Reflex vs. Rangefinder

[montecarlo]

Well , after that adventure with the Vitomatic I said STOP . I'll remain with SLR but again, who knows. May be I'll find some very cheap RF. To me they seem more complicated than the SLRs (mostly the alignment ot the RF or calibration). More, I cosider that the leaf shutter woulb a better choise being more quiet.
Here are some tests with a VERY faulty (massive light leak) Smena 8M - I must say that you can get close to the people, much much closer that with a dSLR and even if you are saw people don't give you importance :










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Canonet QL17 III
Zenit E , Helios-44 58mm f:2.0 , Tair-11A 135mm f:2.8, Jupiter-9 85mm f:2.0
Porst Reflex TL , Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm f:2.4 , Pentacon 50mm f:1.8 , Porst MC 135mm f:2.8 , Cosinon MC 200mm f:3.5
Konica Autoreflex TC,Hexanon 50mm f:1.7
Ricoh KR10, Petri MC 28mm f:2 , Chinon MC 28mm f:2.8 , smc Pentax-M 50mm f:1.7, Ricoh 50mm f:1.7 , Soligor T 135mm f:2.8 , smc Pentax-M 75-150mm f:4
Pentax K100D , smc Pentax-DA 18-55 , smc Pentax-FA 80-320

[Orio]

Man, this is really bad leak!

You have raised a sensible issue. I wonder which is the most quiet rangefinder. Perhaps better to open a thread about it.
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