swanseadave
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Anyone know why one of these should be selling for £255+ on fleabay? see here
Couldn`t link to fleabay listing.URL miles long.It`s also being sold as a rangefinder which from the pic shown it is not.I know they were hugely expensive new but it seems OTT for a fixed lens compact.
I do have a Konica compact which is older which has a very good 2.8 lens.
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Surely your link says it all? "Cult status" will surely command a high price.
Sounds a bit like a Contax G2 but with a fixed 35 f2 lens.
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swanseadave
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Surely your link says it all? "Cult status" will surely command a high price.
Sounds a bit like a Contax G2 but with a fixed 35 f2 lens.
I take your point Malcolm.There appear to be two bidders for it ATM.Could go for silly money.There was a later rangefinder version.
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swanseadave
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on fleabay in New Zealand:Konica Hexar RF wait for it..........£2232.71.No bids yet!!
The world`s gone mad! Dave 
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Perhaps with some (distorted?) English accents, "Hexar" rhymes with "Leica"!
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LOL
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They're extremely highly thought of and sought after. The lens is fantastic, and they're capable of excellent results. And there aren't actually all that many of them out there.
As to "being sold as a rangefinder", well it's in the rangefinder listings, but I can't see anything in the listing that is misleading, and there's not really an appropriate category for it.
Nice camera.
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They're extremely highly thought of and sought after. The lens is fantastic, and they're capable of excellent results. And there aren't actually all that many of them out there.
As to "being sold as a rangefinder", well it's in the rangefinder listings, but I can't see anything in the listing that is misleading, and there's not really an appropriate category for it.
Nice camera.
Hi Nick.  From the research I did,the rangefinder version has RF on the front. illustration
I want one!Quite a few on fleabay.com,all beyond my pocket  Dave
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Yup, and the RF one has interchangeable lenses, too, with more or less a Leica M bayonet. A very nice piece of kit. I´m sure Jack had the AF one before he went for his Pentax digitals.
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Yup, and the RF one has interchangeable lenses, too, with more or less a Leica M bayonet. A very nice piece of kit. I´m sure Jack had the AF one before he went for his Pentax digitals.
.... a part of my email address after the "hexar" :
Hi Dave,
Nick is absolutely correct; I owned the Black (silent) Hexar for several years and it was my
main camera for a few years as well and earned some decent dosh from the local dailies
out here  Although it did embarrass a few of my photog friends when they all
had their 80-200/2.8's, etc... and it was, especially, embarrassing when my pics made the
newspaper and theirs did not  ............. 
So, I would say if you can pick one up in decent shape and "with the instruction manual'
because, as simple as this camera can be, it also has some interesting little tricks  As for
a price, I would say somewhere in the £125 is as much as I go 
Cheers and let me know if you go for one.
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PM sent
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PM sent
Dave
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Jack,I`ve just noticed there`s a Hexar RF/50mm in AP this week.(Nicholas ad).Sadly they want £995 for it.Oh well,C`est la vie. Maybe one day(Wishful thinking)
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The one with RF on the front is the interchangeable lens model. The original brought out in 1993 has a fixed lens. You won't get the RF model for £255!!
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The one with RF on the front is the interchangeable lens model. The original brought out in 1993 has a fixed lens. You won't get the RF model for £255!!
Roy, the one in the Nicholas ad is an Rf/50mm f2 @ £995.Where were you looking?
Dave
edit:sorry you were refering to my original post
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Done&rundleCams
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Jack,I`ve just noticed there`s a Hexar RF/50mm in AP this week.(Nicholas ad).Sadly they want £995 for it.Oh well,C`est la vie. Maybe one day(Wishful thinking)
Cheers Dave
Hi Dave,
I have had a play with Hexar RF along with some lenses and, truth be told, I would still
much prefer the Hexar AF, albeit with a fixed 35/2 lens
Cheers,
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