Which Rangefinder (ie. Leica, Bessa L, Yasuhara) is recommended for a beginner?
For an excellent but inexpensive option, I would suggest looking for a Yashica Lynx 14E. These are great little solid cameras with a wonderfully sharp fixed 44mm(I think) 1.4 lens. They have a leaf shutter, which means the flash syncs at all speeds. ...
What type of 35mm vintage camera should I get? (get 10 pts)?
You can take "old fashioned" pictures with any camera. Much in the way of an old, prewar look though can be accomplished with aide of an uncoated lens, which were commonplace before World War II. Unfortunately, though, the 35mm format didn't really t...
Leica point and shoot digital camera?
Leica P&S cameras are made by Panasonic as others have already said. They are probably better than Panasonic brands since Leica would specify the manufacturering standards to be applied, but it's not right to assume that they are better than all came...