The Werra Matic is the proud child of the socialist DDR where profit wasnt an issue. Werra is my everyday vintage camera. If I need something reliable: I take the Werra. If I have to deal with tricky light conditions: I take the Werra. If I would like to be sure not to miss a shot while wrestling with the knobs and rings and pegs: I take the Werra. Hello Everybody! I am the proud recipient of a well kept Werra 3 that was gifted to me by a family friend. This is my first rangefinder, as I usually shoot with a D7100 for most things and a Minolta X-700 for my film adventures. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than U.S. dollars and are approximate conversions to U.S. dollars based upon Bloomberg's conversion rates. The manual is comprehensive, to serve the advanced amateur, the same time it tries to explain the ignorant very shortly something as aperture and DOF. Also there are lot of photographs. I consider it to be of the better manuals. I don't know of a booklet or such "Werra for Dummies". By the way, the Werras are of outstanding design. The Werra isn't the most common looking of cameras, yet its Spartan design and Bauhaus attributes are particularly beautiful to my eye. Other than the word WERRA embossed in the olive colored leatherette on the back of the camera, there is nothing to indicate its origin. But it was made in the Carl Zeiss Jena factory in East Germany. Spotmatic wrote: Thanks for posting, Attila! Interesting: way back in the early 80's I was using an Olympus OM-1. I learned myself photography with that camera, but my friend with his Werra (which I considered a strange camera because of its olive drab color and the fact it's not clearly marked with a brand name) took MUCH better and nicely looking pictures. Werra I, Werra Ic, Werra Ie on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand (in French) In English: Werramatic by Alfred Klomp. Werra, the design that came from the east at Classic Cameras by Ra