Recent content by John H.

I have spoken with Konica-Minolta USA in New Jersey a couple of times and in both cases was told that they no longer support the Hexar AF and that they have no spare parts available for the camera. I've made calls to repair shops all over the US, and no one is really interested in looking at...

czeyang, Could you be more specific about the steps that you went through both the first and second round of "programming"? I did not try to make any upgrades but it was recently returned to me by someone who purchased it from me on Ebay. I need to confirm that the buyer did not try to...

No. But that's a good question. I was not aware of the "secret code" stuff until I started researching the possible causes of the problem I'm having -- even if I'd known about them earlier, I wouldn't really have had any reason to try "re-programming" the camera. Thanks for your interest.

Thanks. Done.

Thanks for the suggestion, but this is apparently not a "no film" code. I put film in the camera and powered the camera on. All of the controls seemed to work fine until I snapped the first shot, then I got the same garbled LCD readout and the camera "locked-up", so I'm still in search of a...

I have a mid-nineties Konica Hexar AF (black) that I have not used for several years. The last time I used the camera it worked just fine, and it was stored in a dry environment, so its condition remains mint. Unfortunately, the camera appears to have a problem in the electronics -- When I...