Hexar RF still being serviced?

[sepiareverb]

Congratulations. You must have earned some kinda karma on this one.

 

[mpve]

Look here: http://www.kamera-service.info/

I was assured they can CLA an Hexar RF and also have replacement parts...

 

[amateriat]

At some point, I think we'll want to together a little list of places that can reliably service the Hexen (RF & AF). This will be of benefit for both us users and the shops providing service. At least the news is getting better, albeit slowly.


- Barrett

 

[gliderbee]

In Germany, these guys should be able to service a Hexar (that's what they tell on eBay anyway): first link is on eBay, second one is the "real" one:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170360409077&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_2066wt_939

http://www.kameraklinik.de

Stefan.

 

[Arjay]

In Germany, these guys should be able to service a Hexar (that's what they tell on eBay anyway): first link is on eBay, second one is the "real" one:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...409077&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_2066wt_939

http://www.kameraklinik.de

Stefan.

I have used Kameraklinik recently. They CLA'd my Hexar AF competently (cleaned AF system, replaced camera top shell w/ LCD and VF eyepiece, solved shutter switch problem and checked shutter speeds). Work quality was good, communication required some initiative on my part (see below), pricing - well I guess it was appropriate considering that I was having a collectors item brought back up to speed.

They have their own stock of Konica spares. It appears they bought up all Konica/Minolta spares supplies when the KM camera operation was closed down in Germany! They claim they had to move their office to have more room for massively increased spares stock.

A word of caution: They are not very good at answering emails. If you want to keep track of your camera's repair status, you will need to phone these guys. It helps if you speak German.

 

[Arjay]

Just for reference - I would like to add another Hexar service contact I heard of: I recently received another recommendation for a Konica repair technician in Munich, which I can't back by any experience of my own (YMMV): Reiner Muchel, Agnesstr. 18 in Munich, Tel +49 (0)89 - 2727 3489.

His name was mentioned in the mega tread about the Hexar AF on photo.net (going for 14 years, and still scoring new page hits). Since a lot of Hexar users are likely to follow the thread over here, I feel that this service person ought to be mentioned here as well.