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Rangefinder Cameras

Canon A35 FCanon A35 F

Mamiya 35 II Mamiya 35 II

Petri ES 6

Canon Canonet 28 Canonet

Mamiya 35 III Mamiya 35III Samoca MR2 Samoca MR

Canon Datematic Canondate

Mir Mirthb

Taron VIC Taron

FED 2 Fed 2

Minolta AL 7

Yashica MG-1 Yashica Electro

FED 3 Fed 3

Minolta AL-F Minolta AL-F

Yashica Electro 35 ProYashica Electro 35Pro

FED 5 Fed 5

Minolta HI-MATIC 9Minolta HI-MATIC 9

Yashica Electro 35GSGS
Kiev 4 AKiev

Minolta HI-MATIC-F HI-MATIC-F

Zorki 4 Zorki 4
Kiev 4 Kievthb

Olympus Auto Eye II 5

Zorki 4K Zorki 4K
Konica Auto S3 Konica S3 Petri 7S Petri 7 Miranda Sensoret Miranda
Konica EE-Matic Deluxe 2 Konica EE-Matic DELUXE 2    

A rangefinder camera is a camera fitted with a rangefinder: a range-finding focusing mechanism allowing the photographer to measure the subject distance and take photographs that are in sharp focus. Most varieties of rangefinder show two images of the same subject, one of which moves when a calibrated wheel is turned; when the two images coincide and fuse into one, the distance can be read off the wheel. Older, non-coupled rangefinder cameras display the focusing distance and require the photographer to transfer the value to the lens focus ring; cameras without built-in rangefinders could have an external rangefinder fitted into the accessory shoe. Earlier cameras of this type had separate viewfinder and rangefinder windows; later the rangefinder was incorporated into the viewfinder. More modern designs have rangefinders coupled to the focusing mechanism, so that the lens is focused correctly when the rangefinder images fuse. Wikipedia.org/Rangefinder

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