M8.

A camera legend goes digital

 

It is the first digital camera to use the Leica viewfinder system.  All the key characteristics of the analog Leica reporter’s camera such as the compact design, the exceptional picture quality in conjunction with the Leica M lenses and the unique picture composition using the Leica viewfinder have been seamlessly carried over into the digital world.

This professional-standard digital camera “Made in Germany” uses an image sensor specially developed for the requirements of the Leica M system.  Almost all Leica M system lenses made since 1954 are also suitable for digital photography, thanks to their high performance level.  The combination of lenses, sensor and high-performance picture editing generates outstanding picture quality with a resolution of 10.3 million pixels.

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Creative freedom down to the details

The decision to buy a Leica nearly always marks the beginning of a lifelong artistic relationship. Leica M cameras are the perfect example of virtually unlimited creative freedom. Precision high-performance instruments whose technical features concentrate on the essentials, giving serious photographers the scope to experiment with many different visual forms of expression.

To give this quality an unmistakable, personal touch, Leica is now offering you an ambitious unique modular system.

The Leica à la carte principle lets you configure your own Leica M camera, which will then be produced just for you. You choose all of the individual details that perfectly suit your functional, esthetic and practical preferences, starting with the color of the camera top and type of leather finish, following with different viewfinder frames and ending with personal engravings such as signatures and markings which clearly prove that your Leica is a unique item. Of course, this is only possible because each Leica is made by hand in the traditional way practised in the factory in Solms.

à la carte(Configurator)

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