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it's taken over four years but like it has finally produced a fully new M series camera the m10 the $6,500 m10 comes with a host of new things including better image quality wireless connectivity and improved functionality over its predecessor but at the same time the m10 brings back many qualities of like as old film cameras making it the most film like digital camera that company has ever made buying and shooting a Leica is a unique experience driven more by romance and nostalgia than value or performance it's not about feeds and speeds is OS or megapixels it's about feel and other entirely subjective qualities like that even has a German phrase to describe this das recently je which basically means the essentials it starts with the design the m10 is slimmer than earlier digital lamps giving it the same footprint as the film versions it has fewer buttons on the back and it doesn't record video of any sort the controls have been designed so that all of your shooting parameters aperture shutter ISO can be set without having a look at the screen it's a distillation of the needs of a still photographer without any superfluous functions getting in the way das recently J four decades before they became exorbitantly expensive toys for the well-heeled Leica cameras were the workhorses of choice for journalists street photographers and travel photographers because of their compact size discreet functionality and bulletproof build quality the m10 carries more of those qualities over to the digital world than any prior like us you can have a similar experience to someone shooting a 50 year old m3 without having to give up the conveniences of digital now don't get me wrong the m10 is still incredibly expensive a kit like the one I have here running well over ten thousand dollars it's also incredibly hard to shoot with especially if you use the modern conveniences like autofocus matrix metering and close focusing distances the m10 is not good for capturing fast action and if you're shooting subjects like kids or pets most of your shots won't likely to be out of focus it could take years to get proficient with the M's range Rider focusing and metering system as a result the m10 is best for the same disciplines that classic Leica cameras were always good at street photography reportage landscapes and other low-speed scenarios now compared to its immediate predecessors the M type 240 and type 262 it can shoot in much higher ISO s making it possible to shoot pictures in very low light it has better dynamic range and a brighter viewfinder to make it slightly easier to compose and focus in low-light now if you've never shot with a rangefinder picking up and shooting with the m10 it's going to be daunting the focusing system is entirely manual and requires you to line up two small boxes in the middle of the frame to get focus it can take a lot of practice to get right and if you're shooting a wide apertures like the f-14 I have on this lens it can be very difficult to nail the focus and since the focusing is all done in the center of the frame it can lead to some very boring composure if you don't remember to recompose after focusing like this basic metering system also presents challenges if you're not prepared to handle it it's basically a center-weighted system that works okay most of the time but gets thrown for a loop whenever there's a bright source of light in the frame like the Sun or lamps or street lights it takes patience to learn how to shoot well with a Leica and then patience to get the shot right once you've figured it all out but for fans of Leica cameras those that are bought into the romance of it all these limitations are all part of the charm though the m10 is a fully modern sensor and can hold its own in terms of image quality with the best full-frame DSLR as you can buy the rest of it is decidedly low-tech even though it costs a lot more than other cameras that means that if you're thinking about getting a Leica you really need to be in love with it all right down to the essentials das recently CEI of photography thank you constantly like hold the camera up see what I have charm at and then get my focus then I have to worry about is my subject always in the center which it is because I'm bad at this and then I can finally snap my photo