Brand

Konica film cameras

Konica traces back to 1873, when pharmacist Rokusaburō Sugiura began selling photographic materials from his shop, Konishiya Rokubē. In 1902 it started selling the Cherry Portable Camera, the first Japanese-made camera aimed at ordinary buyers. The business became Konishiroku Honten in 1921 and only took the Konica name in 1987. Its lenses carry the Hexanon and Hexar names. The Auto S of 1963 was Konica's first camera with a CdS meter and automatic exposure, and the Auto S2 in our catalog followed in 1965. The Autoreflex SLRs used the AR mount from 1965 to 1987, and the C35 AF of 1977 was the first autofocus camera. Konica merged with Minolta in August 2003, and Konica Minolta left the photo business in 2006.

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