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A review of the Leica M8 rangefinder camera has been posted over at the Shutterbug.com 'The moment you take the eagerly anticipated Leica M8 in your hands you know that the design engineers at Leica have gone to great lengths to preserve the look and feel of perhaps the greatest 35mm rangefinder camera of all time, the legendary M-series Leica that debuted in 1954 as the original M3 and continues as the classic retro MP and autoexposure M7. The M8 retains the classic rounded-end body, beautifully finished in satin chrome or black, and incorporates the superb Leica range/viewfinder. Built on a die-cast magnesium-alloy chassis, the camera is solid, well balanced, ergonomically contoured, and easy to grasp securely thanks to its grippy black synthetic leather covering. The body weighs precisely the same as a Leica M7—590 gm (20.8 oz) with battery—but it’s 3mm (1/8”) thicker front to back, mainly to accommodate a large 21/2” (diagonal) LCD panel and an array of adjacent controls.'