I did look long and hard at the Rolleis. They are indeed very nice cameras, however because of their collector value they tend to be a fair bit more expensive than the highly mass-produced offers from Canon, Yashica and Olympus. A cared-for Rollei in full working order is about 80-150 pounds, while the current bid on the Canonet is 41 pounds, 'buy it now' offers for 60 pounds.
The real bummer is that the compact size of the Rollei 35 series meant none of them could have a rangefinder, which is really what I'm looking for here. The Rollei is a super-compact scale focuser, and in that respect it gets beaten by the Minox 35 which I already own.
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