Konica Hexanon AR 300mm F/4.5
Super telephoto prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · 1969
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · KONICA HEXANON AR 300mm F4.5
- Class:
- · Slow full-frame super telephoto prime lens
- · Professional model
- System:
- · Konica AR (1965)
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Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 300mm | |
| F/4.5 | |
| 8 elements in 5 groups | |
| Konica AR [40.5mm] | |
| 8.2° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring (Manual settings + Auto Exposure setting) |
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| Focusing: | |
| 4m | |
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Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 965g | |
| ⌀80×168mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 72mm | |
| Built-in telescopic round | |
| Konica Hexanon Teleconverter AR 2X → 600mm F/9 |
Sources of data
- Konica Hexanon AR interchangeable lenses booklet.
- Konica Hexanon lenses for Autoreflex cameras booklet (1972).
- 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 FT-1 Motor 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 #1
Excellent for sports, nature and action photography, this relatively fast lens features a built-in tripod/grip socket and retractable lens hood.
Manufacturer description #2
Key Features:
- One of the smallest and lightest lenses in its class making it ideally suited for action, sports and wildlife photography.
- Delivers a magnification of 6-7% times that of a standard lens.
- 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 fuII apertures.
- Konica Color Dynamic Coating reduces flare and increases contrast and color saturation throughout the visible spectrum.
Other super telephoto prime lenses in the Konica AR system
| ■Konica AR mount (5) | |||||||||
| Konica FL-Hexanon AR 300mm F/6.3 | A | 9 - 5 | 4.50m | ⌀55 | 1970 ● | ||||
| Konica Hexanon AR 400mm F/5.6 UC | A | 9 - 5 | 4.00m | ⌀77 | 1978 ● | ||||
| Konica Hexanon [ARM] 400mm F/4.5 Type 1 | M | 4 - 4 | 8.00m | -- | 1965 ● | ||||
| Konica Hexanon ARM 400mm F/4.5 Type 2 | M | 4 - 4 | 8.00m | -- | 1971 ● | ||||
| Konica Hexanon ARM 800mm F/8 | M | 2 - 1 | 20.00m | -- | 1965 ● | ||||
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Konica AR mount (6) | |||||||||
| Sigma MF 300mm F/4.5 APO Multi-Coated | A | 8 - 6 | 2.50m | ⌀67 | 1980 ● | ||||
| Sigma[-Z] MF Pantel 300mm F/5.6 [Multi-Coated] | A | 6 - 5 | 6.00m | ⌀62 | 1975 ● | ||||
| Soligor G/S Tele-Auto 300mm F/4.5 MC (s/n 3xxxxxx) | A | 5 - 5 | 4.00m | ⌀72 | ● | ||||
| Tamron-F [Auto] 300mm F/5.6 | A | 4 - 4 | 2.44m | ⌀58 | ● | ||||
| Tokina 300mm F/5.6 RMC akaTokina SL 300mm F/5.6 | A | 6 - 3 | 4.50m | ⌀58 | ● | ||||
| Vivitar Auto Telephoto 300mm F/5.6 (s/n 37xxxxxx) | A | 5 - 3 | 6.00m | ⌀58 | 1975 ● | ||||
| ■Interchangeable mount (22) | |||||||||
| Century Tele-Athenar 300mm F/3.2 II | M | 4 - 2 | 6.00m | S.9 | 1977 ● | ||||
| Hanimex Tele-Lens 300mm F/5.5 [T] | P | 4 - ? | 8.00m | ⌀62 | ● | ||||
| Heinz Kilfitt Munchen Tele-Kilar 300mm F/5.6 | P | 4 - 2 | 3.00m | ⌀68 | 1948 ● | ||||
| Heinz Kilfitt Munchen Pan-Tele-Kilar 300mm F/4 akaZoomar Muenchen Pan-Tele-Kilar 300mm F/4 | P | 4 - ? | ⌀88 | 1956 ● | |||||
| Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Orestegor 300mm F/4 | P | 5 - 4 | 3.60m | ⌀95 | 1967 ● | ||||
| Pentacon 300mm F/4 | P | 5 - 4 | 3.60m | ⌀95 | 1971 ● | ||||
| Sankyo Kohki Super-Komura 300mm F/5 [Unidapter Auto] | A | 5 - ? | 5.50m | ⌀62 | ● | ||||
| Komuranon 300mm F/4.5 K·M·C | A | ? - ? | 4.50m | 1974 ● | |||||
| Sigma[-XQ] MF Macrotel / Telephoto 300mm F/4 [Multi-Coated] [YS] | A | 6 - 5 | 4.50m | ⌀77 | 1972 ● | ||||
| Soligor Tele-Auto 300mm F/5.5 Type 1 (s/n 1xxxxxx) [T-4] | A | 5 - 5 | 6.00m | ⌀62 | ● | ||||
| Soligor Tele-Auto 300mm F/5.5 Type 2 (s/n 1xxxxxxx) [T-4] | A | 5 - 3 | 6.00m | ⌀62 | ● | ||||
| Tair-3A 300mm F/4.5 [T] akaТАИР-3 300mm F/4.5 А | P | 3 - 3 | 2.20m | ⌀72 | ● | ||||
| Tair-1A APO 300mm F/4.5 [T] | P | 5 - 5 | 2.25m | 1972 ● | |||||
| Steinheil Munchen Tele-Quinar 300mm F/4.5 | P | 5 - 3 | 3.00m | S.IX | 1956 ● | ||||
| Tamron SP 300mm F/5.6 MC Tele Macro 54B [Adaptall-2] | A | 6 - 5 | 1.40m | ⌀58 | 1979 ● | ||||
| Tamron 300mm F/5.6 CT-300 [Adaptall] | A | 4 - 4 | 2.50m | ⌀58 | 1976 ● | ||||
| Tamron Auto 300mm F/5.6 [Adapt-A-Matic] | A | 4 - 2 | 2.50m | ⌀62 | 1972 ● | ||||
| Tamron 300mm F/5.6 [T] | P | 4 - 2 | 3.50m | ⌀62 | 1962 ● | ||||
| Tamron 300mm F/6.9 [T] akaSoligor 300mm F/6.9 | P | 3 - 2 | 6.00m | ⌀58 | 1963 ● | ||||
| Vivitar Tele 300mm F/5.6 [T] | P | 5 - 4 | 4.50m | ⌀62 | ● | ||||
| Vivitar Auto Telephoto 300mm F/5.5 (s/n 37xxxxxxx) [T-4] | A | 5 - ? | 6.00m | ⌀62 | 1968 ● | ||||
| Vivitar Auto Telephoto 300mm F/5.6 (s/n 37xxxxxx) [TX] | A | 5 - 3 | 6.00m | ⌀58 | 1976 ● | ||||