Leica’s fresh D-Lux 8 makes it to the trendy point-and-shoot party

Leica has a new $1,595 compact digital camera called D-Lux 8 — a follow-up to the discontinued D-Lux 7 launched way back in 2018 for $1,195. There are a lot of similarities between the two despite that price increase: they both house a non-detachable Leica 24-75mm zoom lens, contain a 21-megapixel four-thirds CMOS sensor, and have a similar design. But now, there’s new software under the hood and changes in controls — more on that later.