Konica Hexar - enabling hidden/disabled features
I figured it'd be a good idea to archive this information found in the legendary photo.net Hexar AF thread for later use, since it's mostly filled with useless crap and I don't feel like navingating it if I ever forget this stuff.
Enabling silent mode:
First make sure your camera is powered off. Then:
- Turn the aperture dial to F22.
- Turn the camera on and press SELECT. The display will show +/-0.0
- Press SELECT again. The display will show [0].
- Turn the camera off, then on. Do not press any buttons. Display shows [0].
- Enter ROM with the exposure compensation buttons:
- right button 1x
- left button 2x
- right button 3x
- left button 4x
- right button 3x
- left button 2x
- right button 1x
The camera will rattle and buzz and the display will show the flashing number '232'.
- Turn aperture dial from F22 to F13 (between F11 and F16). Display shows A[38] Use the left exposure compensation button to go to A[00] .
- Turn aperture dial to F16. The display shows D[FB] .
- Set display to D[FA] with the exposure compensation button.
- Power off. The display shows F16.
- Press shutter release button for 2 seconds. F16 disappears, camera switches off.
- Press MF while turning camera on, and the display will show the much desired L[0].
AE bracketing:
Follow the steps as above. At step 8, instead of setting D[FA] set D[FE]. Power off, then hold the shutter release as described above. You should then get Silent Mode, AEB as well as all the extra Hexar Classic features.
IR mode:
Load film, and switch camera on (P, A, or M mode) - IR film is non DX, so press the shutter release button to advance to frame 1. (Note that IR-Mode does not work with DX coded film!) - switch to A mode, then press SELECT until ISO values are displayed. Within 3 secs, press DOWN untill [---] is shown.
Immediately press MF once to display [750] (corresponding to Konica IR750 film) - - press MF twice to display [850] (corresponding to Kodak's 850 film) (the numbers correspond to the wavelength the films are sensitive for). After 3 secs, the display will show [iso 100], acknowledging successful setting of IR value.