My first Leica!

Even Leica admits the M10 is ‘not a camera for everyone'. Given its price tag and the ‘exceptionally lean handling concept' it provides, we feel only those who are fans of Leica's M-series will lust after this camera.

If you don't follow Leica M cameras closely, it might be hard to understand what the fuss over the M10 is about. But for those who do, the new camera represents a big step forward.

Expanded ISO range; Improved viewfinder; Wi-Fi connectivity

No image stabilization

One of the many pressures put on camera manufacturers today is the need to overload new models with all the latest technology to make them appeal to a mass-market audience. One camera that did just that was the Leica M (Typ 240) .

Leica has introduced a new rangefinder camera to its legendary M series. Rangefinders use a style of focusing that was first introduced over a century ago, with focus achieved by converging the views taken from two windows mounted on the front.

Leica is a refreshingly unusual company in the modern camera industry – weird, wonderful, gleefully anachronistic but never, ever, boring. As such, Leica is one of those companies that I've always enjoyed writing about.