Extreme Field Test: Leica M8 in Iraq

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Photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson puts the new Leica M8 digital rangefinder to work while on assignment in the world's hottest war zone.

By Ashley Gilbertson Posted May 7, 2007

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Extreme Field Test: Leica M8 in Iraq
Photographs of 98 Shiite worshippers killed in the April 2006 triple suicide bombing of Baratha mosque adorn a wall. My cameras were not an imposing presence on this scene which required sensitivity to visitors' quiet reflective moments.

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