I just bought a Hexar RF.
It's a Konica-Minolta camera (now discontinued) that has earned many plaudits for being the camera that Leica should have built rather than the M7. It's got 1/4000 speeds, faster flash sync, built-in motor drive, and is an M-mount rangefinder. Solid titanium base and top plates.
I've been debating for a while whether to buy an M2 or M3 and have it converted to support a motor drive and then buying the Leica M motor. I find that when I take portraits, I much prefer the motor drive - and my work seems much better with one. But the cost was quite high, doing this with all Leica gear.
I'm not sure about the wisdom of buying an electrically-driven camera that is no longer supported. It's quite possible that it's only going to last four or five years and then have some expensive malfunction.
But at least the entry cost was pretty low and it mounts all my M-mount (and screw mount with an adapter) Leica glass.
Posted by artandscience at June 9, 2006 06:22 AM