Successors
Production of the Konica Hexar RF camera was discontinued, without official announcement, some time before the end of 2003. Konica and Minolta (who had previously manufactured the Leitz/Minolta CL and Minolta CLE M mount cameras) merged to form Konica Minolta in 2003. In 2006 Sony acquired photographic assets from Konica Minolta, with the latter company withdrawing from all photography-related activity. The targets of the acquisition by Sony were the designs and tooling for Minolta/Konica Minolta SLR cameras and accessories. It is not known whether Sony acquired other photographic assets such as rangefinder camera designs or whether those are retained by Konica Minolta. Whatever the case, none of the involved companies has expressed any interest in renewed production of rangefinder cameras or lenses.
Anecdotal reports (one from 7 FEB 2009) suggest that Sony Japan, but no other Sony location, may retain the capability and parts to repair Hexar RF cameras.
Konica Minolta has since announced "Konica Minolta ceased the entire customer services for Konica Minolta cameras and related products, as of 31 December, 2010." It appears that services such as downloads for camera manuals were withdrawn at roughly the time of this announcement.
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