The Kodak Retinas are also fine rangefinders, though I think they were German built (so they are sure solid) and mine at least have Schneider-Kreuznach f:2 50mm lenses. The door mechanisms don't seem to hold up as well as the Zeiss folders, but I believe it's down to the sideways design. The used prices are very good, however, and they make excellent shooters for introducing all the basics of pure manual photography. Plus, they are way easier to load than their Leica contemporaries!
Howdy. For several years I have lurked on UHH, and always enjoy your photos. Because I am a technophobe, and loyal to film and range finders, I don't know the first thing about how I might post any of my photos, though I have been avid since my first camera at age12, a Kodak Pony in the 50s. I'm 76 now, and in recent years I have become attached to my Zeiss Ikon Super Ikontas in 6x9, 6x6, and 6x4.5 MF, using Ilford HP5 Plus primarily, and only occasionally Kodak color, normally Portra 160 or 400 these days. All my Ikontas are pre-war, so they don't give their best results in color, but those old Zeiss lenses are brilliant in B&W, sharp with great detail.
My go to 35mm is a swell Nikon S2; my favorite of the prime lenses is the Nikkor-H 1:2/F=5cm. If I know I'll want flash, it's my Rollei 35S. It's a weird flash configuration, as you probably know. And if I expect conditions to be rugged or wet, I find my Zeiss Ikon Contessa is bulletproof as well as beautiful. All these cameras are pocketable, more or less. Renger-Patzsch mocked anything other than his big 9x12 glass plate field cameras, but I think he took some of his best pictures with the Super Ikonta 32/16 in 6x6. He also had a very cool Voightlander Bergheil for backpacking on snow shoes in the Alps. I would like to try ground glass focusing sometime, but my hobby is pretty expensive already, as I send all my processing out to North Coast.
As you see, I'm not ideally set up for posting on-line, but I delight in your pictures and comments. I have learned a lot about film from the fellow in Chicago who loves Canons and the lakefront, and Tradio's night time pictures of Oxford, Ohio make me really want to go there. I'm pretty familiar with many of you regular's work, and I am grateful I can nose in daily, especially on your outdoors and travel adventures, and street photos.
Thanks.