My first Leica was an M6 that I bought in 2004. I sold that some time later, regretted it, and bought another in 2008. Traded that for an M4 and then added an M7 which I then sold to pay some medical bills. Whew! Long story short, I just picked up an M6 “Classic” to correct my earlier mistakes. Another terrific camera. After a year or two with fully manual cameras, the meter in the M6 is most welcome.

Many consider the M6 to be one of the more pedestrian of Leica M cameras. That may be true, but they’re also plentiful, relatively affordable while being reasonably new (mine is from 1997), gorgeous, and a joy to hold.