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August 5^th, 2018

• Link to Guestbook removed from all pages, as CGI script-based Guestbook is no longer supported by provider. Also changed all links to validator.w3.org to https://

June 15^th, 2018

• Autoreflex TC main page revised. Section about special Acom-1 version in Japan with data back added.

June 12^th, 2018

• Lens main page revised. Section about production codes added, information about version changes chrome ring / black and metal / rubber focusing ring corrected.

May 30^th, 2018

• Autoreflex T3N main page and Autoreflex T3N data page revised. Mentioning of later viewfinder screen with combined split image and microprism ring.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 57 mm / F1.4 lens page and Hexanon AR 50 mm / F1.4 lens pagerevised. Mentioning that according to a reader the Hexanon / Hexanon AR 57 mm F1.4 lens is much better for infra-red photography as the Hexanon AR 50 mm F1.4, as the latter would produce prominent hotspots.
• Auto Ring and Double Cable Release / Auto Ring 2 AR and Double Cable Release 2 AR accessory page revised. Added explanation about different versions (Auto Ring original version / Auto Ring 2nd version / Auto Ring 2 AR).

February 20^th, 2017

• Autoreflex TC / Acom-1 page revised. More accurate description of variations / changes over time.
• Link page revised. The web site about Tamron lenses is now online again under a different domain adaptall-2.com.

October 22^nd, 2016

• Link page revised.
  
  Link to the following page updated:
  - The Konica Hexanon Project
  
  Links to the following pages removed:
  - The Unofficial Pentax Collector's Starter Page (Pentax Spotmatic; link broken)
  - Mark Tharp's Russian Rangefinders (Soviet rangefinders; link broken)
  - Medium Format Photography Megasite
  - Third Party Lenses Resource Megasite Home Page (Third Party Lenses; link broken)
  - adaptall2.org (Tamron lenses; site no longer present at link; advertisement only)
  - The Land List (Polaroid cameras; link broken)
  

March 17^th, 2015

• Removed address of Fotomechanik Reinhardt from repair page. Mr. Reinhardt has retired.

August 11^th, 2014

• Updated links to Urs Brunner's Konica Collector website on various pages. Has changed from konica-collector.com to konica-collector.org

January 25^th, 2013

• Lens mount adapters accessory page revised. Added M42 / Praktica screw mount adapter for F bayonet.

January 25^th, 2013

• Viewfinder eyepiece accessory page revised. Added eye-level viewfinder eyepiece of Konica F to table, as it is different from other cameras with F bayonet.

March 14^th, 2012

• Lens overview page revised. Foot note filter thread diameter Zoom-Hexanon AR 28-135mm / F4-4.6 removed, as diameter is definitely 67 mm.

January 2^nd, 2012

• Link page revised. Links added to the following sites:
  - adaptall-2.org (Tamron third party lenses)
  - The Land List (Polaroid cameras)

December 14^th, 2011

• Konica Auto-Reflex main page revised. Images of japanese Autorex version and of reminder sticker for format change added. Text revised.
• Konica Auto-Reflex image overview page revised. New images. The list of image pages has been amended with pages for Japanese Konica Autorex front view and for top and rear views of Konica Auto-Reflex as well as German Revue Auto-Reflex.
• Konica Autorex image page added.
• Revue Auto-Reflex top view image page added.
• Revue Auto-Reflex rear view image page added.
• All other Auto-Reflex image pages revised. New images. Most of the images show now the Konica Auto-Reflex, no longer the German Revue Auto-Reflex version. Where Konica and Revue versions are different, there is now an own image page for each of these versions. All Auto-Reflex image pages have been amended by captions below the images.
  - Konica Auto-Reflex front view image page
  - Revue Auto-Reflex front view image page
  - Konica Auto-Reflex front view without lens image page
  - Konica Auto-Reflex top view image page
  - Konica Auto-Reflex bottom view image page
  - Konica Auto-Reflex rear view image page
  - Konica Auto-Reflex rear view open image page
  - Konica Auto-Reflex rear view open set to half format image page
  - Konica Auto-Reflex rear view open with back image page
  - Konica Auto-Reflex accessory shoe image page
  

September 22^nd, 2011

• Lens overview page revised. Some data of F bayonet standard lens Konishiroku Hexanon 50 mm / F2 added.

September 19^th, 2011

• UC Hexanon AR 28 mm / F1.8 lens page revised. Leaflet about UC Hexanon AR lenses ready for download.
• UC Zoom-Hexanon AR 45-100 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. Leaflet about UC Hexanon AR lenses ready for download..
• UC Zoom-Hexanon AR 80-200 mm / F4 lens page revised. Leaflet about UC Hexanon AR lenses ready for download.

September 11^th, 2011

• Auto Helicoid AR accessory page added.
• Macro-Hexanon AR 105 mm / F4 lens page revised. New images, images of case and front cap added.

September 9^th, 2011

• Hexanon / Hexanon ARM 400 mm / F4.5 lens page added.

July 31^st, 2011

• Macro-Hexanon AR 55 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. New images, photos of chrome ring version, Macro Lens Adapter AR, leather case, and lens caps added. Technical data completed with data including Macro Lens Adapter AR.
• Link page revised. Link to Konica Hexanon Project added.

May 8^th, 2011

• Viewfinder eyepiece accessory page added. Shows different forms of viewfinder eyepieces and lists camera bodies with respective eyepieces.
• Eye cups accessory page added. User's manual for Diopter Correction Lens 2 AR and Eye Cup 2 AR ready for download.
• Diopter correction lenses accessory page added. User's manual for Diopter Correction Lens 2 AR and Eye Cup 2 AR ready for download.
• Eyepiece Converter AR accessory page added.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 135 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. More images of lens accessories for various variations.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 200 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. New images. Images of two older variations with chrome rings and various lens accessories added – original box, leather case, lens hoods, and lens caps. Informations about different optical formulas of Preset and Auto versions added.
• Hexanon AR 200 mm / F4 lens page revised. New images, images of leather case and lens cap added.

May 5^th, 2011

• Hexar AR 28 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. New photos, box, case, and cap. Leaflet for Hexar AR lenses ready for download.
• Hexar AR 135 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. New photos, box, case, and cap. Leaflet for Hexar AR lenses ready for download.
• Hexar AR 200 mm / F4 lens page revised. New photos, box, case, and cap. Leaflet for Hexar AR lenses ready for download.

April 30^th, 2011

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 135 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. New photos, original box, lens hood, lens cases. Information about different lens formulas of early and late variations added.
• Hexanon AR 135 mm / F3.2 lens page revised. Photos of rubber-chrome variation, case and metal lens cap added.
• Hexar AR 135 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. New photos, box, case, and cap.
• Hexanon AR 135 mm / F2.5 lens page revised. New photos, metal cap.

April 18^th, 2011

• User's manual for Konica FP / Revue SR / Wards slr700 (German language only) is scanned and ready for download.

April 17^th, 2011

• Konica start page revised. Introduction text updated, as Konica-Minolta abandoned film and camera business in 2006.

April 16^th, 2011

• Microscope adapter accessory page added.
• Microscope Adapter 2 AR user's manual scanned and ready for download.
• Lens mount adapter accessory page revised. Mention of Exakta adapter for F bayonet, existing text modified.

April 13^th, 2011

• Varifocal Hexanon AR 35-100 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. Images of older EE version, lens hood, case, and front cap added.

April 12^th, 2011

• Hexanon Zoom Lens Size 24x18 47-100 mm / 1:3.5 lens page added.
• Auto-Reflex P main page revised. Mentioning of accessory Konica Light Meter III, image added.
• Auto-Reflex P data page revised. Mentioning of accessory Konica Light Meter III.
• Konica Auto-Reflex P with Konica Light Meter III front view image page added.
• Konica Auto-Reflex P with Konica Light Meter III top view image page added.
• Konica FP main page revised. Text about the light meters changed.
• Konica Hexanon AR 24mm / F2.8 page revised. Accidentally, there were some German language image captions in English page. Now corrected.

March 27^th, 2011

• Hexanon AR 135 mm / F3.2 lens page revised. Image of rubber-chrome variety added.
• Link page revised.
  
  new links added:
  - Le Système Reflex Konica (new page about Konica SLR)
  - Sovietcams (new page about soviet / russian cameras)
  - my Fotocommunity profile
  - my flickr profile
  
  removed links:
  - Alan Myers Technical Hub (broken link, technical part not found on new site of Alan Myers)
  - Davidde.com (broken link)
  - Yohei Suzakawa's literature page (broken link)
  - Konica-Minolta Photo Imaging USA, Inc. (broken link)
  - Foto-Quelle Austria (broken link)
  
  updated links:
  - Matt Denton's Classic Cameras (new URL)
  - Konica-Minolta Germany (new URL)
  - Konica-Minolta Europe (new URL)
  - Konica-Minolta Global Site (new URL)

November 9^th, 2009

• Auto-Reflex main page, start page, and camera overview page revised. Auto-Reflex was not the first 24x36 SLR with fully automatic exposure. Topcon's Auto 100 was some months earlier and even provided TTL metering, which the Auto-Reflex did not.

July 10^th, 2009

• Autoreflex T main page revised. Mention of Topcon's RE Super / Super D as this model had TTL metering even before Pentax's Spotmatics.

January 23^rd, 2008

• Jim Blazik's (dzerJIMski) Rangefinder Cameras of the Soviet Era removed from link list. Unfortunately, the site no longer exists.

July 7^th, 2007

• Zoom-Hexanon AR 65-135mm / F4 lens page revised. Variation with yellow EE marking found, text corrected accordingly. Image of 65mm setting replaced with respective image of yellow EE variation. Images of matching lens hood and lens case added.
• Extension rings accessory page revised. Information and images of extension ring set for F bayonet added. Incorrect lengths of later extension ring sets 2 AR and 3 AR corrected.
• FP data page revised. The Copal Square shutter of the Konica FP is not electronically controlled, of course. German version was correct, probably a mistake due to copying the basic page.

June 3^rd, 2007

• Zoom-Hexanon AR 35-70mm / F3.5 lens page revised. Image of original lens hood added.
• Angle finder accessory page revised. Images of Angle Finder 2 AR and matching leather case added.
• User's manual Angle Finder 2 AR is scanned and available for download.

January 8^th, 2007

• Lens main page revised. The Alpa system also had a shorter flange-film distance than Konica.

December 31^st, 2006

• Repair main page revised. Name, e-mail and web addresses of Fotomechanik Kielgas in Hanover, Germany, altered. The company is now called Fotomechanik Reinhardt.

December 30^th, 2006

• Autoreflex T3N main page revised. Description of different focusing screens and image of split image focusing screen sticker added.
• Autoreflex T3N rear view with split image focusing screen sticker page added.

November 27^th, 2006

• Konica FP main page revised. Images of black version and of FP with oder version of Konica light meter added.
• Konica FP black front view image page added.
• Konica FP with Konica Light Meter front view image page added.
• Konica FP with Konica Light Meter top view image page added.
• Konica FP with Konica Light Meter back view image page added.
• Hexanon / Hexar 52 mm / 1:1.4 lens page revised. Image of Konishiroku Hexanon version added.
• Hexanon / Hexar / Hexanon AR 52 mm / F1.8 lens page revised. Image of early chrome ring version for AR bayonet without AE lock added.

November 26^th, 2006

• Extension Bellows accessory page added.
• Bellows overview page revised. Short description of Konica Extension Bellows added.

November 25^th, 2006

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 85 mm / F1,8 lens page revised. Version list completed with Hexanon (without AR), all-black metal version seen on e-bay.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 135 mm / F3,5 lens page revised. Image of F bayonet auto-aperture version added.

November 13^th, 2006

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 21 mm / F4 lens page revised. Images of earliest version without AE lock and matching lens cap added.

October 12^th, 2006

• Varifocal Hexanon AR 35-100 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. False information about front element rotation corrected.
• Auto-Reflex main page, Auto-Reflex data page, and mercury battery page revised. False information about battery type of Auto-Reflex corrected. The Auto-Reflex uses one PX625, not PX675.

July 23^rd, 2006

• Autoreflex T2 main page revised. Image of japanese New FTA version added.
• New FTA front view page added.

June 29^th, 2006

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 85 mm / F1.8 lens page revised. Image of all-black metal version added.

June 22^nd, 2006

• Autoreflex TC main page revised. Image of japanese ACOM-1 version added.
• ACOM-1 front view page added.

May 20^th, 2006

• Hexanon AR 24 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. Images of latest version with smallest aperture 22, cases for F16-AE and F22 versions, and original packaging of F22 version added.

May 18^th, 2006

• Hexanon AR 85 mm / F1.8 lens page and lens overview revised. False data about filter thread diameters of the Hexnaon / Hexanon AR 85 mm / F1.8 corrected, which was 58 mm in older versions.
• Hexanon Zoom / Zoom-Hexanon AR 80-200 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. Images of first chrome ring version and case added.

April 30^th, 2006

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 21 mm / F4 lens page revised. Image of chrome ring version added.

April 25^th, 2006

• Link page revised. Link to Tim Hobson's Konica SLR User's pages removed. The site seems to have been given up by its previous owner and the domain to be taken over by dubious internet porn and medicine suppliers.

April 11^th, 2006

• Auto-Reflex P pages added.

April 9^th, 2006

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 57 mm / F1.4 lens page revised. Images of versions for Revue Auto-Reflex and Revue Autoreflex TTL added as well as image of lens hood. Versions list completed accordingly.

April 1^st, 2006

• FP main page revised. Image of Konica version added.
• FP front view page revised, now image of Konica instead of Revue version.
• Revue SR front view page added.
• Hexanon / Hexar / Hexanon AR 52 mm / F1.8 lens page revised. Image and data of F bayonet version added.
• Lens overview revised. Wrong length, weight and minimum distance data of F bayonet Hexanon / Hexar 52 mm / F1.8 corrected.
• Stylesheet file kameras.css optimized.

March 30^th, 2006

• Zoom-Hexanon AR 80-200 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. Image of metal chrome ring version added.
• Link page revised. Broken link to Peter Jonkman's Spotmatic page removed.
• Stylesheet file kameras.css optimized.

March 22^nd, 2006

• Bellows overview and Auto Bellows AR accessory page revised. False information about Bellows 3 AR corrected. Both lens plates can be moved on these bellows also.

March 18^th, 2006

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 135 mm F3.5 lens page revised. Images of earliest AR bayonet version with shiny finish and matching lens hood added, added respective version to versions list. Wrong length of AR bayonet versions with smallest aperture 16 corrected in data.
• Lens overview revised. Wrong length of AR bayonet versions with smallest aperture 16 of Hexanon / Hexanon AR 135 mm / F3.5 corrected.

March 16^th, 2006

• Extension Bellows II Deluxe AR / 2D AR accessory page added.
• Macro Stand AR accessory page added.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 57 mm / F1.4 lens page revised. Image of middle chrome ring version added.

March 15^th, 2006

• Auto Bellows AR accessory page added.
• Bellows II AR / 2 AR accessory page revised. List with matching accessories added.

March 14^th, 2006

• Zoom-Hexanon AR 35-70 mm F4 lens page added.

March 13^th, 2006

• Konica start page revised. Mention of Konica-Minolta's announcement to abandon film and camera business completely.
• Zoom-Hexanon AR 35-70 mm F3.5 lens page added.
• Zoom-Hexanon AR 35-70 mm F3.5-4.5 lens page revised. Comparison to Zoom-Hexanon AR 35-70 mm F3.5 in text and size comparison with other 35-70 mm lenses added.

March 11^th, 2006

• Bellows overview page added.
• Extension Bellows II AR / 2 AR page added.

March 9^th, 2006

• Macro-Hexanon AR 55 mm F3.5 lens page revised. Image of middle version with yellow EE marking added.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 200 mm F3.5 lens page revised. Image of preset version for AR bayonet added, some data and versions list completed.
• Lens overview revised. Data for Hexanon Zoom Lens Size 24x18 47-100 mm 1:3.5 and for Hexanon 200 mm 1:3.5 (preset version for AR bayonet) added.

March 7^th, 2006

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 85 mm F1.8 lens page revised. Early AR bayonet version with shiny finish added to versions list.
• Repair main page revised. Additional repair address of Maack in Hamburg (Germany) added.
• Mercury battery page revised. Type of Gossen light meter corrected, for which the Gossen adapters were originally made.

February 19^th, 2006

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 200mm F3.5 lens page corrected. Did not show yellow EE version due to incorrect URI.

December 4^th, 2005

• Auto-Reflex main page revised. False information about successor model Autoreflex T corrected.

November 21^st, 2005

• FP main page revised. Image with Konica Light Meter II added and respective text completed with different light meter versions.
• FP front view with Light Meter II page added.
• FP top view with Light Meter II page added.

November 5^th, 2005

• X-20N Auto page added.
• Hexanon AR 50 mm F1.7 lens page revised. Image of earliest version with EE marking added.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 200 mm F3.5 lens page revised. Image of all-black version with rubberized focusing ring and EE marking added.

November 4^th, 2005

• Lens overview page revised. Hexanon AR 21 mm / F2.8 is not an UC lens.
• UC Hexanon AR 28 mm / F1.8 lens page revised. Hexanon AR 21 mm / F2.8 removed from list of UC lenses.
• UC Zoom-Hexanon AR 45-100 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. Hexanon AR 21 mm / F2.8 removed from list of UC lenses.
• UC Zoom-Hexanon AR 80-200 mm / F4 lens page revised. Hexanon AR 21 mm / F2.8 removed from list of UC lenses.

November 3^rd, 2005

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 200 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. Version list changed, found rubberized focusing ring with chrome ring version in Autoreflex T2 manual.
• Zoom-Hexanon AR 80-200 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. Version list changed, found rubberized focusing ring with chrome ring version in Autoreflex T2 manual.
• Macro-Hexanon AR 55 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. Version list changed, found rubberized focusing ring with chrome ring version in Autoreflex T2 manual. Time of introduction corrected.

October 29^th, 2005

• Hexanon AR 24 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. Image of AE version with smallest aperture 16 added.

October 25^th, 2005

• Varifocal Hexanon AR 35-100 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. Mention of version with yellow EE mark.

October 22^nd, 2005

• Flashes and strobes overview page added.
• Cube Flash page added.
• X-18 Auto page added.
• X-24 Auto page added.
• X-36 Auto page added.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 100 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. Image of all-black version with metal focusing ring added.

September 20^th, 2005

• Repair main page revised. Link to web pages of Fotomechanik Kielgas in Hanover added. Fotoservice Otto Stadler in Esslingen no longer exists. New address of Herbert Geissler in Reutlingen added, who has taken over Stadler's business.

August 22^nd, 2005

• Hexanon AR 57 mm / F1.2 lens page revised. Mention of version with rubber focusing ring and green EE mark.

July 11^th, 2005

• Auto-Reflex main page revised. Image of Konica Auto-Reflex added.
• Auto-Reflex front view page revised, now image of Konica instead of Revue version.
• Revue Auto-Reflex front view page added.
• Hexanon AR 21 mm / F4 lens page revised. Images of all-black metal focusing ring version and of original lens hood added.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 57 mm / F1.4 lens page revised. Image of early version for Auto-Reflex added.

June 17^th – July 08^th, 2005

• All lens pages revised. Mention of lens hoods, correction of some erratic data.

June 28^th, 2005

• Hexanon /Hexanon AR 35 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. Image of chrome ring version for AR bayonet added

June 24^th, 2005

• Hexanon /Hexanon AR 100 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. Image of preset version for F bayonet added and data about this variation corrected.
• Lens adapter page revised. Image of Adapter for Konica F bayonet added.
• Lens overview revised. Error in list corrected (Hexanon 100 mm / F2.8 Preset has a smallest aperture 22.). Weight and dimensions of this version corrected.

June 16^th, 2005

• Hexanon /Hexar 52 mm / F1.4 lens page added.
• UC Zoom-Hexanon AR 45-100 mm / F3,5 lens page added.
• Lens overview revised. Error in list corrected (UC Zoom-Hexanon AR 45-100 mm / F3.5 is a one-touch, not a two-touch zoom), missing data about this lens added.

June 14^th, 2005

• Zoom-Hexanon AR 80-200 mm / F3.5 lens page added.

June 8^th, 2005

• Hexanon AR 50 mm / F1.4 lens page revised. Mention of variation with green EE marking.

April 23^rd, 2005

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 200 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. Images of preset version for F bayonet and matching lens hood added, some erratic data of this version corrected.
• Lens overview revised. Data of Hexanon / Hexar 52 mm / F1.4 for F bayonet added , some erratic data of Hexanon 200 mm / F3.5 for F bayonet corrected.

April 22^nd, 2005

• Link page revised. Some new links added. Davidde's Reviews, Dante Stella's Konica FC-1 vs the Konica Autoreflex T4, link to Peter Jonkman's reappeared Unofficial Asahi Pentax Spotmatic Home Page, and an entirely new section with a couple of links to pages about Soviet rangefinder cameras.
  (As of 2006-03-30, Peter Jonkman's Spotmatic site is no longer available.)

April 21^st, 2005

• Link page revised. Link to Paul Trunfio's Photography Pages added and address of Denis' Konica Nikon & Digital Photography Pages changed to new domain.

April 15^th, 2005

• Hexanon AR 57 mm / F1.2 lens page revised. Image of version with rubberized focussing ring added, better image of version with splined metal focussing ring, and mention of yellowish colour rendition.

April 12^th, 2005

• Image page added:
  Autoreflex T2 black version
• Autoreflex T2 main page revised. Mention of optional split-image mat screen and image of black version added.

March 29^th, 2005

• FP pages added.
• Lens main page revised. Some information about F bayonet lenses added and corrected.

March 25^th, 2005

• Extension rings page revised. Image of Extension Rings 2AR added.

March 20^th, 2005

• Magnifier page and user's manual for Magnifier AR added.
• Reverse adapter page added.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 35 mm / F2,8 lens page revised. Image of auto-aperture version for uncoupled F bayonet added.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 52 mm / F1,8 lens page revised. Image of version for Revue SP added.
• Lens mount adapter page revised. Image of Konica Exakta Lens Adapter II added.

March 13^th, 2005

• Lens main page revised. Images of older F bayonet added.

March 2^nd, 2005

• Macro-Hexanon AR 105 mm / F4 lens page added.
• Mercury oxyde battery problem page revised. Frans de Gruijter's article with building instructions for battery adapters can now be downloaded directly from www.buhla.de with friendly permission of the author.
• Link page revised; link to Tim Hobson's Konica SLR User's pages changed (new URL).
  (as of 2006-04-25, the site seems to have been given up by its previous owner and the domain to be taken over by dubious internet porn and medicine suppliers. Therefore, the link was removed).

February 28^th, 2005

• Hexanon 57 mm / F1.2 lens page added.

February 9^th, 2005

• Lens overview revised; missing 2000mm F11 mirror lens added to list.
• Hexanon AR 21mm / F4 page revised; text about distortions and vignetting altered, as those where more visible on recent test images than would have been assumed when reading the old text.

December 12^th, 2004

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 28mm / F3.5 lens page revised; image of earliest, preset version added.

November 15^th, 2004

• Angle finder page revised; image and description of first Angle Finder for F series bodies added.
• Attachment lens page revised; image of Attachment Lens AR No. 2 added.

November 2^nd, 2004

• User's manual Auto Winder F AR is scanned and available for download.

October 27^th, 2004

• User's manual Autoreflex T4 is scanned and available for download.

October 14^th, 2004

• Autoreflex A2 pages added.
• Distinction page Autoreflex A versus A2 added.

October 12^th, 2004

• Autoreflex T / FTA main page revised. Images of normal Autoreflex T and Japanese version FTA added.
• Image pages added:
  Front view Autoreflex T
  Front view FTA
• Distinction page Autoreflex T / FTA versus T2 / New FTA revised. Some additional differences between the respective models added.

October 11^th, 2004

• Lens main page revised. Images added that show the difference between versions with and without largest aperture coupling on AR bayonet.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 28 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. Image of middle 7-element version added.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 35 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. Image of Auto-Reflex version added.
• Macro-Hexanon AR 55 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. Mention of version with yellow EE mark.
• Several translation mistakes corrected on English language lens pages.

September 15^th, 2004

• Zoom-Hexanon AR 65-135 mm / F4 lens page added.
• Zoom-Hexanon AR 70-150 mm / F4 lens page added.
• Zoom-Hexanon AR 35-70 mm / F3.5-4.5 lens page revised. Mention of rotating front element and lens shade.
• Varifocal Hexanon AR 35-100 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. Mention of rotating front element and lens shade.
• UC Zoom-Hexanon AR 80-200 mm / F4 lens page revised. Mention of rotating front element.

September 13^th, 2004

• Urs Brunner's Konica Collector pages are online again – the respective links have been re-integrated.

August 31^st, 2004

• Broken links to Urs Brunner's Konica Collector Pages removed.

August 21^st, 2004

• Image pages added:
  Autoreflex T3 chrome version
  Autoreflex T3N black version
  FT-1 black version

August 20^th, 2004

• Autoreflex A2 pages added.

July 29^th, 2004

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 35 mm / F2 lens page revised. Image of late version with rubberized focusing ring added.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 52 mm / F1.8 lens page revised. Image of chrome ring version for Revue Autoreflex TTL added.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 135 mm / F3.5 lens page revised. Image of early AR version with metal focusing ring and chrome ring added.

July 23^rd, 2004

• Hexanon Teleconverter AR 2x page added.

July 20^th, 2004

• Angle finder page revised. Image of Angle-Magnifinder AR added and false information about its ability to be rotated corrected.

July 15^th, 2004

• Repair page added with addresses of repair shops and some basic rules for do-it-yourself repair.

July 13^th, 2004

• Description of the Angle-Magnifinder AR corrected on the angle finder page.
• User's manual for Eyepiece Converter AR added.
• User's manual for Remote Battery Pack for FS-1 AR added.

July 8^th, 2004

• Angle finder page added.

July 7^th, 2004

• Autoreflex A3 pages added.
• Auto Ring and Double Cable Release page added.
• Accessories user's manual page with user's manual for Close-up Lens AR added.
• The navigation links have been changed; the listing of each camera body model has been removed, because the list became too long and many of the navigation links where only accessible with scrolling. The pages about the respective body models can be accessed from the camera overview or from the Contents / site map page.

July 2^nd, 2004

• Close-up and macro accessories page added.
• Attatchment lens page added.
• Extension rings page added.

June 30^th, 2004

• Autoreflex T / FTA pages added.
• Distinction page Autoreflex T / FTA versus T2 / New FTA added.
• Distinction page Autoreflex T3 versus T3N added.
• TC-X user's manual page added (cover only so far).
• Some links to general photography sites and sites about other camera systems added to the link page.

June 18^th, 2004

• Zoom-Hexanon AR 35-70 mm / F3.5-4.5 lens page added.
• Varifocal Hexanon AR 35-100 mm / F2.8 lens page added.
• UC Zoom-Hexanon AR 80-200 mm / F4 lens page added.
• Lens overview revised:
  Corrected faulty construction info for UC Hexanon AR 80-200 mm / F4.
  Faulty list of 80-200 mm zoom lenses corrected.

June 16^th, 2004

• Missing Zoom-Hexanon AR-H 47-100 mm / F3.5 – a lens specifically designed for the half format of the Auto-Reflex – added to lens overview and mention on Auto-Reflex main page.

June 9^th, 2004

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 35 mm / F2 lens page added.
• Battery compartments accessory page added.

June 7^th, 2004

• Hexanon AR 24 mm / F2.8 lens page added.

June 6^th, 2004

• Macro-Hexanon AR 55 mm / F3.5 lens page added.

June 4^th, 2004

• User's manual for Auto-Reflex (German language only) is scanned and available for download.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 35 mm / F2.8 lens page added.
• Hexanon AR 200 mm / F4 lens page added.

June 2^nd, 2004

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 200 mm / F3.5 lens page added.

June 1^st, 2004

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 100 mm / F2.8 lens page added.
• Hexanon AR 135 mm / F2.5 lens page added.

May 27^th, 2004

• Hexanon AR 21 mm / F4 lens page added.
• Image of preset variation for F bayonet added to Hexanon / Hexanon AR 135 mm / F3.5 lens page.

May 20^th, 2004

• Hexar AR 200 mm / F4 lens page added.

April 30^th, 2004

• Contents table / site map added.

April 21^st, 2004

• Auto-Reflex pages added.

April 7^th, 2004

• Hexanon AR 40 mm / F1.8 lens page added.
• Hexanon AR 50 mm / F1.4 lens page added.
• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 57 mm / F1.4 lens page added.

April 1^st, 2004

• No April fool's joke ;-)
  User's manual for Autoreflex T3 is scanned and available for download.
• FP-1 pages added.
• FP-1's battery type on mercury oxyde battery page corrected to 4SR44 / 4LR44.

March 29^th, 2004

• Lens mount adapter page added.
• FT-1 manual page added.

March 25^th, 2004

• Hexanon AR 50mm / F1.7 lens page revised. Mention of variation with green EE mark.
• Accessories overview page and Auto Winder pages added.
• Guestbook added.
• Stylesheet file kameras.css optimized for better look in Opera and Mozilla / Netscape browsers.

March 23^rd, 2004

• FT-1 main page revised - mention of Remote Battery Pack

March 20^th, 2004

• Hexanon / Hexanon AR 52 mm / F1.8 lens page added.
• Image pages Autoreflex T4 with Auto Winder AR added.
• Replaced image of Autoreflex T3N with open back with better one.

March 16^th, 2004

• Hexanon AR 50 mm / F1.7 lens page added.
• Lens diagram added to all lens pages available at the time.

March 12^th, 2004

• Hexanon AR 135 mm / F3.2 lens page added.
• Image page of FC-1 with Auto Winder F added.
• Replaced images of FT-1 with better ones.

March 11^th, 2004

• 135 mm / F3.5 lens pages addded:
  Hexanon / Hexanon AR 135 mm / F3.5
  Hexar AR 135 mm / F3.5

March 9^th, 2004

• 28 mm and 85 mm lens pages added:
  UC Hexanon AR 28 mm / F1.8
  Hexanon / Hexanon AR 28 mm / F3.5
  Hexar AR 28 mm / F3.5
  Hexanon / Hexanon AR 85 mm / F1.8

February 27^th, 2004

• Distinction between metal and plastic version of Hexanon AR 50mm / F1.8 in lens overview

February 22^nd, 2004

• Date of end of Konica SLR line corrected to 1987.

February 18^th, 2004

• Autoreflex T2 user's manual page added (cover only so far).

February 17^th, 2004

• Lens main page revised. 135mm / F3.2 with rubberized focussing ring and chrome ring seen on e-bay, this combination added to the lens variations.

February 16^th, 2004

• Autoreflex TC main page revised. Mention of different versions with older upper-case logo or newer upper- and lower-case logo, respectively.
• FT-1 main page revised. Mention of FT-1 Pro Half variation.
• Imprint page added.

February 14^th, 2004

• Broken links to Photography Blue Book pages removed

February 13^th, 2004

• Some additions made on lens overview, additional versions of lenses already on the list from new manual for Autoreflex TC.

February 11^th, 2004

• This page added.
• Lens overview revised:
  Lists for bayonet versions for Konica F and Konica FS, FSW, FM, and FP separated,
  missing Hexanon AR 58mm / F1.2 added,
  Some so far missing lens data completed (Hexanon 200mm / F5.6, Zoom-Hexanon AR 48-400mm / F4, Zoom-Hexanon 70-230mm / F4.5, Zoom-Hexanon AR 80-200mm / F3.5, Zoom-Hexanon AR 80-200 / 1:4 one-touch).

February 10^th, 2004

• All pages checked with the W3 consortium validator and W3C-HTML 4.01 logo inserted.

January 29^th, 2004

• FT-1 pages added.

January 27^th, 2004

• Lens main page revised:
  images of chrome ring lens, round and rectangular AE release button and Hexar leaflet added,
  position of images revised.
• Image pages of Autoreflex T2 with open back added.

December 11^th, 2003

• Lens main page and lens overview added.

December 8^th, 2003

• English version of www.buhla.de is online - all pages now available in English and German language.

November 13^th, 2003

• TC-X pages added (only in German language back then).

November 12^th, 2003

• FS-1 pages and FC-1 pages added (only in German language back then).

November 6^th, 2003

• Autoreflex T4 pages added (only in German language back then).

November 4^th, 2003

• Autoreflex TC pages added (only in German language back then).

October 29^th, 2003

• www.buhla.de is online - at first only the German-language version with Konica start page, Camera overview, pages on the Autoreflex T2, Autoreflex T3, and Autoreflex T3N plus a page on the Mercury battery problem.

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