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Konica Minolta is a provider of business solutions, offering technologies and performance materials. When the company was first founded they were primarily engaged in manufacturing cameras. Since this lens has a big and not recessed front element, the subsequent use of a lens hood is recommended to aviod loss of contrast. The matching Konica rectangular metal lens hood is quite deep, providing shade very well and is also compatible with other standard lenses.

Konica Minolta is a provider of business solutions, offering technologies and performance materials. When the company was first founded they were primarily engaged in manufacturing cameras. Since this lens has a big and not recessed front element, the subsequent use of a lens hood is recommended to aviod loss of contrast. Matching rectangular lens hoods were apart of the lens kit delivered by Konica. For later, non-preset lenses the lens hood is the same as Konica's other 24mm and 28mm lenses.

Konica Minolta is a provider of business solutions, offering technologies and performance materials. When the company was first founded they were primarily engaged in manufacturing cameras. Filters screw onto the front of lenses, still allowing you full funtionality of fully automatic AE exposure. Konica offered two attachment lenses in different strengths, both for 55 mm filter thread diameter. The earlier Konica attachment lenses where achromatic lenses made of two elements. The later variations were single-element lenses. Therefore, the earlier variations have a better image quality than the later ones.

Konica Minolta is a provider of business solutions, offering technologies and performance materials. When the company was first founded they were primarily engaged in manufacturing cameras. Several variations of this lens exist because they were built over a long timespan in large quantities while being developed and redesigned several times. Due to these variations, lens coating techniques have improved greatly. The lens is quite small and lightweight, making it marketable to travel photographers.

Konica Minolta is a provider of business solutions, offering technologies and performance materials. When the company was first founded they were primarily engaged in manufacturing cameras. Konica and other manufacturers were on the quest for compact lens designs, and deleoped the so-called pancake lens during the late 70's. This pancake lens and those alike have a focal length of 42-43mm that could be built very flat. Designed for the FS-1, it is dubbed one of the sharpest lenses ever built for 35mm cameras.

Konica Minolta is a provider of business solutions, offering technologies and performance materials. When the company was first founded they were primarily engaged in manufacturing cameras. This lens was introduced for the AR bayonet mounting system, as a faster alternative for cheaper standard lenses made for the F bayonet mounting system. The first variation of this lens did not provide automatic aperature, but was a preset lens, and is also known for working well with infared photography.

Konica Minolta is a provider of business solutions, offering technologies and performance materials. When the company was first founded they were primarily engaged in manufacturing cameras. This Hexanon lens was Konica's first zoom lens in this focal range, made in the era of the Autoflex T. This is a bigger and heavier lens than its successor models and one of the only zoom lens with decent optical quality until the mid 80's.

Konica Minolta is a provider or business solutions, offering technologies and performance materials. When the company was first founded they were primarily engaged in manufacturing cameras. The Autoreflex T is the camera that planted Konica firmly on the SLR map, with a solid, dependable, refined build with full manual or EE auto exposure. Konica had its own distinct bayonet mount system used most often with their Hexanon lenses.