The Leica M8.2 Compact Digital Camera is a fully updated version of the professional digital rangefinder camera LEICA M8. Important core values of the LEICA M8 like discretion, intuitiveness and robustness have been further enhanced. The LEICA M8.2 complements the LEICA M8; both models will exist parallel in the market. Many elements of the LEICA M8.2 can be integrated into the M8. With this service, Leica Camera underlines once again the system compatibility and the high value retention of the M line. The LEICA M8.2 is the very first professional digital camera to use an ultra scratch-resistant sapphire crystal as coverglass for the camera monitor. It is so hard that it can only be worked with special diamond tools. The camera also sports a new easy-grip and specially robust "vulcanite" finish. Thanks to numerous detailed modifications, the noise and vibration of the shutter action have been audibly and noticeably reduced even further. The fastest shutter speed of the metal blade focal-plane shutter is 1/4000 s and the flash sync speed is 1/180 s. To make the camera even more discreet in critical situations, the photographer may personally determine the suitable moment when the shutter is cocked. A lot of the new features of the LEICA M8.2 can also be integrated to the LEICA M8: The scratchproof sapphire glass, the quiter shutter or the bright line frames which are matched for longer distances.