What Are Your Favorite 35mm Manual Focus Fixed-Lens Rangefinders? (Looking For Recommendations)

[shom]

The flipside is, I can't get used to the handling on the Olympus 35 RC and am thinking of getting ride of mine, the aperture ring ergonomics just do not make it enjoyable for me. If the meter worked on mine, I wouldn't mind shooting it in shutter priority instead..

I agree with the aperture ring ergonomics of the Olympus 35RC, I can't change it without taking it off my eye and then putting my hand over the lens and pinching my fingers in. If it had a little tab that would be great. I love that it is a truly pocketable (for my pockets at least) fully manual range finder.

 

[fophem]

The Konica C35 is a great little camera. Nice lens : 38mm f/1.8 Hexanon.

 

[fophem]

About the minolta CLE, it's a really great camera. I've used it a lot alongside my M6 but I always felt it's aperture priority system was sometime annoying. You can't trust the speed indication shown in the viewfinder since it will re-evaluate the light in real-time when you actually take the picture.

 

[camera_allure]

Konica IIIA

 

[Radost]

I think the best fixed lens range finder is a Leica CL with 40mm sumicron that you never take off!

 

[BMbikerider]

Apart from the silly money Leicas which don't float my boat at all I had an Olympus SP which was absolutely terrific. I sold it when I went over to exclusively Nikon but have regretted it. That Zuiko lens it was fitted with was a right cracker. I have not seen one for sale for a few years now.

 

[Radost]

Apart from the silly money Leicas which don't float my boat at all I had an Olympus SP which was absolutely terrific. I sold it when I went over to exclusively Nikon but have regretted it. That Zuiko lens it was fitted with was a right cracker. I have not seen one for sale for a few years now.

I have enjoyed the Olympus 35RC. Very capable lens.