Konica · Konica AR · From 1973
This was Konica's everyday fifty. It launched with the Autoreflex T3 in 1973, replaced the older 52mm f/1.8, and was sold on body after body, which makes it about the most common Konica SLR lens you'll find. It's a six-element, five-group design, and some magazines later ranked it among the sharpest lenses anyone had built. Konica collectors still rate it that highly. There are three versions. The earliest carry a green EE mark on the aperture ring and most say AE, and both of those focus to 0.45 m and click at half stops. With the Autoreflex TC in 1976 Konica slimmed the barrel and took some weight off, though it now focuses only to 0.55 m and clicks at full stops. The glass didn't change, so pick the one whose feel you like. On a mirrorless body it's a light, sharp normal lens, and on APS-C it works as a short portrait lens.
On a mirrorless camera
It’s a Konica AR lens, and its mount sits 40.5 mm from the film. Every mirrorless mount below sits closer than that, so a plain adapter ring fills the gap and the lens still focuses to infinity. On a smaller sensor it frames tighter, like a longer lens.
Versions
Three versions share the same optics. The earliest has a green EE mark on the aperture ring, the next a green AE mark, and both focus to 0.45 m and click at half stops. From the Autoreflex TC in 1976 the barrel is slimmer, shorter and about 30 g lighter (roughly 240 g down to 210 g), focuses only to 0.55 m and clicks at full stops. Don't confuse it with the Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.8, a later budget fifty sold alongside it.
As the common kit lens, many copies spent decades in damp drawers, so haze, fungus and oily aperture blades are the usual problems. A stuck AE lock button leaves the aperture ring parked at its smallest aperture.
New to old glass? How to check a used vintage lens covers haze, fungus and the rest in detail.
Buying guide
We'd buy the US copy titled tested at $44 delivered, with caps in the photo, just under the $45–80 band. There are at least 81 for sale, since this was Konica's kit fifty on body after body, and US sellers ask $31–72 delivered while Japan dealers ask $56–230. Years in damp drawers are its usual trouble, so ask for a flashlight photo through the back for haze or fungus, one of the blades at f/8, and for the ring to be turned out of the green AE click to show the lock button releases. Early EE and AE copies focus to 0.45 m and the slimmer 1976 version to 0.55 m with the same glass, so pick by condition, and skip the $230 copy at about four times the median. It needs a Konica AR adapter, and the model page lists the adapters by camera.
$31.02est. delivered
The lowest delivered complete copy here at $31, from a US seller, though the title makes no test or condition claim. Ask for a flashlight photo through the back and one of the blades at f/8 before you pay.
Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Standard Prime Lens Made in Japan
$44.40est. delivered
Titled tested, with front and rear caps in the photo, at $44 delivered, just under the band. The title also says READ, so go through the description for any faults first.
Konica Hexanon 50mm f1.7 f/1.7 AR Prime Manual Vintage Lens Japan TESTED READ
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Used$31.02est. delivered
$24.99 + $6.03 shipping
Buy It Now$24.99
Good buy
US seller. No test or condition claim in the title.
Seller: dandelion-dreams
100% positive
Used$44.40est. delivered
$36.50 + $7.90 shipping
Buy It Now$36.50
Good buy
Titled tested, with caps in the photo. READ in the title, so check the description.
Seller: damaskeen
100% positive
For parts$28.00est. delivered
$20.00 + $8.00 shipping
Buy It Now$20.00
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Our take
Sold as is, and only $3 under the cheapest complete copy.
Seller: gary_camera
99.4% positive
Used$56.30delivered
$56.30 · free shipping
Buy It Now$56.30
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Our take
Excellent+++++ is the Japan dealer's grade. Free shipping.
Seller: ogaki_camera
100% positive
Used$71.99est. delivered
$59.99 + $12.00 shipping
Buy It Now$59.99
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Our take
US seller. Titled clean, with the original box.
Seller: saoirseandco
100% positive
Used$81.08est. delivered
$68.48 + $12.60 shipping
Buy It Now$68.48
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Our take
Titled tested and excellent, from a Japan dealer.
Seller: ritsu327
99.5% positive
![[Exc] Konica Hexanon 50mm F/1.7 AR Lens](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9WUAAeSwCehodDAt/s-l500.jpg)
Used$48.86est. delivered
$31.27 + $17.59 shipping
Buy It Now$31.27
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Seller feedback is 94.1%. Exc is the seller's own grade.
Seller: subjectfilm
94.1% positive
![Konica HEXANON AR 50mm F1.7 Lens used clean optically sound [Age 13+]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/o~gAAeSwGflqkQuE/s-l500.jpg)
Used$229.92delivered
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Priced high
Titled clean and optically sound, at about four times the median.
Seller: masatan-24
99.1% positive
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