Anything to Look for in a Used Hexar RF?

[Cassady]

Hello! I'm a Hexar newbie.

I should be getting a used Hexar RF, the 50mm f/2.0 M-Hexanon lens and the kit flash sometime this week. I'm excited about trying a different camera out, but was wondering if there are any particular "gotchas" that I should look for?

I will have 30 days to return the camera if I don't like it and I plan on trying it with the Konica lens and with my 35mm Summicron and 28mm M-Rokkor lenses to make sure everything works. I know that some of the early cameras are reported to have rangefinder problems and was curious if there's a run of serial numbers that this applies to.

Any other considerations for what will be a user camera?

TIA

 

[Gary Sandhu]

Rangefinder patch misalignment
Film rewinds early.
Um, that's it-- it's an electronic camera so it'll otherwise work or it won't.

 

[dct]

- have a closer look to all the RF windows (viewer, frost, patch). They are just glued and might come loose or cracked due to wrong handling.
- check the on/off switch ring if it is still mechanically tight or if there is already some slackness
+1 for the already mentioned topics. If it works, it will last for years.

 

[Cassady]

Thanks!

I'll be sure to check the things that you two have mentioned.

 

[Mackinaw]

Hello! I'm a Hexar newbie.

I should be getting a used Hexar RF, the 50mm f/2.0 M-Hexanon lens and the kit flash sometime this week. I'm excited about trying a different camera out, but was wondering if there are any particular "gotchas" that I should look for?........

When the Hexar first came out, there was a lot of discussion of M-mount lenses not focusing accurately when mounted on this camera. It was reported back then the the "flange-back" distance of early Hexars' was not the same as a Leica M. Apparently, this problem was fixed on later models.

Jim B.