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So, I've had my M6 for a solid six months now and I really really have to say that I love this camera. The way it feels in my grip, the way people think I'm weird for not having a point&shoot or dslr, the round exposure counter, the thinness, the blackness, and yes the red dot™. This is the only camera I've ever felt this way about and I know it seems so ridiculously frivolous but it's simply true.

Anyway, what I wanted to say is that ever since I took the battery out of my M6 five weeks ago my photos are much more rewarding and successful. No distractions in the viewfinder; only pure beautiful light and I love it. I don't know why, but even my M3 never gave me this satisfaction *ducks for flying tomatos*.

Have any of you taken out the battery and felt the same liberation?
 
Even though I mostly shoot with hand-held incident meter or just an estimation (used to these with my M3), I figured an exp. indicators in M6 are no hindrance when not using them - just a matter of getting used to not paying attention to them.
On the other hand, in certain situations found M6 meter to prove its usefulness.
 
I have a 4P and I haven't found how to put the battery in yet. 😉 But on cameras that DO have meters, I feel a relief from all that pressure to think. I point, I fiddle with the settings and I push the button.

When I need to figure out the settings myself, I very often like the result more. Not that it's any better - often the contrary. I like it cause it's MINE!
 
That is why the M4-P is my favorite M-Leica. 🙂 No meter, no batteries, the "modern" film-loading system and the ability to attach a motor / rapid-winder. My M6TTL 0.85x with meter is more convinient to use but it doesn't have the charm of the puristic M4-P.
 
I love having a meter in my M6 for shooting colour transparencies (where I need to meter for every shot), but I sometimes find the meter display distracting when I'm shooting B&W.

I like to use a hand held meter reading, and then guess a stop or so either way as the light changes, checking again a little while later - I often then pre-focus and effectively just point and shoot. With a meterless camera it's a smooth and quick action, but with the M6 the meter keeps distracting me and making me unnecessarily fiddle to get the exposure within half a stop. I found this especially annoying last weekend when I was shooting with both my M6 and M2 loaded with ISO 400 B&W.

I've never tried taking the batteries out - I probably should try it.
 
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