Leica D-Lux 8 

Well mine arrives next week and looking forward to complete my Leica holy trinity; SL3, Q3, D-Lux8. My go to EDC street camera was a Ricoh GRiiix (FF 40mm) and I also had the GRiiiStreet (FF 28mm) for a while but as I always seemed to have the wrong one in my hand I sold the wide one…..so looking forward to the zoom for when I need to recompose. There a couple of things on the camera you didn’t mention especially the little flash that comes with it. Coupled with the leaf shutter you can use fill flash up to 1/4000 sec and of course slow synchro for creative motion blur. You can also use faster SD cards. From watching some other reviews it seems the auto focus is vastly improved, but agree the zoom might be the Achilles heel in terms of being a bit slow and not having 28/35/50/75 stop options. I can see why you would not upgrade and I hope I’m not disappointed moving from the brilliant GR cameras, but I think having the same DNA as the SL/Q I will be able to operate it more successfully. Maith an Fear!

It’s a nice camera no doubt. Basically a D-lux 7 with quality of life upgrades OLED EVF and improved screen, possible more efficient processor, mb better battery life (according to one review) and Leica ergonomics and menu. Other than that these are the same Panasonic guts from the LX100 II - which is 6 years old so it’s too bad they didn’t use the latest sensor. The lens i wish they improved on and actually made it a manual zoom. I’m not a fan of fly by wire and yes I agree this retractable lens needs to be babied a bit. Other retractable lens that are weather resistant are better.

Plus: RAW, Minus: China

You’ve echoed what I’ve been saying since the DL8 was announced. Huge disappointment and not one reason to upgrade from my DL7.

There doesn’t seem to be much to be excited about with the dlux8, unless you wanted a dlux7 with a OLED viewfinder and a more Leica Q3 looking body. Those dlux7 photos are absolutely glorious. Still, I wonder if the same quality can be produced with the Panasonic Lumix LX100mII version. For me, one of the novelties of the dlux7 is all the buttons and dials, and other tactile controls which contributes in my mind to the shooting experience but they have now taken some of that away with the dlux8. At a minimum they could,have made the dlux8 more dust resistant but they don’t appear to have done that. Any chance we see a price drop on the dlux7 now,that the dlux8 is out?

Dead right on the barrel extension lens. My travel camera is a fantastic little Canon G7X Mk2, with a dust particle inside the lens. It’s a well known fault with them, and purely due to the barrel extension lens. I love your photos, they’re actually one of the reasons I won’t go for the Leica, I know I could never do it justice. Instead of the expense of the Leica or higher end Fujifilm I’m on the lookout for a Fujifilm X10.. Thanks for the video, very informative (loved Quagmire’s cameo 😂)

I agree. No articulating screen, 17mp, not weather resistant and expensive. I dunno about this one...

As a Leica user, I think opportunity lost. Its basically a Lumix LX100 II in new clothing.

Seeing you haven't played with a D Lux 8. that was a very negative review.