I’ve taken getting on for 40,000 images with the M over the last year – It’s become second nature to use, and whilst there are some changes I’d like to see to the firmware, faster startup times wouldn’t go amiss, and I really would like it to  be M6 thickness . . . . Apart from those things it’s use has become second nature, and it’s a real pleasure to shoot with. I do use the extra features . . . maybe 10% of the time, they serve a purpose, but the real joy of the M is using it as rangefinder camera – it’s the honourable and worthy descendent of that M3 of 1954. It also solves almost all of the shortcomings of the M9 (also a lovely camera). Shooting with a rangefinder is a special thing – you either like it or you don’t, if you don’t, then the M surely isn’t for you, but if you do, the Leica M is a wonderful camera, and it allows you to make the very most of all those wonderful M mount lenses produced over the years. The point of the Leica M is the rangefinder. To my mind no EVF based camera is ever going to be a decent substitute – however well designed and however good the image quality…….

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