konica hexar

mooks85 · 7th June 2002

hi...
just a question.... i have a konica Hexar (black) but i dun have any flash... can anyone suggest which flash it is compatible with?? heard that nikon mount is fine... will it damage the camera in any way??
thanks in advance....
cheers
dave

ckiang · 8th June 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by mooks85
hi...
just a question.... i have a konica Hexar (black) but i dun have any flash... can anyone suggest which flash it is compatible with?? heard that nikon mount is fine... will it damage the camera in any way??
thanks in advance....
cheers
dave

I believe any standard hotshoe flash will do. No TTL is needed. The Nikons should work fine, though might be overkill unless you have other equipment.

Regards
CK

rueyloon · 8th June 2002

nope,

the hexar is HARD programmed with a certain guide number, which I've forgetting,

with you can send in your hexar to be reprogrammed such that is can have a variable guide number,

hence when you want to put on a 3rd party flash, you can dail in the guide number.

ckiang · 8th June 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by rueyloon
nope,

the hexar is HARD programmed with a certain guide number, which I've forgetting,

with you can send in your hexar to be reprogrammed such that is can have a variable guide number,

hence when you want to put on a 3rd party flash, you can dail in the guide number.

Huh? Isn't that a bit strange? Isn't guide number determined by the flash, and exposure by the aperture?

Regards
CK

rueyloon · 8th June 2002

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Originally posted by ckiang

Huh? Isn't that a bit strange? Isn't guide number determined by the flash, and exposure by the aperture?

Regards
CK

hmm... I think it might work if you use it in full manual, but the mode I was talking about was "program mode flash"

ckiang · 8th June 2002

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Originally posted by rueyloon

hmm... I think it might work if you use it in full manual, but the mode I was talking about was "program mode flash"

Some sort of "TTL"? Sorry, never played with a Hexar before.

Regards
CK

rueyloon · 8th June 2002

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Originally posted by ckiang

Some sort of "TTL"? Sorry, never played with a Hexar before.

Regards
CK

ya, it is called "flashmatic"`

YSLee · 8th June 2002

Rueyloon, you not making sense leh. You mean the camera will open up the correct aperture according to your focus distance, right? Something like the Nikon GN lenses, and quite a few of the '70s compact rangefinders.

mooks85 · 8th June 2002

tried Metz 34AF-3N , seems works ok... fires off alrite... but will it damge the camera?

7th June 2002	#1
mooks85 Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 313	konica hexar hi... just a question.... i have a konica Hexar (black) but i dun have any flash... can anyone suggest which flash it is compatible with?? heard that nikon mount is fine... will it damage the camera in any way?? thanks in advance.... cheers dave

8th June 2002	#3
rueyloon Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,539	nope, the hexar is HARD programmed with a certain guide number, which I've forgetting, with you can send in your hexar to be reprogrammed such that is can have a variable guide number, hence when you want to put on a 3rd party flash, you can dail in the guide number. __________________ 36frames Wedding Photography - http://www.36frames.com rueyloon - http://www.rueyloon.com

8th June 2002	#8
YSLee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,262	Rueyloon, you not making sense leh. You mean the camera will open up the correct aperture according to your focus distance, right? Something like the Nikon GN lenses, and quite a few of the '70s compact rangefinders.