Leica M8 - Technical Data and Descriptions

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Technical data and
descriptions
Camera type Compact digital view- and rangefind-
er system camera.
Lens attachment Leica M bayonet with additional
sensor for 6-bit coding.
Lens system Leica M lenses from 16 to 135mm
Picture format/image sensor 3936 x 2626 pixels
(10.5 MPixel) CCD chip, active area 18 x 27mm,
extension factor 1.33.
Resolution Adjustable, DNG
TM
: 3916 x 2634,
JPEG: 3936 x 2630/2952 x 1972/1968 x 1315/
1312 x 876 pixels.
Data formats DNG
TM
(raw data), 2 JPEG compres-
sion levels.
File size DNG™: 10,31 MByte, JPEG:
10.35/5.8/2.5/1.1 Mbyte.
Color spaces Adobe ® RGB, sRGB, ECI RGB.
White balance Automatic, manual, 6 presets, color
temperature entry.
Storage medium SD cards up to 4GB, larger SD
cards with firmware update.
Menu languages German, English, French, Spanish,
Italian, Japanese, Chinese.
Compatibility Mac ® OS X, Windows ® XP.
Exposure metering Exposure metering through
the lens (TTL), strongly center-weighted with working
aperture. Center-weighted TTL metering for flash light-
ing with system-compatible SCA-3000/2 standard
flash units.
Measurement principle Metered by light reflected
by a bright blade in the first shutter curtain.
Metering range (at ISO 160/23°) At room temperature
and normal humidity, this corresponds to EV0 to 20 or
f/1 and 1.2s to f/ 32 and
1
/
1000
s. Flashing of the left
triangular LED in the viewfinder indicates values below
the metering range.
Measurement cell for available light (continuous
light measurement) Silicon photo diode with collec-
tion lens, positioned at the center in the camera bot-
tom.
Sensitivity range ISO 160/23°, 320/26°,
640/29°, 1250/32° or ISO 2500/35°, manual set-
ting using the menu.
Exposure mode Optionally automatic control of
shutter speed – with corresponding digital display -
with manual aperture pre-selection (aperture priority
mode), or manual settings of shutter speed and aper-
ture and adjustment using LED light balance.