Fix the sticky shutter button in Konica Hexar AF Motion Lapse film

[@mikestratton78]

My GOD THANK YOU FOR LIFE. Please never take this video down. Followed your instructions to the T and cured my hexars sticky shutter. Thank You so MUCH!!! Happy Holidays!

[@mikebrowna1461]

Thank you so much for this video ! Perfect instructions. I just followed along and fixed the sticky, non-working shutter button on my Hexar AF. After not using it so much during the pandemic it developed the problem. Now it works perfectly. I noted tarnishing on the copper spring and the contact that it sits on. A few sprays of contacts cleaner with small amount of rubbing and now the camera works great !

[@magnusartorius2422]

Fantastic to have a helpful visual resource for cleaning the Hexar sticky button if and when the problem arises. A voice over or subtitles to help describe what we're seeing would also be really useful for those of us with little to no technical skills. Appreciate your work, thank you

[@tomw0815]

Did it already with the help of this video a couple of years back and had to fix it again. Thankfully the video is still there because I completely forgot how to open the shutter button mechanism. Great help and still a great camera that I love to use.

[@jonnielanden5532]

Thank you for this. I have owned my Hexar for 3-4 years and I really needed this repair. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@angelocaudle93]

I did exactly what this video showed and it worked perfect. Focuses so good now, I couldn’t say thank you enough

[@mattschley]

You saved my Hexar. Best video on KZbin.

[@egsistansK17]

SOoo happy to press that button again and to hear it going through without hesitation!! Thanks Mike! this video is such a good idea, definitely worked well for me

[@mikeno62]

Thanks, I'm happy you like the video :-)

[@thrashstronaut]

Just followed this and it worked amazingly on my [NEAR MINT] ebay purchase that was anything but! Thank you.

[@MrGORILLAWRENCH]

To those watching this in the future. This fix is indeed relatively easy for anyone to do. Only thing is when taking of the first bracket/clip, like in the video, hold it down with a finger as you pry it off and up, I say this as without do so the circuit board flexes. Other than that take you're time as this is honestly quite hard to mess up!

[@Psj1990]

Thank you so much for this guide! This video is gold!

[@mikeno62]

Happy it could help you and other happy photographers :-)

[@jackchen1610]

Thank you , you just save my Hexar AF.

[@James.Bondsai]

You're todays hero! thanks a lot!

[@Alvinthekani]

Thanks a lot for this video! It saved my Hexar

[@voguepenft]

I did what you showed here, and it worked well! Thank you.

[@gettons1980]

Hi there, can you tell me if the problem came back again after fixing? I read that this issue is degenerative and it tends to happen again even after cleaning.

Thanks man, you revived my Hexar.

[@gettons1980]

Hi there, can you tell me if the problem came back again after fixing? I read that this issue is degenerative and it tends to happen again even after cleaning.

@@gettons1980 Yeah, I'd need to open it up every 6 months or so. Then again, I didn't have a contact cleaner at hand, so not using one might have contributed.

[@xt2739]

Thanks for your video! And for someone like me has no courage to lift up the clip: after removing of 3 screws, praying cleaner on the black dot works as well.

[@gettons1980]

Hi there, can you tell me if the problem came back again after fixing? I read that this issue is degenerative and it tends to happen again even after cleaning.

[@nathantw]

Awesome video! Thank you!

[@pastorius]

thank you, worked. it's also a good idea to bend that steel spider a little more to revitalize spring action. a side note - so many times i've seen appreciating 'metal covers' .. they are actually plastic and i managed to snap off one of the front screw bases ('lug' on a cover)

[@mikeno62]

pastorius Happy to know it works for you, you are right about the steele spider, sometimes I do it when a spring need revitalize to work proper again. Cheers Kenneth

[@gettons1980]

Hi there, can you tell me if the problem came back again after fixing? I read that this issue is degenerative and it tends to happen again even after cleaning.

[@pastorius]

@@gettons1980 hi, unfortunately yes, to some extent. the button is flimsy, a bad choice for otherwise great camera. originally the state of mine was worse, sometimes not even firing, now it fires every time but still i'm afraid to focus&recompose, because my finger never knows, how to hold the thing in focus. and i still dream of converting it to two-button operation with thumb-focus like on contax g-2 for example.

[@scottparis6355]

Great and helpful video! Disappointing that as good a company as Konica (was) would design a camera that is routinely killed by a tiny speck of dirt or corrosion on an internal part. I asked a Konica repair person to estimate this repair: $350!!!

[@JoakimHVocke]

Thank you Mike! Good as new :)

[@andrewberekdar]

Hej Mike, do you know anyone in or near Denmark who repairs Hexar AFs and replaces capacitors? Thanks!

[@mikdes26]

While this looks straightforward, it also looks daunting for someone like me who doesn’t have very steady hands. Any feedback of extra advice?

[@Bjorn-tp3wh]

I just used this video to fix mine and had no experience with this type of repair. It was really easy, just make sure to be careful when taking the metal clip that holds the rubber piece. You just need to apply slight pressure under the metal piece, not the plastic surrounding it, to have it come off. My hexar now works great, very easy fix.

[@8225189]

hey guys, i sort of have the problem with focusing: each time i focus and hold the button it refocuses when i press it to take the picture... is it the same problem derived from the sticky button? hence can i fix this issue with this tutorial?

[@joshfromwellington9225]

Thanks very much! Appreciated. Worked a treat for me.

[@xvs_s]

Worked like a charm for me too! Thanks!

[@rotationmagnum]

Thank you, you juste save my life!

[@cccucasfcu2702]

Thanks for the wonderful information.I have three questions.First do you know the other version of hexar such as gold or silver version's front conver can be peeled off as the black model you demonstrated in the video?That mean can the leather be relocated without any cosmetic problem as before?Secondly, do you know how the double action tactile switch act two mode?.How does the 4 leg parts control the two function depending on the pressure for auto focus and shutter release?The reason why i am asking is I think I should know how the switch do their function to correct the problem.In my opinion I think the contact erosion is not the real problem but the unbalanced pressure to the four leg part cause the misleading behavior to the 4 contact parts .So maybe opening the switch and just relocating the 4 leg part maybe the key to the process.And in my opinion the leg should be flatted rather than bended if the button does not contact well.Because what we do to make shutter function is flattening , not bending the four leged part .Lastly do you know how to replace the battery of auto date parts?Should I open with screwdriver inside the film container part to replace the auto date battery 2CR5?

[@santinonapolitano9989]

i tried this and made it worse, i can press the button half way to focus but when i push it all the way down it doesn't take a photo. Any advice on what to do or know anywhere in London/UK who can fix it?

[@mohammadashrafkhokhar5678]

superb video.keep it up.excellent

[@abdulkadir1990]

im not sure for which problem this fix is. i have this problem: while holding the button down halfway (usual way) the camera focus the most of the time corectly but if press the button all the way down the camera focus again and make a shot.she dont make a shot every time. is this normal? because somethimes d camera dont even react if i press dr shutter button. do the the autofocus system have a lot of problems with less light because i just tested it inside. thanks for answer and sorry for the bad englisch.

[@mikeno62]

+abdulkadir1990 No problem with your english. It's a very commen problem with the shutter button, because over time there will be a bad connection in the shutter button, and it need's some contact cleaner or Isopropylalcohol, then it is fine again. Cheers Kenneth

[@condels9]

Hi mike i have hexar AF too , but now have problem some time to hard to ON the camera , i think when the weather around 20C will make that happen and i must dry the camera or put the camera direct to sun on 5 minutes and then camera will ON again this seem like electonic not working on the weather below 20C for this situation how to make camera ON normaly without dry using hairdryer or dry direct to the sun ? thanks

[@minilux990]

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[@Cosmicdoubt]

thank you so much!

[@kidultstudios]

I have the same issue, what are the tools and screwdriver size you used for this?

[@mikeno62]

I use a JIS00 crosshead screw driver, and a 2mm flathead screw driver, and I have add more tool's info in the description.

[@Cibeen]

Is the common problem particularly for the black version? Are the other versions more robust?

[@mikeno62]

I have only try the black model, but I would guess it must be the same with the other version's.

[@pigirardin]

Thank you so much ! it works ;)

[@nathantw]

so I did this a year ago and it worked very well but now it's showing the symptoms again. sigh. Maybe I'll add the electrical contact goop (Caikote 44) that I use on my remote control button contacts.

[@mikeno62]

It sound's very interesting with this Caikote 44, but I have very good success with the contact cleaner. Cheers Kenneth

[@nathantw]

mikeno62 Thanks again for the video. I ended up opening the camera last night and just cleaned it. I didn't add any silver contact stuff on it. It's working great again. It'll be interesting to see if this is an annual thing.

[@gettons1980]

@@nathantw Hi there, can you tell me if the problem came back again after fixing? I read that this issue is degenerative and it tends to happen again even after cleaning.

[@nathantw]

@@gettons1980 Hi! Unfortunately my camera died not long after I fixed it. However, it was working fine up to the time it died. I purchased a new Hexar in September and had to do the fix. I just tried it a few minutes ago and it's still working like a charm.

[@rowibish]

How exactly did you get the metal part to pop off the plastic piece of the shutter button? I see you prying underneath it, which I tried, but I wasn't about to get it off.

[@jakubkucharski8887]

On both sides of the plastic part theres a metal catch, you have to pull it from one side or another, then the whole metal part will bounce up and it's easy to remove and clean.

[@mikeno62]

Jakub is right, it's just to gently pull off the small metal catch with a small tool, one side then the other and so on. Remember the orientation of that part (just in case...) You can read much more in infomation about this film. Hope it can help you. Cheers Kenneth

[@borlange11]

The 2 small holes on the front side which are used in the video in order to pull off the metal part are not present on my Hexar. Very sad! Until now I could not solve that "pull off" problem. I am very grateful to mikeno62 for his video and already ordered some tools before I discovered the absence of the 2 holes.......My Hexar is the stereo version, named RBT S1 (Raumbild Technik Germany). Has given me splended stereo pictures until 2 years ago. Then came the problems.

[@dangermuz]

I managed to fix mine today, but i didnt get of the metal part thingie over the plastic piece. Just sprayed some contact cleaner on there without popping it off, and that worked. Its really impossible to see how to remove that thing in this video, but other than that, good vid. :)

[@slowbot68]

you bloody genuis

[@gowilla]

Has anyone tried this with a Hexar Silver? Seems like the leatherette is different and more affixed in the front???

[@mikeno62]

Hmmmm, sorry but I don't have a Hexar Silver...

[@santinonapolitano9989]

@gowilla how did you remove the leatherette in the end? was it the same as in the video?

[@chrisbmx116]

Great video. Still don't dare to try it myself, if anyone in london feels confident enough and is willing to help please drop me a message.

[@gettons1980]

How did you end up fixing the issue in the end if I may ask? I am in the same position as yours.

[@chrisbmx116]

gettons1980 found a lad in America that replaces them good luck buddy.

[@CharlesHeinrich]

i think every hexar owner hst to go through this lol

[@LokkieF]

Hexars were nice cameras, but the all break down electronically...