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The Canon EF "Black Beauty" seems the smoothest to me (ball bearings?). Of others I've tried, I think the Nikon FE is pretty close, as are all the heavy-metal Leicaflexes, Minolta XD-7/11 and Konica Autoreflex T3n. I haven't yet tried a Nikon F2, Alpa Reflex or Leica M-series.1569358_a5d5b750b06dcdf8bb939f71fe3e5faa.JPG

 

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I'll turn it around and say which cameras I think had the worst film advance - the Rollei SL35 series. I had an SL35E and an SL35M. The resistance was horribly uneven and stiffened so much towards the end of the stroke. Every time I wound them on I thought they were going to break. Edited by John Seaman
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Had f3, f4, f5 and other various brands but nothing I've owned compared with the leica m3. The m4, m6, m7, and mp

are also good, but not quite. I haven't had the double stroker, but I understand that it is even better than the single

stroker. The old Leitz craftsman rated the d.s. M3 as the peak of all the m's.

The double stroke was smooth and FAST. Of my current cameras I'd agree with an earlier poster and go with the Leicaflex SL-2.

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