Cartier-Bresson. Winogrand. Frank. Capa. All masters of "the decisive moment," and all devotees of the camera that made it possible—the 35 mm Leica. But technology marches on, and the German company has dedicated the past six years to its first digital M Series rangefinder: the Leica M8. Its two-piece body of magnesium alloy, with top panel and base of milled brass, is firmly in the company tradition. For purists, however, the 10.3-megapixel sensor and its software are a brave new world. Lucky for them, these features are carefully tuned to compensate for the parallax and distortion of the rangefinder focusing system, the M Series' eccentric hallmark. (With a rangefinder, you don't compose through the lens, so your view is brighter and clearer than with an SLR.) Factor in the capacity to use most M Series lenses produced since 1954, a pristine menu design, the latest digital settings (except Autofocus—please!), and this modernist icon looks well equipped for the digital age.