Most reviews complain that the AF on the EP-1 is too slow for a camera in that price bracket. I would personally LOVE to use OM lenses on a digicam to get that old silky smooth manual focus...
I think the original poster (racki09) is considering the OM cameras and the Konica Hexar rangefinder. I'd say build quality is excellent on both, the advantages of the Olympus against the Hexar being that it is an SLR and has a wide variety of great Zuiko lenses that can be bought for it. The Konica, being a rangefinder, will be more compact (though the OM is no fatty at all) and it has a built in motor drive and accepts the superb (but very expensive) Leica M lenses.
On eBay the cheapest Konica Hexar RF is just as body, buy it now 470 pounds. Other examples are going for as much as a Leica M (well over 1000 pounds). By contrast an OM-1 will set you back around 70 pounds for a body and 50mm lens, motor drive 70 pounds.
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