I have used this camera for more than a year and have shot more than 10,000 pictures. Yet the M8 commands respect today as it has clearly stood the test of time. Leica M8 is the world's first digital Leica M, introduced in 2006. They work as well! Canon doesn’t deserve a spot here. All Nikon F lenses will mount on all Nikon F bodies. The DNA of Leica M has remained unchanged over half a century. Henri Cartier-Bresson used Leica M, so did all great photographers. The viewfinder also contains the rangefinder. Messsucher means rangefinder - viewfinder. The English translation, rangefinder doesn't do justice. The production of Barnack Leicas had a lot of iterations and the production went until the mid 50s. Viewfinder to compose the image and rangefinder to focus. These fantastic cameras had a separate viewfinder and a rangefinder (except Leica i). I'm very much enjoying my Leica ii (1938) and iiif RD ST (1954). These Barnack Leicas are extremely well built that you can shoot one even today. In 1913 he built the first prototype what would later become the first commercially successful 35mm camera. Oskar Barnack who worked for Leica invented the 35mm photography.
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