lct Posted September 10, 2006 Share #1 Posted September 10, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Makes me think of laser rangefinders like that of Leica Geovid binoculars. Any idea? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 10, 2006 Posted September 10, 2006 Hi lct, Take a look here M8 Blue Dot. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
twom4 Posted September 10, 2006 Share #2 Posted September 10, 2006 M8 looks like a fat teenager with "blue" dimple... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted September 10, 2006 Share #3 Posted September 10, 2006 That 1/2 case really looks like it squeezed into its little brother shoes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal_meheut Posted September 10, 2006 Share #4 Posted September 10, 2006 On other pictures I saw, it is not blue. Let's hope its an external light sensor to get a better AWB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted September 10, 2006 Share #5 Posted September 10, 2006 .. maybe that's the way of new Leica .. a shift away from the red dot. Quite fair considering that red has had a good innings , so why not a new colour! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted September 10, 2006 Share #6 Posted September 10, 2006 My guess the reason folks have seen it as blue is becuase it has a coating on it but what you are really seeing is a reflection from a light source. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff Posted September 10, 2006 Share #7 Posted September 10, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Come on folks! This is not "blue," it's a Leica and therefore sapphire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crm.ecosse Posted September 10, 2006 Share #8 Posted September 10, 2006 Makes me think of laser rangefinders like that of Leica Geovid binoculars.Any idea? Perhaps a visual indication that the 'delayed-action' function is in use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosuna Posted September 10, 2006 Share #9 Posted September 10, 2006 I would have preferred the LED at the bottom of the top plate: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/4910-m8-blue-dot/?do=findComment&comment=46815'>More sharing options...
jpmay Posted September 10, 2006 Share #10 Posted September 10, 2006 Is it just me, or does that camera look crappy? How realistic are these images supposed to be ? Technically from a product design point of view, that is known as a "Dog's dinner" What's the story ?? JP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share #11 Posted September 10, 2006 No more crappy than any M body at first glance, just a bit fatter that's all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
george + Posted September 10, 2006 Share #12 Posted September 10, 2006 Hmmm. Very interesting picture. Nice too. But if you put it into Photoshop and enlarge it a bit then you can see that the details are pasted on. It is just another fake. Ugh . . . Lets wait for the real thing, eh . . . . ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal_meheut Posted September 10, 2006 Share #13 Posted September 10, 2006 I think you are wrong George, I think this picture is real. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted September 10, 2006 Share #14 Posted September 10, 2006 Fake or not there should be a LCD box on top showing you battery , ISO , Exposure comp, Flash, remaining frames and stuff that is not in the menu selections and also WB. these should be available at a glance and that big dead space on the top deck should have that there. The round circle is really a dumb idea , there is maybe only 1 thing it could do. This is not film anymore and certain viewing stuff needs to be seen all the time without going into the menu. Look at the DMR which frankly the M8 is going to steal a lot of stuff from there are two screens one for menu and image viewing than one for frames remaining, ISO,wb set and so on and these need to be there not buried in a menu and if it is buried this camera is doomed. My personal feeling these are as fake as you can get without a top deck LCD this would never fly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted September 10, 2006 Share #15 Posted September 10, 2006 Now having said all that there is a way to do it and that is if they make the shutter a half way switch all that data pops up on the main LCD before you fully depress the shutter, than after release you see a image preview . now if you want to change a menu item than a button get's hit and takes you to the menu page an make your changes than hit the release half way than get back the ISO,WB,battery remaining and frames remaining stuff etc etc. There has to be a way to see this stuff on a fulime basis if you only have one screen. i tend to doubt they can get all that data inside the viewfinder and maybe they did and that could be the only other way of doing it but without that data than we have a problem Houston Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted September 10, 2006 Share #16 Posted September 10, 2006 The silver camera I've already said on another thread is obviously fake. The photos just aren't right. The black one from the French forum is also very suspicious. Some very un-Leica touches..... Guess I'll find out if I'm right in 5 days time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal_meheut Posted September 10, 2006 Share #17 Posted September 10, 2006 Sure and in 5 days, Guy will be very disappointed and will decide not to buy the M8. And some suspicious people will be wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanized_form Posted September 10, 2006 Share #18 Posted September 10, 2006 Now having said all that there is a way to do it and that is if they make the shutter a half way switch all that data pops up on the main LCD before you fully depress the shutter, than after release you see a image preview . now if you want to change a menu item than a button get's hit and takes you to the menu page an make your changes than hit the release half way than get back the ISO,WB,battery remaining and frames remaining stuff etc etc. There has to be a way to see this stuff on a fulime basis if you only have one screen. i tend to doubt they can get all that data inside the viewfinder and maybe they did and that could be the only other way of doing it but without that data than we have a problem Houston hmmm...yes. sort of what i thought previously also. a half press of the shutter could poll the status of the settings and briefly display them in the viewfinder. the rear eye piece of the viewfinder seems bigger, there may be more room in the viewfinder for the information. a half press of the shutter on the M7 locks the shutter speed for the exposure. i still think something about the bump out on the left side door just seems kind of odd. i wonder why it isn't just a smooth spring loaded door that doesn't interfere with the design? i think there may be some suprises regarding the way the M8 works that aren't apparent from simply looking at the camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrc Posted September 10, 2006 Share #19 Posted September 10, 2006 Fake or not there should be a LCD box on top showing you battery , ISO , Exposure comp, Flash, remaining frames and stuff that is not in the menu selections and also WB. I totallly agree, of course, and have said so in several threads...but I've been wondering, what if the "protrubance" on the left "door" is in fact a scrolling selector switch that scrolls that information through the round screen? That screen is bigger than it looks -- the screen alone is as big as the frame counter, plus the little ring around the frame counter, on an M7. You might be able to display two or three pieces of information at the same time. Still, the rectangular screen on a D2x can be backlit, so you can read it in the dark, and see settings changes, and the backlighting is dim enough not to mess up your night vision. I don't see a backlighting switch, either. Another thing: if you have to turn on the main screen to see all the changes, in addition to chewing up the battery, it's going to be a large bright rectangle. Not too good if you're shooting at night, on the street, or in a bar, where you might prefer to be less obvious. I think there might be more going on here than we know, or that the pictures can tell us. I'd like to say that I'm now going to stop looking at Leica forums and not turn them on again until next Friday, but, realistically, there's no way that'll happen. JC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanized_form Posted September 11, 2006 Share #20 Posted September 11, 2006 jrc... yes. i was thinking how cool would it be if we could change the settings while looking through the viewfinder. say the protruding part of the door had a little dial on top of it which could highlight a parameter(like iso) in the viewfinder, a half press of the shutter could then select that item, the dial could then change the setting and another half press of the shutter could then lock that new setting in place. whoa. i wish! of course this is all just my brain being funny and waiting for 9/15. haha.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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