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• ABOUT LENS MOUNTS:

• ABOUT LENS VARIATIONS:

• ABOUT LENS PRODUCTION DATES:

• ABOUT LENS MANUFACTURING:

• "F" - MOUNT LENS INDEX: (1960 - 1964):

• "AR" - MOUNT LENS INDEX: (1965 - 1988):

• AUTOREFLEX - "AR" - FIXED LENSES:
• AUTOREFLEX - "AR" - PRE-SET LENSES:
• AUTOREFLEX - "AR" - ZOOM LENSES:
• AUTOREFLEX - "AR" - MACRO LENSES:
• AUTOREFLEX - "AR" - TELECONVERTER:

• CLICK HERE TO VIEW CHART (ON SLR PAGE
THAT SHOWS WHICH STYLE MOUNT EACH
CAMERA MODEL TAKES)

• KONICA LENS CHART:

• ABOUT LENS MOUNTS:

KONICA ONLY HAD TWO (2) LENS MOUNT STYLES: THE "F" SERIES - FROM 1960 TO 1964, AND THE "AR" SERIES - FROM 1965 TO 1989 (OR THE END OF SLR SALES AND PRODUCTION).

THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT STYLES OF "F" MOUNT LENSES. FIRST, THE LENS THAT WAS BUILT FOR THE KONICA SLR CAMERA MODEL "F" - IN 1960 ONLY - WHICH HAD AN ADDITIONAL LEVER ON THE BACK, BOTTOM SIDE OF THE LENS TO CONNECT WITH THE METER ON THE CAMERA.

THE LATER "FS," "FP," AND "FM" CAMERA LENSES DID NOT HAVE THIS FEATURE. SO, THE LATER LENSES WILL FIT THE "F" - BUT THE "F" LENS WILL NOT WORK ON THE "FS," "FP," AND "FM" CAMERA MODELS.

AT THE TIME OF CHANGE, TO THE "NEW" "AR" MOUNT STYLE (IN 1965) - WHICH DEBUTED ON THE "AUTO-REFLEX," - KONICA (FOR A SHORT TIME) MADE "F" TO "AR" MOUNT ADAPTERS. THEY WOULD NOT TRANSFER THE AUTO FEATURE TO THE OLDER "F" MOUNT LENSES, HOWEVER, THEY DID MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO USE THE "FS," "FP," AND "FM" LENSES ON THE AUTO REFLEX AND NEWER "AR" MOUNT CAMERAS.

LATE, IN 1965, WHEN THE "T-1" WAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT, A MODIFICATION WAS MADE IN THE MANUFACTURING OF ALL AUTO APERTURE LENSES. THE APERTURE CONTROL LEVER PROTECTOR ON THE BACK OF THE LENS WAS MODIFIED BY WAY OF CUTTING OUT A SECTION OF THE PROTECTOR IN ORDER TO LET THE CAMERA KNOW WHAT LENS WAS BEING MOUNTED ON IT.

MANY DEALERS AND REPAIR SHOPS MODIFIED ORIGINAL AUTO REFLEX LENSES TO FIT THE LATER MODELS. IF MODIFICATIONS WERE NOT MADE, AND THE OWNER TRIED TO INSTALL UN-MODIFIED AUTO REFLEX LENSES ON THE "T-1" AND LATER CAMERA MODELS, THEY WOULD DAMAGE THE CAMERA.

YOU CAN USE ANY OF THE NEWER "AR" LENSES ON THE AUTO REFLEX SINCE THE APERTURE CONTROL LEVER IS THE SAME (THE CUT-OUT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE HERE). ONLY THE SHINY FINISHED OLDER AUTO REFLEX "AR" LENS NEEDED THIS MODIFICATION.

TO TELL IF YOUR AUTO REFLEX LENS HAS BEEN MODIFIED, LOOK FOR A SMALL CUT-OUT ON THE APERTURE PROTECTOR SHIELD.

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• ABOUT LENS VARIATIONS:

OVER THE YEARS, KONICA WOULD PERIODICALLY UPDATE OR MODIFY THEIR LENSES. SOMETIMES THE CHANGES WOULD ONLY BE COSMETIC, SOMETIMES THEY WOULD ONLY BE MECHANICAL, SOMETIMES THEY WOULD ONLY INVOLVE THE LENS COATING, AND ANY TIME THEY COULD INCLUDE ANY COMBINATION OF THE THREE.

A LENS VARIATION EXAMPLE CAN BE SEEN IN THE 85 F / 1.8 LENSES, TO WHICH KONICA MADE 4 CHANGES, OR VARIATIONS. THE FIRST VARIATION HAD A 58 MM FRONT AND A GLOSSY BLACK FINISH. THE SECOND VARIATION HAD A 55 MM FRONT, AND A MAT BLACK FINISH WITH SILVER RINGS. THE THIRD VARIATION HAD AN ALL MAT BLACK FINISH. THESE FIRST THREE VARIATIONS WERE MARKED "EE." THE LAST VARIATION HAD AN ALL BLACK MAT FINISH WITH A RUBBER GRIP FOCUS RING, AND WAS MARKED "AE" - IT ALSO HAD A DIFFERENT LENS COATING THAN THE PREVIOUS LENSES.

THE "EE" MARKING ON THE LENSES STOOD FOR "ELECTRONIC EXPOSURE." LENSES MARKED "EE" WERE PRODUCED UNTIL 1972. IN 1973, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE "T-3," ALL LENSES PRODUCED WERE MARKED "AE" FOR "AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE."

THEREFORE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD HAVE A 65 - 135 F / 4.0 LENS MARKED "EE" (WHICH WAS PRODUCED UP TO 1972), BUT YOU COULD ALSO HAVE THE SAME LENS MARKED "AE" (MEANING IT WAS PRODUCED IN 1973 OR LATER). THE TWO LENSES COULD BE IDENTICAL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE APERTURE RINGS. WHERE ONE WOULD SAY "EE," THE OTHER WOULD SAY "AE."

LENSES THAT WERE NOT AUTOMATIC ("EE" OR "AE"), SUCH AS PRE-SET OR MANUAL LENSES, DID NOT HAVE MARKINGS TO IDENTIFY THE YEARS THEY WERE MADE.

OTHER EXAMPLES OF KONICA LENS VARIATIONS INCLUDE: FULL OR 1/2 STOPS, BRASS OR STEEL MOUNTING SCREWS, FEET OR METER SCALES (ONE, THE OTHER, OR BOTH), PLASTIC OR METAL LENS HOUSING, AND METAL OR RUBBER GRIPS.

ALL OF THE LENSES EXCEPT THE STANDARD LENSES (AR 40 F / 1.8, 50 F / 1.7, 50 F / 1.4, 50 F / 1.8, 52 F / 1.8, 57 F / 1.2, AND 57 F / 1.4) CAME WITH CASES (EITHER HARD OR SOFT), AND SOME OF THEM CAME WITH HOODS.

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• ABOUT LENS PRODUCTION DATES:

THE YEARS LISTED ON THE CHART BELOW DO NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE LENSES WERE "MADE" IN THOSE YEARS, BUT RATHER THAT THEY WERE LISTED "FOR SALE" IN THE SALES AND PRICE CATALOGS IN THOSE YEARS.

ANOTHER CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE AGE OF A LENS IS THAT SOMETIMES DEALERS HAD OLD, UN-SOLD STOCK, THAT WAS STILL BRAND NEW (IN THE BOX). THEREFORE, SUCH DEALERS COULD HAVE STILL BEEN SELLING ANY GIVEN LENS FOR YEARS AFTER ACTUAL PRODUCTION OF THAT LENS HAD STOPPED. SO, JUST BECAUSE A CUSTOMER "BOUGHT" A LENS IN A CERTAIN YEAR, DID NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE LENS WAS "MADE" IN THE YEAR IN WHICH IT WAS PURCHASED.

TO FURTHER CONFUSE THE ISSUE OF DATES, ONE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A 3 TO 6 MONTH DELAY BETWEEN START OF LENS PRODUCTION, AND SALE TO THE PUBLIC. IN SOME CASES, SALES BROCHURES OR ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT PRECEDED FULL PRODUCTION CREATED CONFUSION REGARDING END RESULTS.

AN EXAMPLE OF SUCH AN INCIDENCE IS DEMONSTRATED BY THE HISTORY OF THE 28 - 85 HEXANON LENS WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED TO BE PRODUCED BY KONICA. IN SPITE OF THE PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT, THE LENS WAS NEVER PRODUCED UNDER THE KONICA HEXANON NAME. HOWEVER, TOKINA DID EVENTUALLY INTRODUCE THE SAME LENS AS THE "ATX 28 - 85" MODEL.

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• ABOUT LENS MANUFACTURING:

KONICA'S LENSES WERE MANUFACTURED TO KONICA "SPECS" BY EITHER KONICA, OR TOKINA.

PRODUCTION OF SOME OF THE LATER LENSES (STARTING IN 1976) WAS SUB-CONTRACTED TO TOKINA. SUCH LENSES INCLUDED: THE 21 F / 2.8, THE 40 F / 1.8, THE 50 F / 1.8, THE 28 - 135 F / 4.0 - 4.6, THE 80 - 200 F / 4.0 PUSH - PULL, THE 80 - 200 F / 4.5 PUSH - PULL, THE 70 - 150 F / 4.0, THE 35 - 70 F / 3.5 - 4.5, AND OTHERS. AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE STRESSED THAT ALL LENSES BUILT BY TOKINA (FOR KONICA) WERE BUILT TO KONICA "SPECS."

THE CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KONICA AND TOKINA IS DEMONSTRATED BY THIS EXAMPLE OF A LENS THAT WAS INTRODUCED BY BOTH KONICA AND TOKINA. FOR KONICA IT WAS THE "28 - 135." THIS LENS WAS MANUFACTURED BY TOKINA, FOR KONICA. HOWEVER, IT WAS INTRODUCED BY BOTH - AS THE KONICA "28 - 135" MODEL, AND AS THE TOKINA "ATX 28 - 135" MODEL. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO LENSES WAS THE NAME RING, AND THE COLOR OF THE DISTANCE MARKING.

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"F" MOUNT LENS INDEX

KEY:

* click on an "F" mount lens from the index list below to go there on the chart
** a = automatic
*** m = manual / pre-set

• "F" MOUNT LENSES:
(1960 - 1964)

"F" MOUNT LENSES

• 35 mm f / 2.0 (a) ("F" model camera only)

• 35 mm f / 2.8 (a) or (m)

• 52 mm f / 1.4 (a)

• 52 mm f / 1.4 (a) ("F" model camera only)

• 52 mm f / 1.8 (a)

• 52 mm f / 2.0 (a)

• 85 mm f / 1.8 (a) ("F" model camera only)

• 100 mm f / 2.8 (a) or (m)

• 135 mm f / 2.8 (m) ("F" model camera only)

• 135 mm f / 3.5 (a) or (m)

• 200 mm f / 3.5 (m)

• 400 mm f / 4.5 (m)

• 800 mm f / 8.0 (m)

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AUTOREFLEX - "AR" MOUNT LENS INDEX

KEY:

* click on an "AR" mount lens from the index list below to go there on the chart
** a = automatic
*** m = manual
**** uc = ultra compact, ultra close-up, & ultra coating

• AUTOREFLEX - "AR" MOUNT LENSES:
(1965 - 1988)


*AUTOREFLEX - "AR" - FIXED LENSES*

• 15 mm f / 2.8 (a) (uc)	• 50 mm f / 1.7 (a)	• 200 mm f / 3.5 (a)
• 21 mm f / 2.8 (a)	• 50 mm f / 1.8 (a)	• 200 mm f / 4.0 (a)
• 21 mm f / 4.0 (a)	• 52 mm f / 1.8 (a)	• 300 mm f / 4.5 (a)
• 24 mm f / 2.8 (a)	• 57 mm f / 1.2 (a)	• 300 mm f / 6.3 (a)
• 28 mm f / 1.8 (a) (uc)	• 57 mm f / 1.4 (a)	• 400 mm f / 4.5 (m)
• 28 mm f / 3.5 (a)	• 85 mm f / 1.8 (a)	• 400 mm f / 5.6 (a) (uc)
• 35 mm f / 2.0 (a)	• 100 mm f / 2.8 (a)	• 800 mm f / 8.0 (m)
• 35 mm f / 2.8 (a)	• 135 mm f / 2.5 (a)	• 1000 mm f / 8.0 (m)
• 40 mm f / 1.8 (a)	• 135 mm f / 3.2 (a)	• 2000 mm f / 11.0 (m)
• 50 mm f / 1.4 (a)	• 135 mm f / 3.5 (a)

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*AUTOREFLEX - "AR" - PRE-SET LENSES* *(T-1 and early T-2, but was then discontinued)*

• 35 mm f / 2.8 (m)		• 200 mm f / 3.5 (m)
• 135 mm f / 3.5 (m)		• 200 mm f / 5.6 (m)

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*AUTOREFLEX - "AR" - ZOOM LENSES*

• 28 - 135 (a)	• 65 - 135 (a)	• 80 - 200 (a)
• 35 - 100 (a)	• 70 - 150 (a)	• 80 - 200 (uc)
• 45 - 100 (a) (uc)	• 70 - 230 (m) (pre-set)	• 80 - 200 (4.0 push-pull)
• 47 - 100 (a)	• 58 - 400 (m)	• 80 - 200 (4.5 push-pull)
• 35 - 70 (a)
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*AUTOREFLEX - "AR" - MACRO LENSES*

• 55 mm f / 3.5 (a)		• 105 mm f / 4.0 (a)
		• Auto Helicoid (used with 105 lens)

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*AUTOREFLEX - "AR" - TELECONVERTER*

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VIEW

MODEL

YEAR
MADE

VARIA-
TIONS

35mm
f / 2.0
(a)
("F"
model
camera
only)

1960

NO
VARIATIONS

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35mm
f / 2.8
(a)
or
(m)

1961-
1964

TWO

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52mm
f / 1.4
(a)

1960-
1964

THREE

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52mm
f / 1.4
(a)
("F"
model
camera
only)

1960

NONE

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52mm
f / 1.8
(a)

1962-
1964

TWO

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52mm
f / 2.0
(a)

1961-
1962

TWO

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85mm
f / 1.8
(a)
("F"
model
camera
only)

1960

NONE

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100mm
f / 2.8
(a)
or
(m)

1961-
1964

FOUR

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UNAVAILABLE

135mm
f / 2.8
(m)
("F"
model
camera
only)

1960

NONE

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135mm
f / 3.5
(a)
or
(m)

1961-
1964

TWO

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200mm
f / 3.5
(m)

1962-
1964

FOUR

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400mm
f / 4.5
(m)

1962-
1964

NONE

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800mm
f / 8.0
(m)

1962-
1964

ONE

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MODEL

YEAR
MADE

VARIA-
TIONS