Leica M8 Review

August 3rd, 2007

“I’m mostly disappointed because of the wide difference between the quality of the output image (at a pixel level) between JPEG’s created in-camera and RAW converted using either Capture One or Adobe Camera RAW (or pretty much any other third party converter). The image processor (specifically the demosaicing, sharpening and low pass algorithms) exhibit some ‘roughness’ which we wouldn’t expect to see in 2007, there must be plenty of off-the-shelf engines which can do a better job. … I have to admit that I’ve been turned, from a skeptic to a believer, certainly the M8 isn’t a camera everyone is going to afford, but a rangefinder is certainly something any ’serious’ photographer should try at some point in their life. It’s changed the way I shoot, I’ve found myself going back to manual focus more even when I use DSLR’s and being more selective about lenses and depth of field, and more creative in my framing. My advice on the M8 would be, if you can afford to then get one, be aware of its limitations, shoot RAW and rediscover ‘capturing moments’.”Source

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