IR- screw Leica rangefinder option?

["joe b." <joe-b@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <199608270845.JAA05135@xxxxxxxxxx>, Willem-Jan Markerink
<w.j.markerink@xxxxx> writes
>Allow a rangefinder newbie question: do all brands of screw mount
>range finders (the Leica compatibles of course) have this awkward
>film loading? 

Don't know, have only tried the Leica one so far. 

>Like Canon 7(s) etc?
>Any favorites in regard with film loading?
>Heck, you can still buy brand new Russian cameras, but I doubt 
>whether they are easy to load....and they weigh 1kg no less....I have 
>a different imagination of a compact rangefinder...8-))

The Russian rf Leica thread cameras tend to have no strap lugs, which
puts them pretty much outside my area of interest. I did have a Kiev
copy of a Contax once that was very good, even when used alongside the
Contax it was copied from. And I think I recall it was relatively easy
to load as well. I'd be very interested to find out about the loading of
the Canon Rf cameras.
-- 
joe b.

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