CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Leica R8–R9 - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"7b4e4720-cd1d-44f4-8fdf-ef272660bff9","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Leica_R8–R9","wgTitle":"Leica R8–R9","wgCurRevisionId":1192152925,"wgRevisionId":1192152925,"wgArticleId":6448793,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Inconsistent wikidata for Commons category","Leica R-mount cameras"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Leica_R8–R9","wgRelevantArticleId":6448793,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false, "wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":20000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q3229144","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={ "ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging", "ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Leica_R8_2934.jpg/1200px-Leica_R8_2934.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1041"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Leica_R8_2934.jpg/800px-Leica_R8_2934.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="694"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Leica_R8_2934.jpg/640px-Leica_R8_2934.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="555"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Leica R8–R9 - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Leica_R8–R9 rootpage-Leica_R8–R9 skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Leica+R8%E2%80%93R9" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Leica+R8%E2%80%93R9" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Leica+R8%E2%80%93R9" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Leica+R8%E2%80%93R9" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Design" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Design"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Design</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Design-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Technical_information" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Technical_information"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Technical information</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Technical_information-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Technical information subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Technical_information-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Shutter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shutter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Shutter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shutter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Metering" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Metering"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Metering</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Metering-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lens_mount_changes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lens_mount_changes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Lens mount changes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lens_mount_changes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-R9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#R9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>R9</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-R9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Accessories" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Accessories"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Accessories</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Accessories-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-End_of_the_R_series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#End_of_the_R_series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>End of the R series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-End_of_the_R_series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Specifications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Specifications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Specifications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Specifications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Leica R8–R9</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 4 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-4" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">4 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica_R" title="Leica R – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Leica R" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D8%A2%D8%B1%DB%B8-%D8%A2%D8%B1%DB%B9" title="لایکا آر۸-آر۹ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لایکا آر۸-آر۹" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica_R9" title="Leica R9 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Leica R9" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica_R" title="Leica R – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Leica R" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q3229144#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&oldid=1192152925" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&id=1192152925&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLeica_R8%25E2%2580%2593R9"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLeica_R8%25E2%2580%2593R9"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Leica_R9" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q3229144" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leica_R8_2934.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Leica_R8_2934.jpg/220px-Leica_R8_2934.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Leica_R8_2934.jpg/330px-Leica_R8_2934.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Leica_R8_2934.jpg/440px-Leica_R8_2934.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2602" /></a><figcaption>Leica R8</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leica_R8_top.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Leica_R8_top.jpg/220px-Leica_R8_top.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Leica_R8_top.jpg/330px-Leica_R8_top.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Leica_R8_top.jpg/440px-Leica_R8_top.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>Top view</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leica_R8_lens_mount.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Leica_R8_lens_mount.jpg/220px-Leica_R8_lens_mount.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Leica_R8_lens_mount.jpg/330px-Leica_R8_lens_mount.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Leica_R8_lens_mount.jpg/440px-Leica_R8_lens_mount.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>Lens mount, showing the ROM contacts</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leica-R9-p1030301.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Leica-R9-p1030301.jpg/220px-Leica-R9-p1030301.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Leica-R9-p1030301.jpg/330px-Leica-R9-p1030301.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Leica-R9-p1030301.jpg/440px-Leica-R9-p1030301.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Digital back mounted on R9</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Leica R8 & R9</b> are <a href="/wiki/Manual_focus" title="Manual focus">manual focus</a> <a href="/wiki/135_film" title="135 film">35 mm</a> <a href="/wiki/Single-lens_reflex" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-lens reflex">single-lens reflex</a> <a href="/wiki/Camera" title="Camera">cameras</a> produced by the <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> firm <a href="/wiki/Leica_Camera" title="Leica Camera">Leica</a> as the final models of their <a href="/wiki/Leica_R" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica R">R</a> series. Development of the R8 began in 1990:<sup id="cite_ref-erwinputs_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erwinputs-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the camera was introduced at the <a href="/wiki/Photokina_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Photokina 1996">1996 photokina</a> trade show,<sup id="cite_ref-leicatimeline_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leicatimeline-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was succeeded by the similar <a href="/wiki/Leica_R9" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica R9">Leica R9</a> in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-leicatimeline_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leicatimeline-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both can be fitted with the Digital Modul R (DMR) digital back (discontinued in 2007 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.leicapages.com/novelties.html">[1]</a>) and used as a digital camera making them the only 35 mm SLRs to take a user-installable <a href="/wiki/Digital_back" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital back">digital back</a>. The R8 was the first R-series camera to have no association with <a href="/wiki/Minolta" title="Minolta">Minolta</a>, being solely a Leica design and showing a clear stylistic change compared to prior bodies. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Industrial_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial designer">Industrial designer</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Manfred_Meinzer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manfred Meinzer (page does not exist)">Manfred Meinzer</a> was chiefly responsible for the R8 design,<sup id="cite_ref-meinzer_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meinzer-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with a team of designers largely new to Leica or drawn from outside. The R8 was intended as a clean break from the previous generation of Leica R cameras, which had been developed in cooperation with <a href="/wiki/Minolta" title="Minolta">Minolta</a>. A key design goal was to evoke the <a href="/wiki/Leica_M_mount" title="Leica M mount">Leica M</a> and its smooth top plate;<sup id="cite_ref-erwinputs_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erwinputs-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> instead of a raised pentaprism as in previous R series cameras, the R8 has sloped "shoulders" that blend almost seamlessly into the pentaprism housing. The shape is strongly asymmetrical, especially in plan view, with a bulged right handgrip and smaller, tapered left-hand side. </p><p>Another goal was to improve the ergonomics and to place controls so they could be easily reached and operated without removing the eye from the viewfinder.<sup id="cite_ref-erwinputs_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erwinputs-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the R8 is capable of fully automated exposure and (with the addition of the integrally-styled <a href="/wiki/Motor_drive" title="Motor drive">motor drive</a> or winder) automated film transport, the location of the shutter speed dial lends itself to manual exposure control, as many Leica customers preferred this. In this it differs strongly from other contemporary SLRs, which were designed primarily for automatic operation. The top control wheels are sunk into the top plate, with knurled edges protruding at the front where they can easily be operated by the photographer's fingertips. </p><p>The R8 is substantially larger and heavier than the R4-R7 series cameras, being about a third heavier at 890g than the R7. This is partly explained by being built to take and balance the heavier zoom lenses in the Leica R lens range. The styling of the R8 proved controversial, some photographers consider it ugly and dubbed it the "Hunchback of Solms"<sup id="cite_ref-johnston_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-johnston-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Solms" title="Solms">Solms</a> is the German town where Leica was headquartered; the company moved back to its original home town of <a href="/wiki/Wetzlar" title="Wetzlar">Wetzlar</a> in 2014). The size and bulk of the camera attracted much criticism although the R8/9 fitted with motor winder were almost exactly the same size and weight as the preceding R7 with motor winder. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technical_information">Technical information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Technical information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The R8 was without doubt the most complex camera Leica had ever constructed containing extensive electronics including a microprocessor, despite its manual operation bias, and in addition was built in a very modular fashion to integrate seamlessly with motor drive units and new backs such as the Digital Modul R. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shutter">Shutter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Shutter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The shutter used was a <a href="/wiki/Copal_shutter" class="mw-redirect" title="Copal shutter">Copal</a> vertically running metal-leaf unit<sup id="cite_ref-erwinputs_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erwinputs-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> capable of speeds between 1/8000 and 32 seconds steplessly in automatic modes, or to 16 seconds in half-<a href="/wiki/F_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="F stop">stop</a> steps in manual mode, as well as <a href="/wiki/Bulb_(photography)" title="Bulb (photography)">Bulb</a>. The flash <a href="/wiki/X-sync" class="mw-redirect" title="X-sync">X-sync</a> speed is 1/250 sec. </p><p>The shutter release is in the center of the shutter-speed dial and is threaded for a <a href="/wiki/Cable_release" class="mw-redirect" title="Cable release">cable release</a>. The optional Motor-Drive gives additional front and vertical-grip releases. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metering">Metering</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Metering"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The highly sophisticated metering system allows free choice of metering mode and exposure mode. By contrast, the earlier <a href="/wiki/Leica_R4-R7" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica R4-R7">R4-R7</a> series lacked multi pattern metering and offered only pre-set combinations of metering and exposure. </p><p>Three metering modes are offered: </p> <ul><li>Integrated centre weighted</li> <li>Selective</li> <li>Multi pattern (Matrix)</li></ul> <p>and five exposure modes: </p> <ul><li>Manual</li> <li>Aperture priority semi automatic</li> <li>Shutter priority semi automatic</li> <li>Program fully automatic</li> <li>Flash pre exposure measurement</li></ul> <p>Mounted on the secondary mirror itself was a single cell for selective measurement and in the camera base was a five segment cell for integrated measurement with multi-pattern measurement. Using both provided six measurement areas. Switching of both metering mode and exposure mode was electronic. Flash pre-exposure measurement was provided allowing the camera's meter to measure manually controlled flash such as studio flash. Pre-flash measurement was always selective and in addition to automatic TTL flash measurement during exposure with suitable automatic flash units which was always full field using two small light cells either side of the main multi-pattern cell. Exposure compensation was available in all exposure modes. </p><p>Program mode can be biased towards longer or shorter shutter speeds by using the shutter speed dial. Also in program mode automatic flash exposure was fully controlled by the camera: off in daylight conditions, fill in flash with low light, full flash when dark. Normal flash synchronisation speed is 1/250s and with suitable flash units can be up to the camera's highest speed of 1/8000s. </p><p>The viewfinder display was digital <a href="/wiki/LED" class="mw-redirect" title="LED">LED</a> visible in any lighting. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lens_mount_changes">Lens mount changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Lens mount changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The same bayonet and stepped cam of earlier R cameras was used, but additional electrical contacts called "ROM Contacts" were added to convey lens focal length setting. Any lens fitted with the R stepped cam may be used, but very early lenses fitted only with sloped cams (1 or 2 cam lenses) may damage the ROM contacts and should first be fitted with the stepped cam. </p><p>Lens / camera combinations are as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Leicaflex </th> <th>SL/SL2 </th> <th>R3-R7 </th> <th>R8-R9 </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 Cam </th> <td style="background-color:lightgreen;"> </td> <td style="background-color:orange;"> </td> <td style="background-color:orange;"> </td> <td style="background-color:yellow;text-align:center">! </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 Cam </th> <td style="background-color:lightgreen;"> </td> <td style="background-color:lightgreen;"> </td> <td style="background-color:orange;"> </td> <td style="background-color:yellow;text-align:center">! </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 Cam </th> <td style="background-color:lightgreen;"> </td> <td style="background-color:lightgreen;"> </td> <td style="background-color:lightgreen;"> </td> <td style="background-color:lightgreen;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>R Only </th> <td style="background-color:red;"> </td> <td style="background-color:red;"> </td> <td style="background-color:lightgreen;"> </td> <td style="background-color:lightgreen;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>ROM </th> <td style="background-color:red;"> </td> <td style="background-color:red;"> </td> <td style="background-color:lightgreen;"> </td> <td style="background-color:green;text-align:center">+ </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:green;width:20px;text-align:center">+ </td> <td>full aperture metering + ROM data </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:lightgreen;"> </td> <td>full aperture metering </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:orange;"> </td> <td>stop-down metering </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:yellow;text-align:center">! </td> <td>stop-down metering, possible damage to camera contacts </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:red;"> </td> <td>will not fit </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Leica 1 cam, 2 cam, 3 cam, & R stepped cam lenses may be fitted with ROM contacts but as this entails removal of the original sloped cams they would then be incompatible with the original <a href="/wiki/Leicaflex_/_SL_/_SL2" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicaflex / SL / SL2">Leicaflex</a> cameras. This was the first break in on-going compatibility of Leica reflex lenses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="R9">R9</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: R9"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Camera model</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox hproduct" style="width:23em"><caption class="infobox-title fn">R9</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leica-R9-p1030644.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Leica-R9-p1030644.jpg/280px-Leica-R9-p1030644.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Leica-R9-p1030644.jpg/420px-Leica-R9-p1030644.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Leica-R9-p1030644.jpg/560px-Leica-R9-p1030644.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2383" data-file-height="1595" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #C0C0C0">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maker</th><td class="infobox-data brand"><a href="/wiki/Leica_Camera" title="Leica Camera">Leica</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Still image camera</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #C0C0C0">Lens</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Camera_lens" title="Camera lens">Lens</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leica_R_bayonet" title="Leica R bayonet">Leica R bayonet</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #C0C0C0">Sensor/medium</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sensor type</th><td class="infobox-data">Film</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Image_sensor_format" title="Image sensor format">Sensor size</a></th><td class="infobox-data">24×36 mm</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Recording_medium" class="mw-redirect" title="Recording medium">Recording medium</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/135_film" title="135 film">135 film</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #C0C0C0">Focusing</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Focus</th><td class="infobox-data">Manual</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #C0C0C0">Shutter</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Shutter_speed" title="Shutter speed">Shutter speeds</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1/8000 to 32 s & bulb</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The R9 was an evolutionary step from the R8 and appears superficially very similar; enough so that some have opined that it should have been simply a Mark II of the R8, or in Leica nomenclature, an "R8.2".[2] </p><p>The silver top-plate color available on the R8 was replaced by an 'Anthracite' color on the R9; black remained available. Another external change was the addition of an LCD frame counter on the top plate between the wind lever and the shutter-speed dial. The mode selector dial gained a lock, after many R8 user complaints that it was too easily moved from the desired setting when handling the camera. The rear LCD display gained a backlight so it could be viewed in dim lighting. </p><p>The mass of the R9 was reduced by 100g (to 790g) from the R8, achieved by switching to a magnesium casting for the top plate (formerly zinc alloy) and substituting aluminum for steel at the bottom plate's frame. </p><p>Electronic changes included the ability to tune the sensitivity of matrix metering in steps of 0.1 EV independently of the other metering modes, and several improvements to the flash support. Metz's HSS (High Speed Sync) flash mode was now supported, allowing fill flash at shutter speeds greater than the X-sync speed by the use of many repeated small flashes of the electronic flashgun. This mode could be used from 1/360 to the camera's shortest 1/8000 of a second shutter speed. Also improved was the use of fill-flash at slower shutter speeds and wider apertures, by enabling lower-power illumination modes on modern Metz equipment. The manual flash exposure compensation ability in Program mode was improved, and AE lock was now possible in all automated modes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accessories">Accessories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Accessories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leica sell a number of dedicated accessories for the R8 and R9. In addition to the <a href="/wiki/Leica_Digital_Modul_R" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica Digital Modul R">Digital Modul R</a>, these comprise the following:<sup id="cite_ref-leica-accessories_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leica-accessories-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Motor-Winder R8/R9</b>: gives powered film transport (loading/advance/rewind) and continuous 2 frame/s shooting. It affixes to the camera's base, adding 20 mm in height, and replaces the right handgrip as well, this containing the two CR-123 <a href="/wiki/Lithium_battery" title="Lithium battery">lithium batteries</a> it uses. A switch enables leader-out rewinds. An additional battery pack may be affixed to the base for extended use.<sup id="cite_ref-motorwinder_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-motorwinder-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This winder is much lighter and more compact than the previous version, the combination of R8 + Winder is almost exactly the same overall size and weight as the previous equivalent R7 + Winder</li> <li><b>Motor-Drive R8/R9</b>: like the Motor-Winder, but larger and gives continuous 4.5 frame/s shooting in addition to single-shot and 2 frame/s. It provides additional shutter releases ― on the handgrip and on the vertical grip on the base. Enables three-shot auto-bracketing of exposure in 0.5 or 1 <a href="/wiki/Exposure_value" title="Exposure value">EV</a> increments.<sup id="cite_ref-motordrive_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-motordrive-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Remote Control R8/R9</b>: an electronic unit that attaches to either the Motor Winder or the Motor Drive; it cannot be connected to the bare camera. In addition to triggering the shutter, the Remote Control can turn the camera on or off, control mode and exposure, control auto-bracketing, and can function as an intervalometer triggering at rates between one per second and one every 24 hours. It comes with a 5-metre cord and can be fitted with up to 4 25 metre extension cords for a maximum length of 105 metres.</li> <li><b>Electric trigger switches</b>: If the functionality of the Remote Control is not needed and all that is required is to trip the shutter, two electric trigger switches are available; one with a 5-metre cord that can also take extension cords, and one with a 0.3 metre cord for shake-free trigger release on a tripod.</li> <li><b>SF 24D flash</b>: Leica's dedicated flash unit enables camera-controlled TTL flash output on the R8 and R9. Covers the field of view of 35–85 mm lenses (with diffusers, 24–135 mm).</li> <li><b>Focusing screens</b>: the standard <a href="/wiki/Focusing_screen" title="Focusing screen">focusing screen</a>, ground-glass with split-image and microprism collar, can be replaced by any of five other screens for specialised tasks. For the Digital Modul R, an additional set of six screens marked with the Modul R's sensor crop area can be substituted.</li> <li>Other accessories from Leica include a rubber eyecup, right-angle finder, diopter correction lenses, cases, straps, tripods, cable releases etc.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="End_of_the_R_series">End of the R series</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: End of the R series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Wednesday, 4 March 2009, Leica announced via the L-Newsletter that no further stock was available and production of the R series cameras and accessories had ended.[3] </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Specifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Camera type </th> <td>35 mm single-lens reflex </td></tr> <tr> <th>Lens mount </th> <td>Leica R bayonet with additional electrical contacts ("ROM contacts"). </td></tr> <tr> <th>Operating modes </th> <td>Manual, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Program, and Flash. </td></tr> <tr> <th>Metering methods </th> <td>Selective (7mm central area), 6-element matrix, center-weighted, and flash TTL center-weighted </td></tr> <tr> <th>Exposure lock </th> <td>By light press on shutter release </td></tr> <tr> <th>Exposure compensation </th> <td>Plus or minus three stops in half-stop increments, using lever on left side of the eyepiece </td></tr> <tr> <th>Film speed range </th> <td>Automatic <a href="/wiki/DX_coding" class="mw-redirect" title="DX coding">DX coding</a> ISO 25 through 5000; manual ISO 6 through 12,800 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Metering range </th> <td>0.007–125,000 cd/m³ (EV −4 through EV 20) </td></tr> <tr> <th>Electrical power </th> <td>6 volts (2 × CR2 lithium battery) </td></tr> <tr> <th>Flash synchronisation </th> <td>Hotshoe center contact or external synch socket; first or second curtain sync, as well as strobe (multiple flashes)View </td></tr> <tr> <th>Flash X-sync </th> <td>1/250 second or slower </td></tr> <tr> <th>TTL flash metering compatibility </th> <td>Leica dedicated units and <a href="/wiki/Metz_(company)" title="Metz (company)">Metz</a> units with Metz SCA 3501 adapter </td></tr> <tr> <th>Viewfinder coverage </th> <td>93% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Viewfinder magnification </th> <td>0.75× with 50 mm lens </td></tr> <tr> <th>Self timer </th> <td>2 sec or 12 sec </td></tr> <tr> <th>Mirror pre-release </th> <td>Selectable via switch; first shutter release press activates mirror, second activates shutter </td></tr> <tr> <th>Frame counter </th> <td>In viewfinder and on rear cover LCD </td></tr> <tr> <th>Multiple exposures </th> <td>Unlimited, with multiple exposure switch on body </td></tr> <tr> <th>Construction </th> <td>Cast zinc top plate, aluminum frame, synthetic base, rubber bottom </td></tr> <tr> <th>Dimensions </th> <td>Width: 158 mm; Height: 101 mm; Depth: 62 mm </td></tr> <tr> <th>Weight </th> <td>890 g </td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup id="cite_ref-r8manual_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r8manual-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-erwinputs-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-erwinputs_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-erwinputs_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-erwinputs_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-erwinputs_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFErwin_Puts" class="citation web cs1">Erwin Puts. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010415041909/http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/rseries/designr8e.html">"Leica R8 Design"</a>. <i>Photosite</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/rseries/designr8e.html">the original</a> on 2001-04-15.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Photosite&rft.atitle=Leica+R8+Design&rft.au=Erwin+Puts&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imx.nl%2Fphotosite%2Fleica%2Frseries%2Fdesignr8e.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeica+R8%E2%80%93R9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-leicatimeline-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-leicatimeline_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-leicatimeline_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leica-camera.us/culture/history/leica_products/">"Leica Product Timeline"</a>. Leica Camera AG.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Leica+Product+Timeline&rft.pub=Leica+Camera+AG&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leica-camera.us%2Fculture%2Fhistory%2Fleica_products%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeica+R8%E2%80%93R9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-meinzer-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-meinzer_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFManfred_Meinzer_Industrial_Design" class="citation web cs1">Manfred Meinzer Industrial Design. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130613135532/http://www.meinzer-design.com/">"MM-designed products from LEICA Camera AG"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.meinzer-mm-design.de/hypertxt/leieng.htm">the original</a> on 2013-06-13<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2006-08-14</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=MM-designed+products+from+LEICA+Camera+AG&rft.au=Manfred+Meinzer+Industrial+Design&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meinzer-mm-design.de%2Fhypertxt%2Fleieng.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeica+R8%E2%80%93R9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-johnston-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-johnston_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMike_Johnston" class="citation web cs1">Mike Johnston. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123044718/http://luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-04-01-04.shtml">"Has Leica Lost It?"</a>. <i>The Sunday Morning Photographer</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-04-01-04.shtml">the original</a> on 2013-01-23<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2006-08-14</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Sunday+Morning+Photographer&rft.atitle=Has+Leica+Lost+It%3F&rft.au=Mike+Johnston&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.luminous-landscape.com%2Fcolumns%2Fsm-04-01-04.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeica+R8%E2%80%93R9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-leica-accessories-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-leica-accessories_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeica_Camera_AG" class="citation web cs1">Leica Camera AG. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leica-camera.us/photography/r_system/accessories/">"R System Accessories"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=R+System+Accessories&rft.au=Leica+Camera+AG&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leica-camera.us%2Fphotography%2Fr_system%2Faccessories%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeica+R8%E2%80%93R9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-motorwinder-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-motorwinder_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeica_Camera_AG" class="citation web cs1">Leica Camera AG. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leica-camera.us/photography/r_system/accessories/accessories_for_the_camera/film_advance/524.html">"Leica Motor-Winder R8/R9"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Leica+Motor-Winder+R8%2FR9&rft.au=Leica+Camera+AG&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leica-camera.us%2Fphotography%2Fr_system%2Faccessories%2Faccessories_for_the_camera%2Ffilm_advance%2F524.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeica+R8%E2%80%93R9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-motordrive-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-motordrive_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeica_Camera_AG" class="citation web cs1">Leica Camera AG. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leica-camera.us/photography/r_system/accessories/accessories_for_the_camera/film_advance/525.html">"Leica Motor-Drive R8/R9"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Leica+Motor-Drive+R8%2FR9&rft.au=Leica+Camera+AG&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leica-camera.us%2Fphotography%2Fr_system%2Faccessories%2Faccessories_for_the_camera%2Ffilm_advance%2F525.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeica+R8%E2%80%93R9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-r8manual-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-r8manual_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeica_Camera_AG" class="citation web cs1">Leica Camera AG. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.apotelyt.com/photo-download/leica-r-manual">"Leica R8 User Manual"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Leica+R8+User+Manual&rft.au=Leica+Camera+AG&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apotelyt.com%2Fphoto-download%2Fleica-r-manual&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeica+R8%E2%80%93R9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Leica_R8" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Leica R8">Leica R8</a> at Wikimedia Commons</li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Leica_R9" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Leica R9">Leica R9</a> at Wikimedia Commons</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thorsten_Overgaard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thorsten Overgaard (page does not exist)">Thorsten Overgaard</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.overgaard.dk/leica_digital_back_R.html">Leica R8 and Leica R9 with Leica DMR digital back</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Leica_Camera" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Leica_Camera" title="Template:Leica Camera"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Leica_Camera" title="Template talk:Leica Camera"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Leica_Camera" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Leica Camera"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Leica_Camera" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Leica_Camera" title="Leica Camera">Leica Camera</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leica_Geosystems" title="Leica Geosystems">Leica Geosystems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_Microsystems" title="Leica Microsystems">Leica Microsystems</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rangefinder_camera" title="Rangefinder camera">Rangefinder</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/M39_lens_mount" title="M39 lens mount">Thread-mount</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leica_Standard" title="Leica Standard">Leica Standard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_II" title="Leica II">Leica II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_III" title="Leica III">Leica III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_250_Reporter" title="Leica 250 Reporter">Leica 250 Reporter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Leica_M_mount#Film_cameras" title="Leica M mount">M mount (film)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M3" title="Leica M3">M3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M2" title="Leica M2">M2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M1" title="Leica M1">M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M4" title="Leica M4">M4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M5" title="Leica M5">M5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_CL" title="Leica CL">CL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M6" title="Leica M6">M6 / M6 TTL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M7" title="Leica M7">M7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_MP" title="Leica MP">MP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M-A" title="Leica M-A">M-A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Leica_M_mount#Digital_cameras" title="Leica M mount">M mount (digital)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M8" title="Leica M8">M8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M9" title="Leica M9">M9 / M9-P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M_(Typ_240)" title="Leica M (Typ 240)">M (Typ 240) / M-P (Typ 240)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M-E" title="Leica M-E">M-E (Typ 220)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M_(Typ_262)" title="Leica M (Typ 262)">M (Typ 262)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M-E_(Typ_240)" title="Leica M-E (Typ 240)">M-E (Typ 240)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M_Monochrom" title="Leica M Monochrom">M Monochrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M_Monochrom_(Typ_246)" title="Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246)">M Monochrom (Typ 246)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M-D" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica M-D">M-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M10" title="Leica M10">M10 / M10-P / M10-R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M10-D" title="Leica M10-D">M10-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M10_Monochrom" title="Leica M10 Monochrom">M10 Monochrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_M11" title="Leica M11">M11</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Four_Thirds_system" title="Four Thirds system">Four Thirds mount</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leica_Digilux_3" title="Leica Digilux 3">Digilux 3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leica_Camera.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Leica_Camera.svg/85px-Leica_Camera.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Leica_Camera.svg/128px-Leica_Camera.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Leica_Camera.svg/170px-Leica_Camera.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Single-lens_reflex_camera" title="Single-lens reflex camera">Single-lens reflex</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Leica_R_bayonet" title="Leica R bayonet">R mount</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leicaflex" title="Leicaflex">Leicaflex / SL / SL2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_R3" title="Leica R3">Leica R3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_R4-R7" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica R4-R7">Leica R4 / R5 / R6 / R7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_R8-R9" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica R8-R9">Leica R8 / R9</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Leica_S-System" title="Leica S-System">S mount</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leica_S-System" title="Leica S-System">Leica S1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_S2" title="Leica S2">Leica S2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_S_(Typ_006)" title="Leica S (Typ 006)">Leica S (Typ 006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_S-System" title="Leica S-System">Leica S (Typ 007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_S-System" title="Leica S-System">Leica S3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Mirrorless_interchangeable-lens_camera" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera">Mirrorless</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="L_mount" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Leica_L-Mount" title="Leica L-Mount">L mount</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leica_T_(Typ_701)" title="Leica T (Typ 701)">Leica T (Typ 701)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_TL" title="Leica TL">Leica TL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_TL2" title="Leica TL2">Leica TL2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_CL_(Typ_7323)" title="Leica CL (Typ 7323)">Leica CL (Typ 7323)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_SL_(Typ_601)" title="Leica SL (Typ 601)">Leica SL (Typ 601)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_SL2" title="Leica SL2">Leica SL2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leica_SL2-S&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leica SL2-S (page does not exist)">Leica SL2-S</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Point-and-shoot_camera" title="Point-and-shoot camera">Digital compact</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leica_X1" title="Leica X1">Leica X1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_X2" title="Leica X2">Leica X2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_X_Vario" title="Leica X Vario">Leica X Vario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_X" title="Leica X">Leica X (Typ 113)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_X-U" title="Leica X-U">Leica X-U</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leica_Q" title="Leica Q">Leica Q / Leica Q-P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_Q2" title="Leica Q2">Leica Q2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_Q3" title="Leica Q3">Leica Q3</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leica_Digilux_1" title="Leica Digilux 1">Digilux 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_Digilux_2" title="Leica Digilux 2">Digilux 2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;">Camera lens</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Noctilux" title="Noctilux">Noctilux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summilux" title="Summilux">Summilux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summicron" title="Summicron">Summicron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summarit" title="Summarit">Summarit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmarit" title="Elmarit">Elmarit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmar_(lens)" title="Elmar (lens)">Elmar / Super Elmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summaron" title="Summaron">Summaron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hektor_(lens)" title="Hektor (lens)">Hektor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oskar_Barnack" title="Oskar Barnack">Oskar Barnack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walther_Benser" title="Walther Benser">Walther Benser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Heerbrugg" title="Wild Heerbrugg">Wild Heerbrugg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Leitz_II" title="Ernst Leitz II">Ernst Leitz II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Mandler" title="Walter Mandler">Walter Mandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Wild" title="Heinrich Wild">Heinrich Wild</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Leica_cameras" title="List of Leica cameras">List of Leica cameras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Leitz_GmbH" title="Ernst Leitz GmbH">Ernst Leitz GmbH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_Freedom_Train" title="Leica Freedom Train">Leica Freedom Train</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leica_Historical_Society_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica Historical Society of America">Leica Historical Society of America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumix" title="Lumix">Lumix</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Category:Leica_Camera" title="Category:Leica Camera">Category</a></b></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span> <b><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Leica" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Leica">Commons</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Leica_R_mount_bodies" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Leica_R_bodies" title="Template:Leica R bodies"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Leica_R_bodies" title="Template talk:Leica R bodies"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Leica_R_bodies" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Leica R bodies"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Leica_R_mount_bodies" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Leica_Camera" title="Leica Camera">Leica</a> <a href="/wiki/Leica_R_bayonet" title="Leica R bayonet">R mount</a> bodies</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed; margin:2px 0 0 0" class="wikitable wraplinks"> <tbody><tr style="font-weight:italic"> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width:6.5em"><b>Model</b> </td> <td colspan="10">1960s </td> <td colspan="10">1970s </td> <td colspan="10">1980s </td> <td colspan="10">1990s </td> <td colspan="10">2000s </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:50%; font-weight:bold"> <td>60</td> <td>61</td> <td>62</td> <td>63</td> <td>64</td> <td>65</td> <td>66</td> <td>67</td> <td>68</td> <td>69 </td> <td>70</td> <td>71</td> <td>72</td> <td>73</td> <td>74</td> <td>75</td> <td>76</td> <td>77</td> <td>78</td> <td>79 </td> <td>80</td> <td>81</td> <td>82</td> <td>83</td> <td>84</td> <td>85</td> <td>86</td> <td>87</td> <td>88</td> <td>89 </td> <td>90</td> <td>91</td> <td>92</td> <td>93</td> <td>94</td> <td>95</td> <td>96</td> <td>97</td> <td>98</td> <td>99 </td> <td>00</td> <td>01</td> <td>02</td> <td>03</td> <td>04</td> <td>05</td> <td>06</td> <td>07</td> <td>08</td> <td>09 </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:solid darkgrey"> <td colspan="2" rowspan="1" height="30px"><b>Leicaflex</b> </td> <td colspan="4"> </td> <td colspan="4" style="background:#e0e0e0"><a href="/wiki/Leicaflex" title="Leicaflex">Leicaflex</a> </td> <td colspan="5" style="background:#e0e0e0"><a href="/wiki/Leicaflex_SL" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicaflex SL">SL</a> </td> <td colspan="4" style="background:#e0e0e0"><a href="/wiki/Leicaflex_SL2" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicaflex SL2">SL2</a> </td> <td colspan="3"> </td> <td colspan="10"> </td> <td colspan="10"> </td> <td colspan="10"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" rowspan="1" height="30px"><b>Leica R</b> </td> <td colspan="10"> </td> <td colspan="6"> </td> <td colspan="4" style="background:#FFFFB0"><a href="/wiki/Leica_R3" title="Leica R3">R3</a> </td> <td colspan="6" style="background:#FFFFB0"><a href="/wiki/Leica_R4" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica R4">R4</a> </td> <td colspan="1" style="background:#FFFFB0"><a href="/wiki/Leica_R5" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica R5">R5</a> </td> <td colspan="4" style="background:#FFFFB0"><a href="/wiki/Leica_R6" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica R6">R6</a> </td> <td colspan="5" style="background:#FFFFB0"><a href="/wiki/Leica_R7" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica R7">R7</a> </td> <td colspan="6" style="background:#e0e0e0"><a href="/wiki/Leica_R8" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica R8">R8</a> </td> <td colspan="8" style="background:#e0e0e0"><a href="/wiki/Leica_R9" class="mw-redirect" title="Leica R9">R9</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="background:#FFFFB0">Collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Minolta" title="Minolta">Minolta</a></span> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8–R9&oldid=1192152925">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8–R9&oldid=1192152925</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Leica_R-mount_cameras" title="Category:Leica R-mount cameras">Leica R-mount cameras</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Inconsistent_wikidata_for_Commons_category" title="Category:Inconsistent wikidata for Commons category">Inconsistent wikidata for Commons category</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 27 December 2023, at 22:25<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-wkmgf","wgBackendResponseTime":155,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.350","walltime":"0.585","ppvisitednodes":{"value":1663,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":52754,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":957,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":11,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":1,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":45969,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 384.167 1 -total"," 34.43% 132.284 1 Template:Infobox_Camera"," 27.88% 107.089 1 Template:Reflist"," 24.47% 93.992 1 Template:Ernst_Leitz_GmbH"," 23.96% 92.031 8 Template:Cite_web"," 23.91% 91.847 4 Template:Navbox"," 14.69% 56.422 1 Template:Short_description"," 9.85% 37.852 2 Template:Commons_category-inline"," 9.44% 36.247 2 Template:Sister-inline"," 8.60% 33.046 1 Template:Infobox"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.196","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":5179770,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-dfwpk","timestamp":"20241122145724","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Leica R8\u2013R9","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leica_R8%E2%80%93R9","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q3229144","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q3229144","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2006-08-14T07:37:53Z","dateModified":"2023-12-27T22:25:53Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c9\/Leica_R8_2934.jpg","headline":"digital camera model"}</script> </body> </html>