http://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Konica_SF&feed=atom&action=historyKonica SF - Revision history2024-03-29T13:57:21ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.31.1http://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Konica_SF&diff=214137&oldid=prevHanskerensky: /* Description */ Redirected Link URL to archived version2022-04-08T05:52:15Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Description: </span> Redirected Link URL to archived version</span></p>
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</table>Hanskerenskyhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Konica_SF&diff=178532&oldid=prevDustin McAmera: /* Bibliography */ nowiki round ISBN2017-01-08T22:27:32Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Bibliography: </span> nowiki round ISBN</span></p>
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</table>Dustin McAmerahttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Konica_SF&diff=147136&oldid=prevTkmedia: /* Development and fate */ article links2013-08-01T15:29:55Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Development and fate: </span> article links</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Konica|Konishiroku]]'s medium-format SLR project started in June 1965.<REF name="Shirai 81"> Shirai, p.81. </REF> (Actually, the company had already built an unrelated 6×6cm SLR prototype in the 1940s or early 1950s, but almost nothing is known on that camera, see [[Konishiroku 6×6 SLR]].) The main objectives were a good image quality, an advanced exposure system, the ability to take snapshots, and a price as low as possible.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The potential customers were mainly professional studio or scientific photographers and high-end amateurs, but the camera would have to be usable for press photography too.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The main designer for the project was Nenoi Masayuki (根ノ井正之), who also designed the Konica Auto S and Konica Domirex.<REF> Shirai, pp.80–1. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Konica|Konishiroku]]'s medium-format SLR project started in June 1965.<REF name="Shirai 81"> Shirai, p.81. </REF> (Actually, the company had already built an unrelated 6×6cm SLR prototype in the 1940s or early 1950s, but almost nothing is known on that camera, see [[Konishiroku 6×6 SLR]].) The main objectives were a good image quality, an advanced exposure system, the ability to take snapshots, and a price as low as possible.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The potential customers were mainly professional studio or scientific photographers and high-end amateurs, but the camera would have to be usable for press photography too.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The main designer for the project was Nenoi Masayuki (根ノ井正之), who also designed the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Konica Auto S<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Konica Domirex<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>.<REF> Shirai, pp.80–1. </REF></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Konica SF was announced in Japanese photography magazines, but the exact date is unclear — either Spring 1967 or Spring 1968.<REF> Shirai, p.78, says that the Konica SF was announced in Spring 1967, at the same time as the Koni-Omegaflex M, but the latter camera is dated 1968 in many other sources. Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10, says 1967 too, but the text is obviously based on Shirai. Lewis, p.125, says March 1968 for both the Konica SF and Koni-Omegaflex M. </REF> However, the camera never went into full production. One cause for this was Nenoi's unexpected death.<REF> Shirai, pp.81 and 86, repeated in Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> In addition to that, Konica officials interviewed in the late 1970s explained that the company did not want to disperse its efforts on too many projects.<REF> Shirai, p.86, repeated in Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Konica SF was announced in Japanese photography magazines, but the exact date is unclear — either Spring 1967 or Spring 1968.<REF> Shirai, p.78, says that the Konica SF was announced in Spring 1967, at the same time as the Koni-Omegaflex M, but the latter camera is dated 1968 in many other sources. Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10, says 1967 too, but the text is obviously based on Shirai. Lewis, p.125, says March 1968 for both the Konica SF and Koni-Omegaflex M. </REF> However, the camera never went into full production. One cause for this was Nenoi's unexpected death.<REF> Shirai, pp.81 and 86, repeated in Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> In addition to that, Konica officials interviewed in the late 1970s explained that the company did not want to disperse its efforts on too many projects.<REF> Shirai, p.86, repeated in Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 80mm f/2.8 lens has seven elements in five groups,<REF name="Shirai 77"> Shirai, p.77. </REF> and focuses down to 0.6m.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> Prototypes of a wide-angle 50mm f/3.5 and a tele 135mm f/3.5 were made, and at least one example of each has survived.<REF> Pictures in Shirai, p.85, and in Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> Both are called Hexanon too; the minimum distance is 0.5m for the 50mm, and 1.2m for the 135mm.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The three lenses are predominantly black, and share the same aspect. The focus ring has a diamond-shaped pattern and is graduated in both metres and feet. There is a chrome band under the focus ring, with depth-of-field indications. The aperture ring is close to the lens mount, and has an additional position beyond f/22 for automatic exposure.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 80mm f/2.8 lens has seven elements in five groups,<REF name="Shirai 77"> Shirai, p.77. </REF> and focuses down to 0.6m.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> Prototypes of a wide-angle 50mm f/3.5 and a tele 135mm f/3.5 were made, and at least one example of each has survived.<REF> Pictures in Shirai, p.85, and in Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> Both are called Hexanon too; the minimum distance is 0.5m for the 50mm, and 1.2m for the 135mm.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The three lenses are predominantly black, and share the same aspect. The focus ring has a diamond-shaped pattern and is graduated in both metres and feet. There is a chrome band under the focus ring, with depth-of-field indications. The aperture ring is close to the lens mount, and has an additional position beyond f/22 for automatic exposure.</div></td></tr>
</table>Heritagefutureshttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Konica_SF&diff=139787&oldid=prevHeritagefutures: /* Description */ added image link2012-11-16T04:20:46Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Description: </span> added image link</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 80mm f/2.8 lens has seven elements in five groups,<REF name="Shirai 77"> Shirai, p.77. </REF> and focuses down to 0.6m.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> Prototypes of a wide-angle 50mm f/3.5 and a tele 135mm f/3.5 were made, and at least one example of each has survived.<REF> Pictures in Shirai, p.85, and in Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> Both are called Hexanon too; the minimum distance is 0.5m for the 50mm, and 1.2m for the 135mm.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The three lenses are predominantly black, and share the same aspect. The focus ring has a diamond-shaped pattern and is graduated in both metres and feet. There is a chrome band under the focus ring, with depth-of-field indications. The aperture ring is close to the lens mount, and has an additional position beyond f/22 for automatic exposure.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 80mm f/2.8 lens has seven elements in five groups,<REF name="Shirai 77"> Shirai, p.77. </REF> and focuses down to 0.6m.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> Prototypes of a wide-angle 50mm f/3.5 and a tele 135mm f/3.5 were made, and at least one example of each has survived.<REF> Pictures in Shirai, p.85, and in Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> Both are called Hexanon too; the minimum distance is 0.5m for the 50mm, and 1.2m for the 135mm.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The three lenses are predominantly black, and share the same aspect. The focus ring has a diamond-shaped pattern and is graduated in both metres and feet. There is a chrome band under the focus ring, with depth-of-field indications. The aperture ring is close to the lens mount, and has an additional position beyond f/22 for automatic exposure.</div></td></tr>
</table>Heritagefutureshttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Konica_SF&diff=139683&oldid=prevIdrougge at 18:39, 12 November 20122012-11-12T18:39:08Z<p></p>
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</table>Idrouggehttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Konica_SF&diff=34078&oldid=prevRebollo fr: swapped the two sections; unsure about the date; more details on the lenses2010-09-03T14:59:16Z<p>swapped the two sections; unsure about the date; more details on the lenses</p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The '''Konica SF''' (コニカSF) is a 4.5×6 [[SLR]] camera made as a prototype by [[Konica|Konishiroku]] in the second half of the 1960s.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The '''</del>Konica <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SF''</del>' (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">コニカSF) </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a 4.5×6 </del>[[SLR]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">camera made as </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">prototype by [[Konica|Konishiroku]] </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">showed in 1968</del>.<REF name="<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">date</del>"> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lewis</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">p</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">125</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">says March 1968 for both </del>the Konica <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SF </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Koni-Omegaflex</del>. Shirai, p.78, says that the Konica SF was announced in Spring 1967, at the same time as the Koni-Omegaflex M, but the latter camera is dated 1968 in many other sources. Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10, says 1967 too, but the text is obviously based on Shirai. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">== Development and fate ==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Konica<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|Konishiroku]]</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s medium-format SLR project started in June 1965.<REF name="Shirai 81"> Shirai, p.81. </REF> </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Actually, the company had already built an unrelated 6×6cm SLR prototype in the 1940s or early 1950s, but almost nothing </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">known on that camera, see </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Konishiroku 6×6 </ins>SLR]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.) The main objectives were </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">good image quality, an advanced exposure system, the ability to take snapshots, </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a price as low as possible</ins>.<REF name="<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Shirai 81</ins>" <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/</ins>> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The potential customers were mainly professional studio or scientific photographers and high-end amateurs</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but the camera would have to be usable for press photography too</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><REF name="Shirai 81" /> The main designer for the project was Nenoi Masayuki (根ノ井正之)</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">who also designed </ins>the Konica <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Auto S </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Konica Domirex</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><REF> Shirai, pp.80–1. </REF></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Konica SF was announced in Japanese photography magazines, but the exact date is unclear — either Spring 1967 or Spring 1968.<REF> </ins>Shirai, p.78, says that the Konica SF was announced in Spring 1967, at the same time as the Koni-Omegaflex M, but the latter camera is dated 1968 in many other sources. Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10, says 1967 too, but the text is obviously based on Shirai<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Lewis, p.125, says March 1968 for both the Konica SF and Koni-Omegaflex M. </REF> However, the camera never went into full production. One cause for this was Nenoi's unexpected death.<REF> Shirai, pp.81 and 86, repeated in Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10</ins>. </REF> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In addition to that, Konica officials interviewed in the late 1970s explained that the company did not want to disperse its efforts on too many projects.<REF> Shirai, p.86, repeated in Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Konica SF was the first Japanese 4.5×6 SLR, years before the [[Mamiya M645]], and one of the first medium-format [[SLR]]s in the world to have automatic exposure. In 1968, [[Minolta]] made a prototype SLR in 6×6cm format, the [[Minolta SR66]], having an electronically controlled shutter, perhaps enabling auto-exposure too, but that project was also shelved.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Description ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Description ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Konica SF has exchangeable film backs for 15<!-- yes, 15 --> frames on [[120 film|120]] or 30<!-- yes --> frames on [[120 film#220_film|220 film]], a metal [[focal plane shutter|focal-plane shutter]] by [[Copal]] (1–1000, B),<REF> Shutter by Copal: Lewis, p.125, and Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> and [[TTL|through-the-lens]] metering for [[shutter priority|shutter-priority]] automatic exposure. The design allows for interchangeable lenses and finders, and the lens mount is compatible with [[Hasselblad]]. The lenses made for the Hasselblad can be mounted on the Konica SF but can be used in manual exposure mode only.<REF name="KKS10 p81"> Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> The dedicated SF lenses have an additional pin for auto-exposure operation, and they cannot be mounted on the Hasselblad.<REF name="KKS10 p81" /> The [[film advance]] knob is interchangeable too and can be replaced by an advance crank; this would have allowed the future development of a motor-drive.<REF name="KKS10 p81" /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Konica SF has exchangeable film backs for 15<!-- yes, 15 --> frames on [[120 film|120]] or 30<!-- yes --> frames on [[120 film#220_film|220 film]], a metal [[focal plane shutter|focal-plane shutter]] by [[Copal]] (1–1000, B),<REF> Shutter by Copal: Lewis, p.125, and Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> and [[TTL|through-the-lens]] metering for [[shutter priority|shutter-priority]] automatic exposure. The design allows for interchangeable lenses and finders, and the lens mount is compatible with [[Hasselblad]]. The lenses made for the Hasselblad can be mounted on the Konica SF but can be used in manual exposure mode only.<REF name="KKS10 p81"> Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> The dedicated SF lenses have an additional pin for auto-exposure operation, and they cannot be mounted on the Hasselblad.<REF name="KKS10 p81" /> The [[film advance]] knob is interchangeable too and can be replaced by an advance crank; this would have allowed the future development of a motor-drive.<REF name="KKS10 p81" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">== Development and fate ==</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Two prototypes were made,<REF name="KKS10 p81" /> and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">at least </ins>one of them <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">has survived. It </ins>has been photographed and exhibited with a [[pentaprism]] finder and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a Hexanon </ins>80mm f/2.8 standard lens <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(no.4610002), and </ins>was notably displayed at the [[JCII]] exhibition about Konica and Minolta in 2005.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Konica|Konishiroku]]'s medium-format SLR project started in June 1965.<REF name="Shirai 81"> Shirai, p.81. </REF> (Actually, the company had already built a prototype 6×6cm SLR in the 1940s or early 1950s, but almost nothing is known on that camera, see [[Konishiroku 6×6 SLR]].) The main objectives were a good image quality, an advanced exposure system, the ability to take snapshots, and a price as low as possible.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The potential customers were mainly professional studio or scientific photographers and high-end amateurs, but the camera would have to be usable for press photography too.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The main designer for the project was Nenoi Masayuki (根ノ井正之), who also designed the Konica Auto S and Konica Domirex.<REF> Shirai, pp.80–1. </REF></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The camera was announced in photography magazines in Spring 1968, at the same time as the [[Koni-Omegaflex M]].<REF name="date" /> </del>Two prototypes were made,<REF name="KKS10 p81" /> and one of them has been photographed and exhibited with a [[pentaprism]] finder and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an </del>80mm f/2.8 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Hexanon </del>standard lens<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">; it </del>was notably displayed at the [[JCII]] exhibition about Konica and Minolta in 2005. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Prototypes of a wide-angle 50mm f/3.5 and a tele 135mm f/3.5 were made, and other lenses were planned but never made: 35/4, 180/4.5, 250/5.6 and 500/8.<REF> Hishida; p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. This source shows a picture of the 50/3.5 and 135/3.5. </REF></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Konica SF never went into full production. One cause for this was Nenoi's unexpected death</del>.<REF> Shirai<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, pp.81 and 86, repeated in Hishida</del>, p.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">81 of {{KKS}} no.10</del>. </REF> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In addition </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Konica officials interviewed in the late 1970s explained that the company did not want to disperse its efforts on too many projects</del>.<REF> Shirai, p.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">86</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">repeated </del>in Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It may also be speculated that </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">camera was too expensive to manufacture </del>with <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the technology </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">time</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">80mm f/2</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">8 lens has seven elements in five groups,</ins><REF <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">name="Shirai 77"</ins>> Shirai, p.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">77</ins>. </REF> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and focuses down </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">0.6m.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> Prototypes of a wide-angle 50mm f/3.5 and a tele 135mm f/3.5 were made</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and at least one example of each has survived</ins>.<REF> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Pictures in </ins>Shirai, p.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">85</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </ins>in Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Both are called Hexanon too; </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">minimum distance is 0.5m for the 50mm, and 1.2m for the 135mm.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The three lenses are predominantly black, and share the same aspect. The focus ring has a diamond-shaped pattern and is graduated in both metres and feet. There is a chrome band under the focus ring, </ins>with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">depth-</ins>of<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-field indications. The aperture ring is close to </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lens mount, and has an additional position beyond f/22 for automatic exposure</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Konica SF was the first Japanese </del>4.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">5×6 SLR</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">years before the [[Mamiya M645]]</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and one of the first medium-format [[SLR]]s in the world to have automatic exposure</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The same year 1968</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Minolta]] made a prototype SLR </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">6×6cm format</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the [[Minolta SR66]]</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">having an electronically controlled shutter</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">perhaps enabling auto-exposure too</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but that project was also shelved</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Other lenses were planned but never made: 35/4, 180/</ins>4.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">5</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">250/5.6 and 500/8.<REF> Shirai</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">p</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">82</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">repeated </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Hishida</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> (Intended minimum focusing distances were respectively 0.5m</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2m</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2.5m and 8m.)<REF> Shirai</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">p.82</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></REF></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Notes ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Notes ==</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Shirai Tatsuo (白井達男). "Konika SF" (コニカSF, Konica SF). Pp.77–86 of ''Maboroshi no kamera o otte'' (幻のカメラを追って, Pursuing phantom cameras). Gendai Kamera Shinsho (現代カメラ新書). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1982. ISBN 4-257-08077-9. (First published in ''Kamera Rebyū / Camera Review'' no.9, November 1979.)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Shirai Tatsuo (白井達男). "Konika SF" (コニカSF, Konica SF). Pp.77–86 of ''Maboroshi no kamera o otte'' (幻のカメラを追って, Pursuing phantom cameras). Gendai Kamera Shinsho (現代カメラ新書). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1982. ISBN 4-257-08077-9. (First published in ''Kamera Rebyū / Camera Review'' no.9, November 1979.)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><!-- the sole link seems dead:</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Links ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Links ==</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/image/1070148.jpg Photo of a Konica SF] from [http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/ Fukusenbankō's site]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/image/1070148.jpg Photo of a Konica SF] from [http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/ Fukusenbankō's site]</div></td></tr>
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</table>Rebollo frhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Konica_SF&diff=34077&oldid=prevRebollo fr: link2010-09-03T12:19:46Z<p>link</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Shirai Tatsuo (白井達男). "Konika SF" (コニカSF, Konica SF). Pp.77–86 of ''Maboroshi no kamera o otte'' (幻のカメラを追って, Pursuing phantom cameras). Gendai Kamera Shinsho (現代カメラ新書). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1982. ISBN 4-257-08077-9. (First published in ''Kamera Rebyū / Camera Review'' no.9, November 1979.)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Shirai Tatsuo (白井達男). "Konika SF" (コニカSF, Konica SF). Pp.77–86 of ''Maboroshi no kamera o otte'' (幻のカメラを追って, Pursuing phantom cameras). Gendai Kamera Shinsho (現代カメラ新書). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1982. ISBN 4-257-08077-9. (First published in ''Kamera Rebyū / Camera Review'' no.9, November 1979.)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/image/1070148.jpg Photo of a Konica SF] from [http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/ Fukusenbankō's site]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/image/1070148.jpg Photo of a Konica SF] from [http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/ Fukusenbankō's site]</div></td></tr>
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</table>Rebollo frhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Konica_SF&diff=34076&oldid=prevRebollo fr: more information2010-09-01T21:24:51Z<p>more information</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Konica SF''' (コニカSF) is a 4.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">5×6cm </del>[[SLR]] camera made as a prototype by [[Konica|Konishiroku]] and showed in 1968.<REF name="date"> Lewis, p.125, says March 1968 for both the Konica SF and Koni-Omegaflex. Shirai, p.78, says that the Konica SF was announced in Spring 1967, at the same time as the Koni-Omegaflex M, but the latter camera is dated 1968 in many other sources. Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10, says 1967 too, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">perhaps after </del>Shirai. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Konica SF''' (コニカSF) is a 4.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">5×6 </ins>[[SLR]] camera made as a prototype by [[Konica|Konishiroku]] and showed in 1968.<REF name="date"> Lewis, p.125, says March 1968 for both the Konica SF and Koni-Omegaflex. Shirai, p.78, says that the Konica SF was announced in Spring 1967, at the same time as the Koni-Omegaflex M, but the latter camera is dated 1968 in many other sources. Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10, says 1967 too, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but the text is obviously based on </ins>Shirai. </REF></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Konica SF has exchangeable film backs for 15<!-- yes, 15 --> frames on [[120 film|120]] or 30<!-- yes --> frames on [[120 film#220_film|220 film]], a metal [[focal plane shutter|focal-plane shutter]] by [[Copal]] (1–1000, B),<REF> Shutter by Copal: Lewis, p.125, and Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> and [[TTL|through-the-lens]] metering for [[shutter priority|shutter-priority]] automatic exposure. The design allows for interchangeable lenses and finders, and the lens mount is compatible with [[Hasselblad]]. The lenses made for the Hasselblad can be mounted on the Konica SF but can be used in manual exposure mode only.<REF name="KKS10 p81"> Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> The dedicated SF lenses have an additional pin for auto-exposure operation, and they cannot be mounted on the Hasselblad.<REF name="KKS10 p81" /> The [[film advance]] knob is interchangeable too and can be replaced by an advance crank; this would have allowed the future development of a motor-drive.<REF name="KKS10 p81" /></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Konica SF has exchangeable film backs for 15<!-- yes, 15 --> frames on [[120 film|120]] or 30<!-- yes --> frames on [[120 film#220_film|220 film]], a metal [[focal plane shutter|focal-plane shutter]] by [[Copal]] (1–1000, B),<REF> Shutter by Copal: Lewis, p.125, and Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> and [[TTL|through-the-lens]] metering for [[shutter priority|shutter-priority]] automatic exposure. The design allows for interchangeable lenses and finders, and the lens mount is compatible with [[Hasselblad]]. The lenses made for the Hasselblad can be mounted on the Konica SF but can be used in manual exposure mode only.<REF name="KKS10 p81"> Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> The dedicated SF lenses have an additional pin for auto-exposure operation, and they cannot be mounted on the Hasselblad.<REF name="KKS10 p81" /> The [[film advance]] knob is interchangeable too and can be replaced by an advance crank; this would have allowed the future development of a motor-drive.<REF name="KKS10 p81" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Announcement </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">prototypes </del>==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Development </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fate </ins>==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Konica|Konishiroku]]'s medium-format SLR project started in June 1965.<REF name="Shirai 81"> Shirai, p.81. </REF> (Actually, the company had already built a prototype 6×6cm SLR in the 1940s or early 1950s, but almost nothing is known on that camera, see [[Konishiroku 6×6 SLR]].) The main objectives were a good image quality, an advanced exposure system, the ability to take snapshots, and a price as low as possible.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The potential customers were mainly professional studio or scientific photographers and high-end amateurs, but the camera would have to be usable for press photography too.<REF name="Shirai 81" /> The main designer for the project was Nenoi Masayuki (根ノ井正之), who also designed the Konica Auto S and Konica Domirex.<REF> Shirai, pp.80–1. </REF></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The camera was announced in photography magazines in Spring 1968, at the same time as the [[Koni-Omegaflex M]].<REF name="date" /> Two prototypes were made,<REF name="KKS10 p81" /> and one of them has been photographed and exhibited with a [[pentaprism]] finder and an 80mm f/2.8 Hexanon standard lens; it was notably displayed at the [[JCII]] exhibition about Konica and Minolta in 2005. Prototypes of a wide-angle 50mm f/3.5 and a tele 135mm f/3.5 were made, and other lenses were planned but never made: 35/4, 180/4.5, 250/5.6 and 500/8.<REF> Hishida; p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. This source shows a picture of the 50/3.5 and 135/3.5. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The camera was announced in photography magazines in Spring 1968, at the same time as the [[Koni-Omegaflex M]].<REF name="date" /> Two prototypes were made,<REF name="KKS10 p81" /> and one of them has been photographed and exhibited with a [[pentaprism]] finder and an 80mm f/2.8 Hexanon standard lens; it was notably displayed at the [[JCII]] exhibition about Konica and Minolta in 2005. Prototypes of a wide-angle 50mm f/3.5 and a tele 135mm f/3.5 were made, and other lenses were planned but never made: 35/4, 180/4.5, 250/5.6 and 500/8.<REF> Hishida; p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. This source shows a picture of the 50/3.5 and 135/3.5. </REF></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Konica SF never went into full production, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">partly because </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">death of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">main designer</del>.<REF> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Death of the main designer: </del>Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> It was the first Japanese 4.5×6 SLR, years before the [[Mamiya M645]], and one of the first medium-format [[SLR]]s in the world to have automatic exposure. The same year 1968, [[Minolta]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also </del>made a prototype SLR in 6×6cm format, the [[Minolta SR66]], having an electronically controlled shutter, perhaps enabling auto-exposure too.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Konica SF never went into full production<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. One cause for this was Nenoi's unexpected death.<REF> Shirai, pp.81 and 86, repeated in Hishida</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">p.81 </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{KKS}} no.10. </REF> In addition to that, Konica officials interviewed in </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">late 1970s explained that </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">company did not want to disperse its efforts on too many projects</ins>.<REF> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Shirai, p.86, repeated in </ins>Hishida, p.81 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF> It <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">may also be speculated that the camera was too expensive to manufacture with the technology of the time.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Konica SF </ins>was the first Japanese 4.5×6 SLR, years before the [[Mamiya M645]], and one of the first medium-format [[SLR]]s in the world to have automatic exposure. The same year 1968, [[Minolta]] made a prototype SLR in 6×6cm format, the [[Minolta SR66]], having an electronically controlled shutter, perhaps enabling auto-exposure too<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, but that project was also shelved</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Notes ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Notes ==</div></td></tr>
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