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Canonet QL17s are most popular, but they're damn hard to find. Also consider a Yashica Electro series or a Minolta Hi-Matic for your fixed lens leaf shutter rangefinder needs.
Provia, Sensia, Velvia, and Fortia are Fuji's color slide range, and differ in how fucked up they make the colors. Fortia is by far the furthest from reality, but it's also rare and expensive so don't worry about it. Velvia 50 is famed for super-saturated colors, especially deep reds. Velvia 100 is similar, but Velvia 100F is not as red, making it more similar to Provia. No idea what Sensia is like, and I think they have something called Astia too but I haven't tried it.
Fuji's color films are Superia (consumer stuff, cheap but still great), and NPH/NPZ, their pro films. The Kodak equivalents are Gold (cheap) and Portra.
As for black and white, lots of people are gay for Tri-X, which is an ancient emulsion so it's got a lot of grain. People love this effect. Also, it's ISO 400 so it's nice and versatile. For convenient processing, you might want to stick with Kodak BW400CN and Ilford XP2, as they work in your average minilab's color machines.
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