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     Mareklew Tinkerer Username: Mareklew Post Number: 105 Registered: 03-2010 Rating: N/A |
A good copy of... Zorki (e.g. 4). Before you eat me: it's a structurally simple rangefinder with removable back (!), easily adjustable with simple tools (!), has no half-mirror that can get desilvered with age (uses beamsplitter prism) (!) and takes Leitz LTM lenses if you are into that sort of money. CLA it and it works a treat. If you loosen up on the 'vingage/classic' thing, I'd take the Konica Autoreflex TC - I really like mine, it's small and light, yet very smooth in operation, has a light meter and the lenses are good and relatively cheap. I had a try on the (much better equipped) TC3 and found it a brick. For that weight I'd take my Rolleicord, thank you. Not 35mm though. However, if it has to be small, then Rollei 35 (I prefer the LED-meter version 35SE) is a good pick, scale focusing, but lovely build quality and perfect lens quality - nothing you'd expect in a package the size of a pack of cigarettes. Still, I like indoor and available light, so for ONE only I'd take a RF. Marek |