New Hexar RF Owner - Initial Impressions

[Arjay]

There is, in fact, the very slightest shutter-lag in relation to a mechanical Leica M. In the main, I haven't regarded this as a problem when photographing. It can be eliminated, however, by switching to Continuous drive mode, but you have to be quick off-the-button as well if you want to shoot just one frame at a time. (Continuous mode is somewhere between 2.5 and 3fps).

I suspect that's not the case. Continuous mode effectively produces less noise, but the distinctive double-click sound remains - and the shutter only opens on the second click. The whining sound (film advance), however is much less in continuous mode. Check it out using an empty camera and a slow exposure time, say 1/4s. The effective delay must be around 0.1s.

 

[kzphoto]

Glad that one went to someone who's putting it to good use. Enjoy!

Flip, I've probably run 10 rolls through it so far. It's a great camera.

 

[marcbcn]

Great camera I love it.