The Leica M8 Can Still Find Love!

Submitted by Double Negative on February 12, 2015 - 9:17am

After years of looking at rangefinders and shooting Fuji gear... Calogero Randazzo happened to rent a Leica M8.2 recently, along with Voigtländer 35mm and Leica 50mm Summicron lenses. Naturally, he discovered the joys of the build quality, the manual focusing experience and connection to his subjects. The image quality in both color and monochrome impressed as well. To make a long story short, he ended up selling his Fuji gear and buying the Leica M8.2, 28mm Elmarit and 50mm Summicron! Read more of his discovery in his blog post, "Hello Leica M8." Of course, we've been saying that the M8 is still a good choice for years...

The Image quality is stunning. First I thought, 10 MB and a 9 year old CCD sensor without an AA filter can´t be that good. In digital that is a really ancient sensor…

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Leica Trade-up Program for M9/M9-P/M-E

Submitted by Double Negative on February 5, 2015 - 6:49am

Late last year, in a huge story on sensor corrosion that we covered here (and shared by over 30 sites worldwide), Leica publicly acknowledged the issue with some of the CCD sensors used in the M9, M9-P, M-E, and M Monochrom cameras, where corrosion (in the form of spots) may appear in images. They began replacing the defective sensors free of charge, and will continue to do so. A trade-up program was also mentioned, and now Leica has made official a trade-up offer allowing those with affected cameras to move up to either the Leica M (Type 240) or the M-P (Type 240). Read more below for details...

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Leica M Video - A Forlorn Feature?

Submitted by Double Negative on February 3, 2015 - 2:39pm

One of the big ticket items as far as features went, when Leica introduced the Leica M (Type 240) camera back in 2012 - was the all-new CMOS sensor, which among other things - allowed for shooting video with the new camera. Why not? Most cameras these days allow for shooting video, even if it's a pitiful afterthought or a freebie. Read more below!

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Keegan Allen, Leica Shooter

Submitted by Double Negative on February 3, 2015 - 9:35am

USA Today has an article today on Keegan Allen (25) called, "Keegan Allen never leaves home without a Leica." You might ask yourself, "who?" Keegan's an actor who received his breakout role in ABC Family's hit series "Pretty Little Liars." His cameras of choice are the Leica M4, M6 (which was a present from his father when he was 10 years old), M Monochrom and M (Type 240). He's even got a book out now called "life.love.beauty." Read more below for additional photo.

A lot of people are stunned — why would you buy a camera that only shoots in black and white?" Because the end result is that it "looks like film. You can shoot in pitch black and it captures every detail. It's like a medium between digital and film.
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