> most cameras used in that era were rangefinders (or 'point-and-shoot') Rangefinders from that era are not point-and-shoot. They have two separated windows a

> most cameras used in that era were rangefinders (or 'point-and-shoot') Rangefinders from that era are not point-and-shoot. They have two separated windows allowing light into the viewfinder and you turn the focusing mechanism until the two views of the subject merge perfectly. They use parallax to find the distance to the subject with a mechanism linked to the lens focus, hence the name rangefinder. Point-and-shoot cameras from that era were fixed focus.