mc_vancouver
Established
It's from patrick van den hurk at Photo Net, but as the list of postings is so long, I thought I'd put this here for the rare person who might want to modify his or her Hexar to add the silent mode. THere are other mods on this site, too. Quite useful information.
"To probably put and end to the discussion about the possibility of silent mode on the Hexar silver: yes, it is possible and no, you don't have to send it to Australia and dish out $80 to get it done. You can do it yourself without opening the camera! I found this method on a Hong Kong photography site and all it takes is some fumbling with the buttons of your Hexar. Great camera by the way!
Okay, this how it goes: First make sure your camera is powered off. Then: 1: Turn the aperture dial to F22 2: Turn the camera on and press SELECT. The display will show +/-0.0 3: Press SELECT again. The display will show [0] 4: Turn the camera off, then on. Do not press any buttons. Display shows [0] 5: Enter ROM wit the exposure compensation buttons: Press right button 1 time Press left button 2 times Press right button 3 times Press left button 4 times Press right button 3 times Press left button 2 times Press right button 1 time The camera will rattle and buzz and the display will show the flashing number '232' 6: 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] 7: Turn aperture dial to f16. The display shows D[FB] 8: Set display to D[FA] with the exposure compensation button. 9: Power off. The display shows f16 10: Press shutter release button for 2 secs. f16 disappears, camera switches off 11: Press MF while turning camera on, and the display will show the much desired L[0] It really works! My Hexar silver whispers, although I had to do the whole procedure twice because I made a little mistake which disabled all the other extra's like ABC and infrared focusing. Everything's working fine again though after following the instructions more carefully. Good luck, and remember that I can't be held responsible for camera's that stop working!"
I'm still looking at them, still thinking of buying one again. Heck of a camera, even with its idiosyncracies and incomplete instruction manual.
"To probably put and end to the discussion about the possibility of silent mode on the Hexar silver: yes, it is possible and no, you don't have to send it to Australia and dish out $80 to get it done. You can do it yourself without opening the camera! I found this method on a Hong Kong photography site and all it takes is some fumbling with the buttons of your Hexar. Great camera by the way!
Okay, this how it goes: First make sure your camera is powered off. Then: 1: Turn the aperture dial to F22 2: Turn the camera on and press SELECT. The display will show +/-0.0 3: Press SELECT again. The display will show [0] 4: Turn the camera off, then on. Do not press any buttons. Display shows [0] 5: Enter ROM wit the exposure compensation buttons: Press right button 1 time Press left button 2 times Press right button 3 times Press left button 4 times Press right button 3 times Press left button 2 times Press right button 1 time The camera will rattle and buzz and the display will show the flashing number '232' 6: 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] 7: Turn aperture dial to f16. The display shows D[FB] 8: Set display to D[FA] with the exposure compensation button. 9: Power off. The display shows f16 10: Press shutter release button for 2 secs. f16 disappears, camera switches off 11: Press MF while turning camera on, and the display will show the much desired L[0] It really works! My Hexar silver whispers, although I had to do the whole procedure twice because I made a little mistake which disabled all the other extra's like ABC and infrared focusing. Everything's working fine again though after following the instructions more carefully. Good luck, and remember that I can't be held responsible for camera's that stop working!"
I'm still looking at them, still thinking of buying one again. Heck of a camera, even with its idiosyncracies and incomplete instruction manual.
Topdog1
Well-known
There's one for sale here in the classifieds section.
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Nick R.
Guest
I've done it to mine. It was simple and it works quite well. I don't recall where I got the instructions from, maybe that semi-famous photonet thread on the hexar.
akptc
Shoot first, think later
What Nick said.