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Hasselblad XPan for more than ten years now.

24x65 is way larger/difficult to frame and not suitable for many subjects.

 

Canonet 1.7 since longer than Leica.

Hexar RF , just not to buy M7 to use that "A" feature and with handy motor built-in no Leica to compare with.

Minolta CLE used when I need compact/auto and/or 28mm as main lens.

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Family FED-2, I fixed numerous times, but it still works :) I printed from fresh negatives taken by this camera on previous week.

 

Zorki which was serviced by one known in FSU person.

Loaded with old Polariod c-41 film at this moment.

 

Bessa R2M, simply as backup for M4-2. Since 2016 my M4-2 was in service twice and it was months for waiting of parts.

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Forgot one, my first 35mm which I still have: a David White Stereo Realist; the longest RF base length plus life-size RF image for most accurate focus (esp with 35mm f3.5 lenses). But it’s lost without Kodachrome II.

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All rangefinders: Zeiss Super Ikonta, Linhof Super Technika, Printex, Busch Pressman, Canon 7, Bertram, Combat Graphic 70mm, Peckham Wray

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Canon P and 3

 

Nikon S2, I would like an SP and one of the modern Voigtlander Bessa bodies that have Nikon/Contax lens mounts.

 

Contax 2a

 

MPP 5x4, except that it does not have a rangefinder cam for the lens so the rangefinder is not used.

 

And a Fuji GS645S, which operates very much like a Leica but you need to turn it round to get a horizontal picture, being 15 on 120 format.

Which gives me an excuse to show a picture of a camera that is not a Leica...

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The next step from rangefinders (RF) is when one uses the camera's RF then switches with a short motion to an optical viewfinder (OVF). Really, it can work for those who cannot see full frame. I use a Voightlander finder for most work. They make outstanding finders that work for us oldies with thick glasses.

 

Then there are the viewfinder-only cameras. I have put together a wide-angle viewfinder camera from the fifties with an infrared distance finder that can be seen in the viewfinder (made by Leica). Remarkable!

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Linhof 220, SP and S3,  but my favourites,  loved as much as my Leicas are my Contax's,  oh that late 30s and early 50s Zeiss glass. Tough call ;  my 'desert island' camera  would be  either my M3  and 50mm Summicron or My Contax 11A  and 35mm Biogon

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