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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.'

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The Leica D-Lux 3 (black) 10 megapixel digital camera is light and compact but its excellent Leica lens facilitates the taking of photos from the wide-angle to the telephoto range. 'Every year, Leica and Panasonic collaborate on a few camera models that get branded under each company's name. If you can't tell them apart, just look at the price tags. Leica generally throws in about $100 worth of perks--usually better software and an SD memory card--then charges about $200 more for the bundle.

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A review of the 10 Megapixel Leica V-Lux-1 digital camera has been posted over at ZDNet. 'Each year, Leica releases a handful of digital cameras with specs almost identical to a handful of models in Panasonic's line. Among this year's batch is the Leica V-Lux 1, which corresponds to Panasonic's Lumix DMC-FZ50. If you're going to relabel a product, the DMC-FZ50 is certainly a good choice. This superzoom sports a 12x optical, 35mm-to-420mm, f/2.8-to-f/3.7 zoom lens and a 10.1-megapixel CCD sensor; and it has a body that's as big and heavy as an SLR's. While this last part may scare off some users, more seasoned shooters, who value image quality over small size, will appreciate what this camera has to offer.'

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Digital Photography Review has previewed the new Leica M8 digital rangefinder camera. 'In 1954, at Photokina (or 'Foto Kina'), Leica introduced the first M series camera, the M3, the first Leica rangefinder body with a bayonet interchangeable lens mount, it was the beginning of a legendary series of cameras and lenses, the latest of which, the M7 is one of the only 35 mm rangefinder cameras still in production. For over half a century Leica has resisted the temptation to change the essential simple design established with the original M3 (it wasn't until 2002 that an electronically-controlled shutter was introduced allowing aperture priority automatic exposure).

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