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Maybe all the rangefinders I've used have had overly stiff focus mechanisms, but I always found it difficult to quickly change between focus points at opposite ends of the scale, whereas the my olympus and pentax slrs can do this transition really rapidly.
I do find it slower to find perfect focus with an slr though, but I think this is just because of the way you focus. The slr prism method seems more precise, so I take more time to get it perfect, but in reality a slight error probably won't notice in the final photo if the aperture isn't wide open.
Are all rangefinders with decent lenses gurt big heavy things? I found the ones I used are so heavy that walking around the streets for more than a few mins without a strap gets very awkward. Maybe I just need to HTFU...