All Hexars have been autofocus, no?
I used one a couple of times (and loved it) except for the attempt at manual
focusing. So what do people think will be the focusing method and how
implemented?
stuart
----- Original Message -----
From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: OM4ti, Leica, and *HEXAR*
> I heard another confirmation of the rumor from a very reliable source that
> the Konica Hexar M will be released by the end of the year and offer
> aperture preferred auto-exposure.
>
> Skip
>
> At 8/8/99 08:13 PM -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Yes I also owned this exact camera! But from-the-hip shots do not work
well
> >with autofocus. Too hard to get the little thingy in the center on the
> >subject,
> >too easy to get it somewhere else. And some of the controls are too hard
to
> >operate. As good as the lens is, and it _is_ good, it is not
interchangeable.
> >One thing I did like about the Hexar is that it absolutely, positively a
great
> >camera to take when you do not want to be seen as having an expensive
camera.
> >My wife took it to Colombia for three weeks, no problems.
> >
> >There're a lot of rumors about a new Hexar that will take Leitz and other
> >interchangeable lenses. Wouldn't that be interesting?
>
>
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> Skip Williams
> Westfield, NJ
> skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx
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