In order of brightness of RF viewfinders and ease of focusing:
1. Bessa R and M6. (Dead tie. Used them both last Sunday during the same
shoot and could see no difference)
2. Yashica Electro 35 GSN
3. Kiev 4AM (bright enough, but the patch is a bit pale)
4. Zorki 4K (not bad for an old FSU)
5. Leica IIIf (OK, but having to look in two different peepholes defeated me)
6. Olympus XA (great little camera, and I do mean little, but works much better
zone-focusing and using the viewfinder to frame)
7. FED 2 (After two rolls in sequence I had severe eye-strain. Dim viewfinder
and an elusive patch. However, the camera worked fine and the old
Jupiter 8 surprised me, and with the colllapsable FED 50/3.5 you could stick
it in your pocket. Ond day a local cop looked at my jacket pocket and asked,
"Hey, Ted, are you packin' heat?" "No," I answered, "just a Russian camera."
I was promptly arrested.)
PS: I have a Canonet 19 and a Minolta Hi-matic coming in the same box from
Memphis. Will report on those later.