Well, I may be about to answer my own question about rangefinders, as I'm trying to buy a Yashica Minister III that I found on The List of the Craigs for 50 bones. Owner claims it works well in the ad. I emailed him some questions, we'll see what happens. The research I've done sez they're really good cameras, with a fixed 45 mm / 2.8 Yashinon lens that seems to garner a fair amount of praise. Selenium meter, so no batteries... if it still works after over six decades. If not, I've got a light meter app on my phone, and I need to learn more about exposure anyway.
If we take the broader definition of "C&V camera," then I'll be adding two more.
- My mom's Olympus LT-1, a mid-90s point-and-shoot that's a gussied-up version of their Mju/Stylus 1. Same internals, same highly-regarded 35mm / 3.5 lens, just in a smoother, more rounded body, wrapped in leatherette and with a magnetic flap instead of the sliding plastic cover.
- My stepdad's dad's Minolta Maxxum autofocus SLR. I've never used a Minolta auto before. Sadly, when Minolta brought out the first autofocusing SLR, they had to change their lens mount to get all the parts to fit, so the older lenses ren't cross-compatible. Hopefully Minolta's AF lenses were as good as their MF ones, and as cheap to buy. We'll see.
The LT-1 is going to live in my handlebar bag, I think... for the "have a camera" rule, if for no other reason. The Maxxum is more a poops-n-smiles kinda thing, plus it was free. I've ordered the hardware so that I can share the $60 Outer Shell strap between the two Minoltas and the Yashica, if I get it. (The hardware, two clips for the strap lugs and a screw-in adapter for the tripod mount, costs about 10 bucks per camera.)
And I dropped off my 1st roll of HP5+ for developing. (There's FP4+ in the SRT Super now... we'll see if the picture quality is worth the more-difficult exposure. TANSTAAFL.) So there should be more pictures to share, assuming any of them are worth a damn.
--Shannon