Digital Options for the Rangefinder Guy

Crop factor - High crop factors make existing lenses less useable (a 50mm lens may become a 80mm portrait lens and the wide angle 25mm becomes a normal 40mm) and widens the depth of field (difficult to seperate background and subject in portraits). I'm not sure if I could tolerate a 1.5x crop factor.
Ease of focus - Attaching a manual focus M mount lens may be easy with an adapter, but focusing it may be difficult with some digital cameras
Reasonable Cost - Let's just say $7,000 is out of my price range

Camera	Cost	Crop Factor	Advantages	Disadvantages
Olmypus E-P3	$900	2.0x	Lower cost	Focus may be difficult Highest crop factor
Fuji X100	$1,200 ($900 used)	1.5x	Cool looking Great viewfinder	Non-interchangable lenses
Fuji X-Pro 1	$1,500 estimated	1.5x	Great viewfinder Great high ISO performance	Manual focus uncertain Would need a least one new lens
Ricoh GXR A12	$1,100 new	1.5x	??	Focus peaking is better than nothing
Epson R-D1	$1,200 used	1.6x	Fully compatible Easy Focus	Existing models are at least 5 years old now Only 6 MP High crop factor
Leica M8	$2,200 used	1.3x	Fully compatible Easy focus	Existing models are 4 years old Moderate crop factor Poor high ISO performance Need to use IR filters
Leica M9	$7,000 ($5,700 used)	1.0x	Fully compatible Easy focus	Pricey!

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