Putting aside the Hy6 for the moment.....IMHO the 6008AF is still a better camera than most current MF solutions out there. The lenses are awesome and available, it can do 1/1000 sync, it has 1/3 stop adjustments, it can do multipoint metering, you can shoot it handheld with low shutter speeds very easily, will take film if you want it. Once you get used to it, the ergonomics are fantastic.
If there were any problems with the camera is was only with marketing and distribution - Rollei got run over by the Hasselblad PR and theres a ton of misinformation out there about the cameras, stores didn't have supply to show or sell, and the sales staff didn't know the camera enough to want to sell it. Consequently, there are people who never even used this platform that will swear up and down about how the zeiss lenses are better or how much more reliable hasselblad cameras are/were.
The 6008AF was the pinnacle of a long development of that make starting with the SLX. I'm sure if the Hy6 had one more iteration they would have ironed out the bugs, but that said their previous generation camera, the 6008AF is still one of the most advanced cameras out there. I'd take it over the new phamiya 645DF any day of the week. I'm a big fan obviously and hope the new organization will continue with this camera line. So if the Hy6 is at a road block, they could always just update the 6008AF slightly to share EXIF information with digital backs and be about as far as with the Hy6 actually. I've always wondered what the reasons were that phase and leaf did not get on that platform in the first place.
