Leica M8 Impressions

As someone who's always dreamed of playing with a high end rangefinder (too expensive for my bank account), the announcement of the Leica M8 last year, and then the delivery of it was exciting. How would a digital version of these rangefinders work out? Well, there's been some problems, which Leica is in the process of fixing, but this review gives a nice impression. Aside from the technical problems with the camera at this point, is the Leica M8 really necessary? Have we surpassed the need for high quality range finders in favor of fast autofocus and insane resolution sensors found in modern DSLRs?

Makes me wish I had finished adding comments to the blog this past weekend :/.