, 2017 In my opinion a Fuji X-Pro 2 now makes far more sense than an M8 if you like using M lenses with a crop-sensor body. It must be better than my otherwise excellent Fuji X-E2 then as the latter's sensor stack is so thick that most of my M wides exhibits soft corners at wide apertures on it. Due to their thin sensor stacks, M8 & M8.2 bodies are unrivaled from this standpoint, in my limited experience at least. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko.Fe. Posted May 14, 2017 Share #20 Posted May 14, 2017 In my opinion a Fuji X-Pro 2 now makes far more sense than an M8 if you like using M lenses with a crop-sensor body. I almost purchased it in this year February. Downloaded manual, went through hundreds of pages and couldn't find anything abou framelines. Purchased M8 instead. It is M, it is Leica, Fuji isn't. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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