Konica Hexanon [AR] 100mm F/2.8

Short telephoto prime lens • Film era • Discontinued

  • Announced:
  • · 1966
  • Production status:
  • ● Discontinued
  • Country of design:
  • · Japan
  • Original name:
  • · KONICA HEXANON 100mm F2.8
  • · KONICA HEXANON AR 100mm F2.8
  • Class:
  • · Fast full-frame short telephoto prime lens
  • System:
  • · Konica AR (1965)

Model history (3)

■Konishiroku Hexanon 100mm F/2.8A5 - 41.50m⌀55 1960 ●
■Konishiroku Hexanon 100mm F/2.8P5 - 41.00m⌀55 ●
■Konica Hexanon [AR] 100mm F/2.8A5 - 41.00m⌀55 1966 ●

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
100mm
F/2.8
5 elements in 4 groups
Konica AR [40.5mm]
24.4° (35mm full frame)
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Automatic
Aperture control:
Aperture ring (Manual settings + Auto Exposure setting)
6 (six)
Focusing:
1m
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Focusing modes:
Manual focus only
Manual focus control:
Focusing ring
Physical characteristics:
290g
⌀63×62mm
Accessories:
Screw-type 55mm
Screw-type round
Konica Hexanon Teleconverter AR 2X → 200mm F/5.6

Sources of data

  • Konica Hexanon AR interchangeable lenses booklet.
  • Konica Hexanon lenses for Autoreflex cameras booklet (1972).
  • Konica Auto-Reflex instruction booklet (43 pages).
  • Konica Autoreflex A instruction booklet.
  • Konica Autoreflex T instruction booklet.
  • Konica Autoreflex T4 instruction booklet.
  • Konica Autoreflex TC instruction booklet.
  • Konica FP-1 Program instructions.
  • Konica FS-1 instructions.
  • Konica TC-X instructions.
  • Konica Hexanon Lenses booklet (1980).
  • Konica Autoreflex A3 booklet.
  • Konica Autoreflex system booklet.
  • Konica Hexanon Automatic Exposure Lenses for Konica Autoreflex booklet.

Manufacturer description

Key Features:

  • Compact 2.5" long and weighing only 10.2 ounces.
  • Provides twice the image size of standard lenses.
  • Fully automatic exposure control with open aperture, thru-the-Iens (TTL) metering. Positive "AE Lock" prevents unintentional switching to manual operation.
  • Manual operation with positive click stops at full apertures.
  • Konica Color Dynamic Coating reduces flare and increases contrast and color saturation throughotlt the visible spectrum.

Other short telephoto prime lenses in the Konica AR system

■Konica AR mount (2)
Konica Hexanon 85mm F/1.8 Type 1A6 - 51.00m⌀58 1965 ●
Konica Hexanon AR 85mm F/1.8 Type 2A6 - 51.00m⌀55 1967 ●

Lenses with similar focal length

■Konica AR mount (1)
Soligor Auto 100mm F/2 MC (s/n 2xxxxxx)
akaSpiratone Minitel 100mm F/2 Pluracoat		A6 - 41.50m⌀58 ●
■Interchangeable mount (11)
Sankyo Kohki Komura 105mm F/2 [Unidapter]P5 - 41.50m⌀58 1965 ●
Sankyo Kohki Komura 100mm F/1.8 [Unidapter]P5 - 41.40m⌀62 ●
Sankyo Kohki Komura 105mm F/2.5 [Unidapter]P5 - ?1.00m⌀48 ●
Sankyo Kohki Super-Komura 100mm F/2.5 [Unidapter Auto]A5 - ?0.90m⌀55 ●
Komuranon 100mm F/2.5 K·M·CA5 - 40.90m⌀58 1974 ●
Soligor Tele-Auto 105mm F/2.8 (s/n 1xxxxxxx) [T-4]A4 - 41.50m⌀49 ●
Soligor Telephoto 105mm F/2.8 [T]P4 - 44 ft.⌀46 ●
Vega-13A 100mm F/2.8 [T]
akaВЕГА-13А 100mm F/2.8		P5 - 50.80m⌀58 ●
Tamron 105mm F/2.5 CT-105 [Adaptall]A4 - 41.30m⌀52 1976 ●
Tamron Auto 105mm F/2.5 [Adapt-A-Matic]A4 - 41.00m⌀52 1972 ●
Vivitar Auto 105mm F/2.8 (s/n 37xxxxxxx) [T-4]A4 - 41.50m⌀49 ●

Comments (1)

Tom Winters

I bought this lens on Ebay in mint condition- really brand new and I am amazed at how sharp the image is- just excellent IQ. I spent about one hundred dollars for it, but again it was in mint condition. I have been testing it on a Sony A7. Wow.

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