Re: 35mm rangefinder suggestions?

[Don Roberts <droberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use a Canonet QL17 and a Konica Auto S-2 frequently with good results at a
very moderate price.  Very good lenses and quality construction.

Joshua_Putnam wrote:

> While shooting today, the shutter on my trusty old Olympus 35-S
> rangefinder jammed.  I hope to get it repaired at a reasonable
> price, but failing that, can anyone suggest other similar old
> all-mechanical, metal-bodied 35mm rangefinder cameras, with
> moderately wide lenses, with IR focusing marks, that aren't
> priced as collector's items instead of useable cameras?  This
> 35-S has spent years riding in the handlebar bag of my bicycle,
> recently with a no.87 gel behind the lens, and if I can't get it
> fixed, I definitely want something similar to replace it.
>
> On the topic of IR -- this is the only dimpled-pressure plate
> camera that I've used whose dimples made the characteristic
> pattern of dots on Konica 750 as well as on HIE.  I had always
> thought the dimples only affected HIE because of its lack of an
> anti-halation layer, but I guess not.  I haven't had this problem
> with the dimpled pressure plate of my OM-1 or OM-2 with either
> HIE or Konica 750, but the dimples on the 35-S are shaped
> differently than on my more recent Olympus cameras.  Black
> backing paper fixed it, so it's not a problem, just an observation.
>
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>  Josh@xxxxxxxxxxxx  is  Joshua Putnam / P.O. Box 13220 / Burton, WA 98013
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