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The '''Autorex''' is the Japanese, home market version of the camera. In Germany the camera was also sold as as '''[[Revue]] Auto-Reflex'''. | The '''Autorex''' is the Japanese, home market version of the camera. In Germany the camera was also sold as as '''[[Revue]] Auto-Reflex'''. | ||
| − | The Auto-Reflex broke new ground, but doesn't meter through the lens. The sensor is mounted on the front, righthand side of the camera. TTL auto exposure was also pioneered in a Konica a few years later, with the | + | The Auto-Reflex broke new ground, but doesn't meter through the lens. The sensor is mounted on the front, righthand side of the camera. TTL auto exposure was also pioneered in a Konica a few years later, with the Autoreflex T (FTA in Japan). |
It has the Konica AR bayonet, and shutter-priority auto-exposure with built-in CdS light meter beside the lens. PX675 type mercury batteries are only needed for the light meter. Shutter speeds run from 1s to 1/1000s and B. | It has the Konica AR bayonet, and shutter-priority auto-exposure with built-in CdS light meter beside the lens. PX675 type mercury batteries are only needed for the light meter. Shutter speeds run from 1s to 1/1000s and B. | ||
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It is fully mechanical and therefore does not have batteries. The shutter speeds are the same: 1s to 1/1000s and B. As with the Auto-Reflex, the frame size can be switched between 24×36mm landscape and 18×24mm portrait mid-roll. | It is fully mechanical and therefore does not have batteries. The shutter speeds are the same: 1s to 1/1000s and B. As with the Auto-Reflex, the frame size can be switched between 24×36mm landscape and 18×24mm portrait mid-roll. | ||
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| + | == Autoreflex T === | ||
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| + | The '''Autoreflex T''' was the first 35mm SLR with auto-exposure and TTL metering combined in one body. In Japan it was sold as '''FTA''', in Germany as '''Revue Autoreflex TTL'''. | ||
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| + | It was fully mechanical, the batteries (2x PX 675 type mercury cells) were only needed for the CdS light meter. The shutter speed range was from 1s to 1/1000s and B. | ||
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| + | == Autoreflex A == | ||
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| + | The '''Autoreflex A''' was a stripped-down Autoreflex T without self-timer, mirror lock-up, depth-of-field preview, on/off-switch, and battery control. The top shutter speed was now 1/500s. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://www.buhla.de/Foto/Konica/eARHaupt.html buhla.de Auto-Reflex page] | * [http://www.buhla.de/Foto/Konica/eARHaupt.html buhla.de Auto-Reflex page] | ||
| + | * [http://www.buhla.de/Foto/Konica/eATHaupt.html buhla.de Autoreflex T page] | ||
| + | * [http://www.buhla.de/Foto/Konica/eAAHaupt.html buhla.de Autoreflex A page] | ||
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[[Category: Konica AR mount]] | [[Category: Konica AR mount]] | ||
Revision as of 11:15, 14 June 2006
The Auto-Reflex and Autoreflex is a series of 35mm SLR cameras made by Konica from 1965. All these models have the Konica AR bayonet.
Konica Auto-Reflex
The Konica Auto-Reflex of 1965 was the world's first successful auto exposure 35mm SLR; hence the name. This model and its rarer, meterless companion the Konica Auto-Reflex P are the only models where "Auto-Reflex" is hyphenated. These are also the only two SLRs offering a choice of full- or half-frame exposures, switched by a lever on top of the camera. The frame size can be changed between 24×36 landscape and 18×24 portrait in mid-roll.
The Autorex is the Japanese, home market version of the camera. In Germany the camera was also sold as as Revue Auto-Reflex.
The Auto-Reflex broke new ground, but doesn't meter through the lens. The sensor is mounted on the front, righthand side of the camera. TTL auto exposure was also pioneered in a Konica a few years later, with the Autoreflex T (FTA in Japan).
It has the Konica AR bayonet, and shutter-priority auto-exposure with built-in CdS light meter beside the lens. PX675 type mercury batteries are only needed for the light meter. Shutter speeds run from 1s to 1/1000s and B.
See also: 47-100mm f3.5 Hexanon AR-H lens.
Konica Auto-Reflex P
The Konica Auto-Reflex P is basically a stripped-down Auto-Reflex without light meter and therefore without auto-exposure. In Japan it was sold as Autorex P, in Germany as the Revue Auto-Reflex SP.
It is fully mechanical and therefore does not have batteries. The shutter speeds are the same: 1s to 1/1000s and B. As with the Auto-Reflex, the frame size can be switched between 24×36mm landscape and 18×24mm portrait mid-roll.
Autoreflex T =
The Autoreflex T was the first 35mm SLR with auto-exposure and TTL metering combined in one body. In Japan it was sold as FTA, in Germany as Revue Autoreflex TTL.
It was fully mechanical, the batteries (2x PX 675 type mercury cells) were only needed for the CdS light meter. The shutter speed range was from 1s to 1/1000s and B.
Autoreflex A
The Autoreflex A was a stripped-down Autoreflex T without self-timer, mirror lock-up, depth-of-field preview, on/off-switch, and battery control. The top shutter speed was now 1/500s.
