Frank,
What about the AFi?
Eric
Since I view everything from a commercial standpoint, I'd just buy all Hasselblad. The prices are less than everyone else and they have the ONLY complete lens line. The HY6 has no autofocus wide angle and let's be realistic they are in reorganization, the Mamiya lenses are not that much cheaper than the blad lenses and they don't have a 100mm F2 something. 100mm to 110mm is a magic number for a lot of what I do.
If you have a complete hasselblad and you need to update firmware you can do it without sending it in. As far as the use, or goodness of the hasselblad back I haven't used one enough to judge that.
Blad is also the ONLY medium format standard in rental, so if you travel or need backups, well you get the picture.
Now if I just wanted to save money and have a better camera and lens set I'd buy used Contax because I have them, they are sharp through the range and do everything a Mamiya will do, it just does it better. I've had the phase and contax's for a while and had so few issues they are not worth mentioning, (other than the constant updates to V4).
If I was going the Phase/Contax route I'd just buy used or refurbished, because in today's market you can probably get a complete 31 to 39mpx system for the price of a new D3x.
Now before I'd do any of this, I'd lay out a 1ds3, a d3x, a Hasselblad, a phase and your current system and shoot all of them equally in the style you shoot, because saving money is one thing, having a camera that stops you from working is quite another.
In regards as to where Leaf is they're just silent and silence in today's world is not golden. I wish them the best though.
The thing is changing medium format brand is going to throw you into sticker shock. It's like selling a Condo you bought in 2006 in Miami for a house in the Hollywood hills today.
The House overlooking Sunset is a deal, but the Condo is going to be a damn tough sell.
B