Konica Hexar RF First Impressions 

Still waiting for that deep review haha

Oh man same thing happened to me with my M6 and my first time changing a roll of film at a wedding. Like you I got to frame 37 and it just kept on going. Coming from an M2 which you actually have to manually take the spool out I was heartbroken as there was a sunset during cocktail hour *sad face*. I'm now MEGA cautious when it comes to loading the film, I'll actually watch the spool rotate once or twice now before closing the base and back plate. And then watch the rewind lever to make sure that it moves correctly too. So I feel your pain! The Hexar has always seemed appealing and glad you're enjoying it.

I’ve only had that issue once with a Leica, definitely learned my lesson haha. You can confirm if it catches by watching the rewind knob, but also I find just putting a finger on the sprockets (far right not the curtain of course), and advance a tiny bit it’ll catch and you’re good to go. I never fully trust the mechanism anymore, but I had issues with electronic camera teeth wearing out as well.

Great captures mate. Beautiful video, what lovely colours! Cheers for sharing!

yoo noticed the DMV repping!

I'm curious to know how you're loading your M6. To me, loading a Leica with the fast load mechanism is just so much more straight forward and less fiddly. Of course, you have to make sure the film isn't crooked over the focal plane, but your Leica _should_ just take up the film if you put the tongue of the film between the prongs. This is the best explanation of it, and once I learned this, I had no more issues with film uptake: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fcy86A-wj-o.html

You in dc!?

Is the full review scrapped?

Hey. Just bought one, and I have a Leica Summicron 35mm on it, and when I scooped it up, the guy mentioned that the rangefinder patch doesn’t match up vertically if you’re using any M mount lenses that aren’t Konica. Is this true in you’re case?