[Leica] M8 and the Future

[reddawn at singnet.com.sg (David Teo)]

Hi guys,

The ReidReviews site that BD mentioned actually has a m8 with the 
"golden release" of the firmware, and the images that Sean Reid posted 
on that site are from a production level camera with that firmware. 
That's why he is able to release images from the camera.

For what it's worth, Sean mentioned that the same final firmware has 
been made available to a waft of other reviewers, so expect a flood of 
reviews anytime soon (certainly sooner than the actual release of the 
camera to market, said to be in late Nov / early Dec!) from the likes 
of Phil at DPreview.

In fact, Michael Reichmann over at Luminous Landscape has mentioned he 
will release a report this week!

Now i'm not affiliated with Reidreviews in anyway, just a normal 
subscriber, but I do feel it's a site worth paying money for, as 
opposed to paying to send your lenses to Solms to get them 6 bit coded! 
- which, btw is not necessary - I shot my 28 cron on a demo M8 when 
Leica brought it to Singapore about 2 weeks ago and can see no traces 
of vignetting - that's from firmware 1.05, which I believe is just a 
little lower than the final golden release :) Sean's reviews are highly 
informative and based on real world shooting and testing, and since 
he's also a working full time photographer, he splices up his reviews 
with plenty of real world photos. If u're looking for scientific 
reports complete with test charts, MTF graphs, this is not the site for 
you.

I'm surprised the LUG hasn't heard that the firmware has been 
finalized! :)

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David Teo