Hexar: Program mode is basically needed outside in daylight with the Hexar since it is very easy to top out the exposure since the shutter speed tops out at 1/250s. #Contax g2 tumblr manual#
Hexar offers Aperture Priority and full Program mode while the G1 offers Aperture Priority but the aperture is always a manual affair, but….Both let you set exposure compensation to +/-2.Invoke stealth mode where available on the Hexar and it is the quietest film camera I have ever used and bests most digital cameras in this regard. While neither is noisy to me the Hexar is quieter in normal operation.Will lock until you press the MF button again or turn the camera off.
Half press while framing through the viewfinder and then lock it in by looking at the top of the camera and holding down the MF button. Focus locks on half-press along with AE until you release the shutter. Will remain locked until you set it back. G1: Simply flick the power switch one more detent to lock the exposure. Hexar: Exposure locks on half-press along with AF. Wheel does have shutter speed markings, which are duplicated in the viewfinder along with exposure confirmation. G1: Set top plate shutter speed/exposure compensation dial to the desired shutter speed. You do get in viewfinder exposure confirmation, but the only shutter speed indication is on the top plate. Hexar: Set camera to M, set the aperture dial, and use the toggle buttons to adjust the shutter speed. G1: Odd top plate focus wheel does have distance markers on it and you also get focus confirmation in the viewfinder. Focus distance is indicated on the top plate and there is no in viewfinder confirmation while toggling focal distance. Hexar: You press the MF button and then toggle buttons back and forth. Hexar controls are a well documented odd affair while the G1’s controls are rather reasonable. But when you wish to impose your will on the camera a bit the G1 pulls ahead. Used purely as a point and shoot they are equals. Titanium beats plastic and metal on paper, but the Hexar is impressive in hand. I am a sucker for both the look of the G1’s titanium body and the simplistic Hexar. So how do the Hexar and G1 stack up in a direct comparison?Īs seen in the picture the two cameras are roughly the same size.The G1 is a bit heavier w/ lens, but not prohibitively so.īoth are lookers in their own way. Having both nearby the Hexar is much more reminiscent of the G1 in my experience. 
Better and more intuitive manual overrides across the board. an add on flash that makes a larger camera even larger. Lower top shutter speed (1/250s compared to 1/500s). The Hexar offers little value advantage and loses to the T2 on near every other count in my book: True program all auto is available on both, but otherwise not a fair comparison since the T2 would wipe the floor with the Hexar in my opinion. Sidebar: Some may wonder why I do not compare the Hexar to the Contax T2. No need for an answer because photography is the wrong hobby if you need it all to make sense. 
More than once I have wondered why I am even messing with the Hexar. The Contax G1 has been looming in the shadows vying for the crown of the best AF rangefinder-ish film camera all along. The Hexar haze lifted and it is going back.īut the Hexar has had another issue from the start. The last bullet was the last straw for me. Restart focus acquisition, grab focus again, and take the shot.Maintain the half-press focus as desired and take the shot as expected.But on full press one of three things would happen: The copy I tested was priced approaching Contax T2 crazy.Multiple exposure is available on the silver where it was not on the black model, but I would rather have stealth mode.I did find the steps to reprogram the Hexar, but they were lengthy, pedantic, and ran the risk of bricking the camera. Due to copyright issues or some other thing stealth mode is disabled on the silver model.Silver model is a looker… But I do prefer the all-black model if I am honest.That concerned me a bit, but it did not shake the Hexar haze I was in. While testing the black copy Wilson shared with me that the shutter on his Hexar AF copy quit and he had to ship it off to be repaired.Sure the Hexar has obvious weak spots like the 1/250s maximum shutter speed and the rising price of entry, but neither of those were the issue here. Then after a bit more information, I fell out with the AF.
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