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I suspect that with what you expect to shoot that the SLR approach would be better for you. However, if you have a friendly Leica dealer who would let you rent or borrow a used M6 and a used R8, each with the same focal length lens, and if you spent a week using them both, perhaps that would help you decide.

Alternatively, you might want to buy a used Digilux 2 and use that for a year or so, by which time the M8 might be in ample supply, and by then there might be some used DMRs available.

BTW: Most people with R8s who bought DMRs had little or no trouble getting them to work together.