A Hands-on Field Review This page contains a number of photographs taken during several days of my initial testing of the Leica M8. Relevant and available shooting information is provided, and these as well as additional images from this testing period are found on a page titled Leica M8 Testing Portfolio. You may wish to read my note – Some Thoughts on Camera Testing – found on that page, before proceeding. View A Hands-on Leica M8 Videoblog ______________________________________________________________________ A Word on History Any discussion about the Leica M8, the first digital M Leica, must of necessity start with an understanding of the place that Leica has in the history of photography. While not the first hand-held small format camera, it was the one that succeeded; since the 1930's capturing the hearts of generations of photographers, and producing some of the most significant images of the 20th Century. For more ...