Hexar silent mode reconfiguration

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slinke

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Another web forum (PN) has a step-by-step, do-it-yourself procedure for reconfiguring/upgrading the Konica Hexar Silver to the silent mode. I'm hesitant to attempt this out of fear of turning my precious Hexar into a non-functioning paperweight. If anyone out there in Hexarland has successfully done this upgrade, I'd be most happy to hear about it. Comments please!
 
I have the Silver for almost a year,in many shooting situations,especially when on the streets, outdoor assignments,the too-quiet of the shutter and film advances had me fooled that if the shot's been taken or not that I have to check the frame counter to make sure.
 
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The Hexar Silent mode is nice, but it's not the end of the world if your Hexar doesn't have it.

That said, I've done the upgrade, and it does work on my Hexar Silver. Being an inquisitive kind of person, I also played around a bit and managed to cancel all the extra features one by one, using different settings instead of D[FE]. If memory serves correctly, it was:

= D[FE] is the full feature set.
= D[FA] is without autobracketing.
= D[F8] is without silent mode.
= D[F2] is without manual flash guide numbers.

After that, I enabled the whole lot again with D[FE].

What is crucial though is to make sure that before you change the D[] part, you've got to have the A[] set to A[00]. It appears that A[] selects an address in the Hexar's memory, and D[] sets a value in that address. Change a value in any other memory address and you may cause irrevocable havoc.

However, if you still don't feel courageous enough, then why bother? The Hexar Silver as it is is already about as good as it gets. Just leave it like it is, and have fun with it..
 
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Peter, Thanks for your detailed reply. Yes, the Hexar is pretty darn good as is. Maybe best to not try to "fix" it if it ain't broke.
 
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