Hexar AF Vs. Leica M9

Wow, what a great match-up!  Frankly, I think that with good film and proper scanning, the Hexar would have had a much better showing.  Even still, I do like the nicely saturated color and feel shown by the Hexar opposed to the relatively flat tone of the M9.  That said, you can get more than a couple of Hexars, a great scanner and TONS of great film and processing for the price you would pay for that M9 and lens...

What do you think?

X100 Links and Information

Here are some X100 Links and Info.  I will be adding to this as I go.  Please feel free to pass some of your faves along.

The official site

http://www.finepix-x100.com/

Forums

http://www.x100forum.com/

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=159

Reviews

My Comparison To The Hexar AF
http://oldcamreview.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-digital-hexar.html

From Steve Huff (Seal's photographer...not the animal...the singer)
http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/05/03/the-fuji-x100-digital-camera-real-world-review-by-steve-huff/

Charlwood Photography
http://charlwoodphotography.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/fuji-x100-review/

From Street Photographer Eric Kim
http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2011/03/the-poor-mans-leica-fujifilm-finepix-x100-sample-photos-unboxing-and-review/

Wider angle!

I've decided to broaden the view of this page a little bit.  If you read my post on Hexar vs X100, then you know I really like the X100 and I feel it really is the spiritual successor to the Hexar.  So, I have decided to include information on both cameras on this page.  I will be providing links and information for both cameras here.  If you have any info that would be relevant to either camera, please let me know and I will be happy to include it.

Cheers!

Brian

Omg, lol, rofl...wow!

Ok, breathe...wow! I love this camera! What a lens! This is an amazing camera. A great street shooter! Samples coming soon!

Links to Hexar Info

External links

I will keep adding to this as I go!

Cameraquest article on the Hexar. http://www.cameraquest.com/konhex.htm

A great review and a decade of information on the Hexar AF on photo.net http://photo.net/photo/hexar.html

Hexar on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konica_Hexar

Dante Stella's Review http://www.dantestella.com/technical/hexar.html

Some examples of the camera and photos taken with it on flickriver.com
http://www.flickriver.com/search/hexar+af/

Hexar manual on the AWESOME butkus.org camera manual website http://www.butkus.org/chinon/konica/konica_hexar/konica_hexar.htm

Flickr Hexar group http://www.flickr.com/groups/hexar/

I've been Hexed!

Well, today is the big day! I brought my new Hexar Af "Classic" home! I am really looking forward to seeing what this beauty can do.

Keeping with my character, I am obsessed with this camera. My plan is to maintain a set of links and other information related to the Hexar. Please be patient while i get this going. Please also let me know if there is anything you would like to see here. I will do my best!