Konica AR lenses on Canon RF

What the adapter has to do

Hexanon AR lenses carry a green AE mark on the aperture ring, or EE on older lenses, which lets a Konica body set the aperture itself. An adapter can't, so turn the ring to a real f-number. Lenses made before the Autoreflex T lack the lever that signals the widest aperture to the camera's meter. An adapter doesn't use that lever, so both kinds work.

Set up your Canon RF camera

1. 01Set Release shutter w/o lens to Enable in the Custom Functions menu. On Disable the camera won't fire on a plain adapter, and in-body stabilization stays off.
2. 02On bodies with in-body stabilization, set IS mode to On and enter the lens's focal length, from 1 to 1000mm.
3. 03Turn on MF peaking settings in the AF menu.
4. 04Press the magnify button to zoom in and check focus.

What each lens becomes

On a full-frame Canon RF body these lenses frame just as they did on film. On a smaller sensor the frame is cropped, so each lens frames like a longer one. The f-number still sets exposure, while the depth of field looks like the larger number shown.

The Konica AR lenses we cover

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  Konica · Konica AR

  Hexanon AR 40mm f/1.8

  1978–1987

  $120–$190 typical ask

  53 on eBay

• 50mm f/1.7

  Konica · Konica AR

  Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7

  From 1973

  $45–$80 typical ask

  81 on eBay

• 50mm f/1.4

  Konica · Konica AR

  Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.4

  From 1973

  $75–$150 typical ask

  38 on eBay

• 28mm f/3.5

  Konica · Konica AR

  Hexanon AR 28mm f/3.5

  1965 to the late 1980s, in several versions

  $65–$120 typical ask

  60 on eBay