I had a play with a Mint Reid this afternoon, with a Mint Taylor-Whatsit collapsible 50mm on the front.
What a beautiful thing.
Completely impractical, of course, with those two daft little viewfinder things, and at least one too many speed dials (
), but a joy to handle and, dare I say it, fondle. The smoothness of the wind-on and the soft click of the shutter were fantastic.
It is my new friend Ivan's personal one that he just has in his display cabinet in the shop and he reckons that these Reids were the very best LTM cameras ever made.