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Hi! I'm a big fan of fuji and use X-E2 myself. I also like to shoot on film from time to time to keep my mind thinking more before I take a shot. I'm looking for advice what vintage cheap rangefinder camera to get. What I think I need: - rangefinder body, - 35 to 40 mm focal length f/2, - full manual (or AV priority with the ability to compensate EV one way or another), - no batteries (or batteries that are easily obtainable today), - some light meter (selenium ?), - cheap. What rangefinder cameras I've used in the past: - contax G2 with a bag of lenses (my friend's) - hands down the best camera I have ever had in my hands. But - it costs a lot and is fully automatic. - fed-2 (russian) with 58/2.8 lens - has no light meter, no batteries and the focal lenght is to long. Can be bought under 10 euros in Poland on the other hand. FED-5 with MIR-1B 37mm/2.8 lens would be OK, but the viewfinder in the FED does not zoom in and out like the one in the contax g2 and would still show something equivalent to 58 mm. Cameras like Nikon 35Ti or Yashica electro 35 cost ridiculous amounts of money and this would be to much for me for something that I would use for 3-4 rolls of film a year. What would you recommend to search for?