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[[Konica|Konica and its predecessors]] used the trademark '''Hexar''' for both lenses and cameras:
 
* [[Hexar lenses|Hexar and Tele-Hexar lenses]] made from 1931 to 1959
 
* [[39mm_screw_lenses#Konishiroku / Konica|Hexar lens for Leica screw mount]]
 
* [[Konica Hexar]] (sometimes called "Hexar AF"), an autofocus camera
 
* [[Konica Hexar RF]], a rangefinder camera
 
 
French-made[[Sagem]] also used a Konishiroku-made Hexar lens on one camera model. Other manufacturers did too, including: Hamaphot (Hexi-0, medium format, German), and Japanese makers Chiyoca (Honor), Mamiya (35, original  post WWII version, only sold military base exchange), Showa Leotax, Taron, Yallu,  and Aries.
 
 
One camera that did not was the Mercury CC1500 by Universal Camera. The Hexar on it was made by Wollensak, USA. It's the only known Hexar lens by any manufacturer other than Konishiroku.
 
 
 
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The trademark '''Hexar''' was used by various companies:
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* lenses and cameras by [[Konica|Konica and its predecessors]]:
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** [[Hexar lenses|Hexar and Tele-Hexar lenses]] made from 1931 to 1959
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** [[Konishiroku lenses in Leica screw mount|Hexar lenses in Leica screw mount]]
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** fixed Hexar lenses were mounted on a few cameras from other Japanese manufacturers, including the Mamiya 35 I by [[Mamiya]], the [[Yallu Flex]] by Yallu (predecessor of [[Aires]])
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** [[Konica Hexar]] (sometimes called "Hexar AF"), an autofocus camera
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** [[Konica Hexar RF]], a rangefinder camera
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* Hexar 35mm f/2 lens by [[Wollensak]], USA, mounted on the [[Mercury|Mercury CC1500]] by [[Universal|Universal Camera]]
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* Hexar f/2 lens by the French company Sagem, mounted on its own Leica copy and on the [[Super Lynx]] by [[Pontiac]]
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* Hexar 7.5cm f/11 meniscus lens, on the Hexi-0 camera made by [[Apparatebau und Kamerafabrik]] and sold by [[Hamaphot]]

Latest revision as of 10:38, 13 June 2018

Disambiguation Page

The trademark Hexar was used by various companies: