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I started using film cameras at the start of the year, and fell in love with my Zorki 10. I believe this isn't classed as a real rangefinder though.

This has probably been covered a billion times over in this forum but can someone suggest a cheap/reliable rangefinder for me to get off eBay? The best place to start?

Thaaaanks.
 
Any of the compact 1970s rangefinders would be a good choice. Cameraquest have a nice run-down here:

http://www.cameraquest.com/com35s.htm

Everyone here probably has their own favourites, and their own hates, so you'll get lots of conflicting recommendations. But most are solid cameras. Personally I don't particularly rate the XA [although it's a fantastic size], and I actively hate the Yashica Electros, huge clunking things with horrible ergonomics and metering, but lots of people love them, so there's a lot of subjectivity involved.
 
The Zorki 10 is a fixed lens rangefinder camera.
So the fixed-lens 70s RFs will give you nothing more (except maybe shutter priority or fully manual exposure). The other class would be RF system cameras with interchangeable lenses. You could start with the earlier Zorkis, Feds or Kievs or go for Canon, Nikon, Leica (LTM or M) if you don't mind to spend more.
 
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