Shutter
The Konica Hexar RF has a metal, vertical travel, focal plane shutter with digital electronic control of shutter speed. There is no provision for non-electronic shutter release: charged batteries are always required for shutter operation.
Shutter speeds between 16 seconds and 1/4000th of a second (continuous) are supported in aperture priority auto-exposure metering mode. Shutter speeds from one second to 1/4000th of a second (in discrete steps) may be selected in manual exposure mode. A bulb (B) mode is also supported (the shutter remains open while shutter release is activated).
Shutter release modes (and film advance) are controlled by a 4-position switch surrounding the top-mounted shutter release button. Positions are:
- off the camera is off (the LCD frame counter remains on while batteries are present, giving an indication that batteries are charged).
- single-shot the shutter is released and one frame advanced each time the shutter release is activated
- continuous the shutter is released and film advanced for as long as the shutter release is activated, at approximately 2.5 frames per second
- self-timer the shutter is released, and one frame advanced, 10 seconds after shutter release is activated
Shutter release is activated by pressing the top-mounted shutter release button or by a cable release inserted in a standard socket located on the side of the camera.
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