Konica AR Lenses

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Konica Autoreflex / Hexanon AR SLR mount, introduced in 1965 | 35 mm SLR

Konica AR was introduced with the Auto-Reflex/Autorex generation and became Konica's main 35 mm SLR mount. The early system is historically notable for shutter-priority automatic exposure on a focal-plane-shutter SLR, with later bodies adding more refined TTL metering and exposure automation.

The AR mount has a relatively short SLR register and a strong Hexanon lens family, including compact standards, wide angles, telephotos, macro lenses, and unusual high-performance designs. Earlier Konica F-mount optical formulas also influenced some early AR lenses.

In catalog terms, Konica AR is a good manual-focus SLR comparison point outside the Canon/Nikon/Pentax mainstream. The lenses often have a distinct balance of compact mechanics, strong coatings, and practical apertures rather than a large professional system identity.

KONICA FL-HEXANON AR 300mm f/6.3— 9 ELEMENTS / 5 GROUPS, 300mm f/6.3 (MARKETED), EFL 299.705 mm (TRACED)KONICA HEXANON AR 35mm f/2.8— 5 ELEMENTS / 5 GROUPS, f ≈ 35.00 mm, F/2.8KONICA UC HEXANON AR 28mm f/1.8— 8 ELEMENTS / 8 GROUPS, MODELED EFL 28.1585 mm, PATENT DESIGN f/2.0KONICA UC ZOOM HEXANON AR 45–100mm f/3.5— 11 ELEMENTS / 10 GROUPS, 45–100mm MARKETING / 46.76–99.18mm PATENT, F/3.5KONICA UC ZOOM HEXANON AR 80–200mm f/4— 14 ELEMENTS / 10 GROUPS, 80–200mm f/4, 0.7 m MFDKONICA ZOOM-HEXANON AR 35–70mm f/3.5— 9 ELEMENTS / 9 GROUPS, 35–70mm, f/3.5-f/22KONICA ZOOM-HEXANON AR 65–135mm f/4— 13 ELEMENTS / 9 GROUPS, 65–135mm MARKETED / 66.290–135.095mm MODELED, f/4 MARKETED / f/4.0033–3.9974 MODELEDKONICA ZOOM-HEXANON AR 70–150mm f/4— 15 ELEMENTS / 12 GROUPS, 70–150mm f/4 (marketed), 72.164–146.388mm (published design states)