November 9th, 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 10th, 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 23rd, 2008
- Jim Blazik's (dzerJIMski) Rangefinder Cameras of the Soviet Era removed from link list. Unfortunately, the site no longer exists.
July 7th, 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 3rd, 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 8th, 2007
Lens main page revised. The Alpa system also had a shorter flange-film distance than Konica.
December 31st, 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 30th, 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 27th, 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 26th, 2006
Extension Bellows accessory page added.
Bellows overview page revised. Short description of Konica Extension Bellows added.
November 25th, 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 13th, 2006
Hexanon / Hexanon AR 21 mm / F4 lens page revised. Images of earliest version without AE lock and matching lens cap added.
October 12th, 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 23rd, 2006
Autoreflex T2 main page revised. Image of japanese New FTA version added.
New FTA front view page added.
June 29th, 2006
Hexanon / Hexanon AR 85 mm / F1.8 lens page revised. Image of all-black metal version added.
June 22nd, 2006
Autoreflex TC main page revised. Image of japanese ACOM-1 version added.
ACOM-1 front view page added.
May 20th, 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 18th, 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 30th, 2006
Hexanon / Hexanon AR 21 mm / F4 lens page revised. Image of chrome ring version added.
April 25th, 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 11th, 2006
Auto-Reflex P pages added.
April 9th, 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 1st, 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 30th, 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 22nd, 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 18th, 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 16th, 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 15th, 2006
Auto Bellows AR accessory page added.
Bellows II AR / 2 AR accessory page revised. List with matching accessories added.
March 14th, 2006
March 13th, 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 11th, 2006
Bellows overview page added.
Extension Bellows II AR / 2 AR page added.
March 9th, 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 7th, 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 19th, 2006
Hexanon / Hexanon AR 200mm F3.5 lens page corrected. Did not show yellow EE version due to incorrect URI.
December 4th, 2005
Auto-Reflex main page revised. False information about successor model Autoreflex T corrected.
November 21st, 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 5th, 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 4th, 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 3rd, 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 29th, 2005
Hexanon AR 24 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. Image of AE version with smallest aperture 16 added.
October 25th, 2005
Varifocal Hexanon AR 35-100 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. Mention of version with yellow EE mark.
October 22nd, 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 20th, 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 22nd, 2005
Hexanon AR 57 mm / F1.2 lens page revised. Mention of version with rubber focusing ring and green EE mark.
July 11th, 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 17th – July 08th, 2005
- All lens pages revised. Mention of lens hoods, correction of some erratic data.
June 28th, 2005
Hexanon /Hexanon AR 35 mm / F2.8 lens page revised. Image of chrome ring version for AR bayonet added
June 24th, 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 16th, 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 14th, 2005
June 8th, 2005
Hexanon AR 50 mm / F1.4 lens page revised. Mention of variation with green EE marking.
April 23rd, 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 22nd, 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 21st, 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 15th, 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 12th, 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 29th, 2005
FP pages added.
Lens main page revised. Some information about F bayonet lenses added and corrected.
March 25th, 2005
Extension rings page revised. Image of Extension Rings 2AR added.
March 20th, 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 13th, 2005
Lens main page revised. Images of older F bayonet added.
March 2nd, 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 28th, 2005
February 9th, 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 12th, 2004
Hexanon / Hexanon AR 28mm / F3.5 lens page revised; image of earliest, preset version added.
November 15th, 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 2nd, 2004
User's manual Auto Winder F AR is scanned and available for download.
October 27th, 2004
User's manual Autoreflex T4 is scanned and available for download.
October 14th, 2004
Autoreflex A2 pages added.
Distinction page Autoreflex A versus A2 added.
October 12th, 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 11th, 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 15th, 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 13th, 2004
- Urs Brunner's
Konica Collector pages are online again – the respective links have been re-integrated.
August 31st, 2004
- Broken links to Urs Brunner's Konica Collector Pages removed.
August 21st, 2004
- Image pages added:
Autoreflex T3 chrome version
Autoreflex T3N black version
FT-1 black version
August 20th, 2004
Autoreflex A2 pages added.
July 29th, 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 23rd, 2004
July 20th, 2004
Angle finder page revised. Image of Angle-Magnifinder AR added and false information about its ability to be rotated corrected.
July 15th, 2004
Repair page added with addresses of repair shops and some basic rules for do-it-yourself repair.
July 13th, 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 8th, 2004
Angle finder page added.
July 7th, 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 2nd, 2004
Close-up and macro accessories page added.
Attatchment lens page added.
Extension rings page added.
June 30th, 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 18th, 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 16th, 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 9th, 2004
Hexanon / Hexanon AR 35 mm / F2 lens page added.
Battery compartments accessory page added.
June 7th, 2004
Hexanon AR 24 mm / F2.8 lens page added.
June 6th, 2004
Macro-Hexanon AR 55 mm / F3.5 lens page added.
June 4th, 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 2nd, 2004
Hexanon / Hexanon AR 200 mm / F3.5 lens page added.
June 1st, 2004
Hexanon / Hexanon AR 100 mm / F2.8 lens page added.
Hexanon AR 135 mm / F2.5 lens page added.
May 27th, 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 20th, 2004
Hexar AR 200 mm / F4 lens page added.
April 30th, 2004
Contents table / site map added.
April 21st, 2004
Auto-Reflex pages added.
April 7th, 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 1st, 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 29th, 2004
Lens mount adapter page added.
FT-1 manual page added.
March 25th, 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 23rd, 2004
FT-1 main page revised - mention of Remote Battery Pack
March 20th, 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 16th, 2004
Hexanon AR 50 mm / F1.7 lens page added.- Lens diagram added to all lens pages available at the time.
March 12th, 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 11th, 2004
- 135 mm / F3.5 lens pages addded:
Hexanon / Hexanon AR 135 mm / F3.5
Hexar AR 135 mm / F3.5
March 9th, 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 27th, 2004
- Distinction between metal and plastic version of Hexanon AR 50mm / F1.8 in
lens overview
February 22nd, 2004
- Date of end of Konica SLR line corrected to 1987.
February 18th, 2004
Autoreflex T2 user's manual page added (cover only so far).
February 17th, 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 16th, 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 14th, 2004
- Broken links to Photography Blue Book pages removed
February 13th, 2004
- Some additions made on
lens overview, additional versions of lenses already on the list from new manual for Autoreflex TC.
February 11th, 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 10th, 2004
- All pages checked with the W3 consortium validator and W3C-HTML 4.01 logo inserted.
January 29th, 2004
FT-1 pages added.
January 27th, 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 11th, 2003
Lens main page and
lens overview added.
December 8th, 2003
- English version of www.buhla.de is online - all pages now available in English and German language.
November 13th, 2003
TC-X pages added (only in German language back then).
November 12th, 2003
FS-1 pages and
FC-1 pages added (only in German language back then).
November 6th, 2003
Autoreflex T4 pages added (only in German language back then).
November 4th, 2003
Autoreflex TC pages added (only in German language back then).
October 29th, 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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