<p>I have been a Leica user since 1956 and a Canon/Nikon since the same period. I have owned every Leica from the IIIc thru the 2 M8's and M3 I currently own - and use regularly. During this period I have also owned most of the Canon III series an L, a P, and a 7 with lenses from 1.8 Serenar to 50mm 1.2 with total satisfaction. My favorite being a 7 with 1.2. Second choice would be a P with 1.4 lense. I have owned a Nikon S,S2,Sp all with the 1.4 Nikkor lense. Favorite of the Nikon's was the S2. In the 50's you should look for a Sears Tower as they offered some outstanding bodies at the time which if memory serves were made by Nicca with LTM lenses.My very first Rangefinder interchangeable lense 35mm was a Nicca and it was everybit as good as the Leica it was copied from at the time. By the end of the 50's Niccas were history as were Leotards and several other Leica copies. Along the way I had a couple of Contax II's that I liked very much also though I preferred the Nikon that was copied from them. I have always worn glasses and found the Leica viewfinders to be tough to use and almost all Canon's,and Nikon's to have friendlier finders to me. I would definitely get one with a combined finder no matter what it was. Almost any of the all black Canon Lenses are good ones as they are the latest. Ebay has some good buys but mostly camera and lense separate. I have no problem with that as I find it mostly the cheaper way to go from the studies I've done.</p>