[Alex1994]

Yelvertoft, may I politely disagree about your comment on the venerable Yashica Electro 35, I own one and it came to me in very battered condition but still works like a charm and takes fabulous pictures.They are (imho) on a par with (if not better than) the Canonet QL17 when price is taken into account, the Yashica is far cheaper and yet delivers excellent results.

Reasons to own one:

Very fast (f1.7) 45mm lens
Electromagentically controlled Copal leaf shutter: completely stepless, so you can have speeds like 1/133rd or 1/72nd of a second, resulting in very, very accurate exposures.
Very cheap on eBay (mine was 32 pounds including the original leather case).

However, the Copal shutter is fully automatic, no manual override.

If you want continuous winding you will need an SLR. Considering you want something compact let me recommend you the simply brilliant Olympus OM-system, notably the OM-1 and OM-2 versions. These can be fitted with a motor drive cheaply and easily and are reliable, quality metal SLRs, especially the all-mechanical OM-1. The Zuiko range of lenses is simply brilliant, but also the OM-1 was famous for launching the compact SLR revolution. Since you are looking for compactness and motor drive I think it is an unbeatable choice. I have one and I'm chuffed to bits with it. The old mercury battery CAN in fact be replaced with a Wein Cell from the Small battery company.

On that line, you could also consider the Olympus Pen F, very compact, not sure if it accepts a motor drive. It is sought after by collectors so expect to pay a lot more than for an OM camera.

Hope this helps,

Alex