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We just bought an Anycubic Photon D2. We don't need a huge build plate (though the D2 is pretty big) and wanted a workhorse. The long life and lower power use were big selling points.
Edit: I also wanted to add that after useing Prusaslicer for my mk3s for years I still ended up going with Lychee slicer for SLA. I find adding supports easier even though I miss Prusaslicer's UI and polish every time I use Lychee.
I have the predecessor to that, the Photon Ultra. I'd be very interested in seeing how the anti-aliasing performs on the D2 - I've been fighting voxels on the Ultra since Day One, and haven't been happy with the results.
So far we've been printing dice on it, but once I get into printing minis I'll let you know.
I ended up getting a saturn 2, 10inch is a good compromise of printing size and price
I have a photon mono 4k that has been quite nice. I could use a bigger build plate but I like what I have.
No personal experience with SLA printing, but this list of 3d printers might be useful for comparing options. Maintained by people on the 3D Printing discord.
I've got a photon mono 4k and I dig it
The bed size can be a bit restrictive but the machine is a trooper
On the contrary to a couple of other posts here, I had a Photon Mono 4k that gave me nothing but trouble for weeks until I boxed it up and put it in storage. I must have tried 30 different prints and had success with only two.
I'm generally very tech savvy, trial and error oriented, and have had a lot of success with FDM printing so I don't think it's me. It's possible I had a bad model but in the time between buying it and first using it, the return policy had expired.
So of course it's anecdotal but I'd recommend something other than the Mono 4k.