Save yourself $5k by making a Leica M8 out of LEGO for $50. It's a good way to dodge those red-dot taxes, but I'll warn you: the 3MP camera will hardly hold up to your phone, let alone a Leica.

Sure, you could add a faux leather skin to re-create the classic Leica feel but why do that when you could just print out a picture of a Leica Camera and tape it to the back of your iPhone 4?

I've really been digging these white cameras lately. Pentax's cookies 'n' cream K2000 and now the decidedly more luxe limited-edition Leica M8. If you have to ask how much it costs, it's not for you.

Yeah, you read that right: f/ zero point nine five. As in less than f/1, which was where Leica's legendary Noctilux was positioned before and as low as Canon goes with their 50mm f/1.0L glass, making it the world's fastest major consumer lens on the market today (f-numbers are logarithmic, so that's over a full…

Even though a Leica rep explicitly told us at PMA that there would be no M9 or M10—Leica plans to perpetually upgrade the Inspector Gadget of digital cameras, the M8, instead—some customers received a letter from the big L that a full-frame M camera is on the way.

Leica fanatics are different than regular people, so it's no surprise Leica's taking an entirely different—but brilliant—approach with its M8: It's everlasting. Instead of dropping an M9 or M10, Leica is offering substantial upgrades to the M8 itself—mechanical and digital components, so it'll slowly evolve into a new…

It looks like Leica's M8 has been giving early customers problems, with a recall likely. They released a statement on their message boards, check it:

You remember Leica's M8, their first rangefinder camera with a CCD inside its gut? The video obsessed editors at Camcorder Info dot com give it a decent look over at Photokina. Their verdict? Seems like a serious piece of kit, with a metal body and 10.3 megapixel eye. The surprises include an automated sensor cleaning…

Leica goes a long way toward recapturing its glory days with the M8, which harkens to the time when the company's famed rangefinder, mirrored reflex system and fine lenses ruled the camera world. In fact, the M8 is the first digital iteration of Leica's M-series, and naturally, its combination of old-school metal…