HELP - Konica Hexar AF [SOLVED]

[Lourendier]

Hi!
I need your help. I just got myself a Konica Hexar AF in tip top shape, but when i load a new film and turn on the camera it rewinds the film instead of loading it (its rewinded one roll into the canister already, so thats 36 shots wasted..)
I pressed the rewind button before the roll (which was loaded by the previous owner) was full, because i wanted to shoot some Kodak Gold instead of the Agfa Vista plus that was loaded.
The display is flashing '0' even while turned off, which is strange.
It cant possibly be broken, as the last owner loaded this Agfa film before sending me the camera, and that went fine as i shot some 30 shots on that roll before rewinding it.

Help would be much appreciated!

Lots of love,
Lourens

 

[paulmag]

try here for the manual

a free download

http://www.butkus.org/chinon/konica/konica_hexar/konica_hexar.htm

you can practice with a ruined film

 

[Roger S]

This is just a thought, but perhaps the battery is too low and that's affecting the film advance switching. The flashing 0 could also be an indicator.

 

[Lourendier]

I appreciate the replies, but the problem persists even with a new battery, and the manual isnt particularly great either. so no luck there, sadly

 

[Kevin (ksdg01)]

You can use a film retriever to salvage the film that's unexposed but rewound. It'll go into the canister and you can recover the leader.
Looking at the manual page 8 item 23 is the rewind button. Is it that button stuck open causing the film the rewind - just a thought.
There's a manual rewind option outlined on page 33 as well.

 

[Lourendier]

I'll need to get myself a film retriever, thanks for the tip! and the rewind button was just fine, sadly. I did mash it a bunch of time, just to make sure that, if it were to be stuck or something, it wouldnt be anymore. I also checked the 'spring loaded fork' that latches onto the film canister, because if that is stuck, it will mean the camera is convinced that the film is still in the camera, and it will thus keep rewinding. After doing that a bunch of times i flicked in my third roll of film and hoped for the best, and it worked! for some reason. So i'm just going to leave it be for now, and enjoy shooting this roll a lot.
Thanks for the replies y'all! <3

 

[JakobKC]

I'll need to get myself a film retriever, thanks for the tip! and the rewind button was just fine, sadly. I did mash it a bunch of time, just to make sure that, if it were to be stuck or something, it wouldnt be anymore. I also checked the 'spring loaded fork' that latches onto the film canister, because if that is stuck, it will mean the camera is convinced that the film is still in the camera, and it will thus keep rewinding. After doing that a bunch of times i flicked in my third roll of film and hoped for the best, and it worked! for some reason. So i'm just going to leave it be for now, and enjoy shooting this roll a lot.
Thanks for the replies y'all! <3

Hallo. I know this post is a little old, but i have the same problem with my hexar af. how did you fix it?

 

[DonS]

Hallo. I know this post is a little old, but i have the same problem with my hexar af. how did you fix it?

They have not been back to the forum since that day (same day they signed up).

 

[BrianS]

...HELP ! Hexar rewinds on its own ... - Rangefinderforum.com

...HELP ! Hexar rewinds on its own ... Konica RF / Zeiss Ikon ZM Leica Mount Rangefinders

www.rangefinderforum.com

This is a common problem- some threads on the Internet about it, and some things to try.