Leica M8

The Leica M8 is a systemkamera camera launched on 31.07.2007.

Technically speaking, the Leica M8 ranks well below the category average, scoring 34 overall. The Leica M8 weights 591 gr and spans 139 x 80 x 37 mm. This means that it is particularly light and small, indeed one of the most handy options within its category.

Going into details, the Leica M8 behaves better than average in its category for:

• Image Quality - Score 50, ranks in the category best 28%.

On the contrary, the performance of Leica M8 is below the category average in:

• Speed Performance - Score 9, ranks among the worst 1% of its category.
• Comfort - Score 61, ranks among the worst 18% of its category.
• Versatility - Score 2, ranks among the worst 1% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait - Suboptimal, score 40, ranks 12% in its category. Leica M8 is not the best choice for Portrait photography; if Portrait is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Landscape - Suboptimal, score 40, ranks 18% in its category. Leica M8 is not the best choice for Landscape photography; if Landscape is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Sport - Suboptimal, score 26, ranks 1% in its category. Leica M8 is not the best choice for Sport photography; if Sport is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Street - Suboptimal, score 39, ranks 1% in its category. Leica M8 is not the best choice for Street photography; if Street is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Everyday - Suboptimal, score 35, ranks 1% in its category. Leica M8 does not work well for daily photography, you may want to consider some alternatives.