Description: Up for sale is a lovely CLAed (cleaned/lubed/adjusted) example of the classic Konica Hexanon AR 57mm f/1.4 EE Prime Lens. One of the most highly-regarded of Konica's AR mount lenses, this lens is considered to have the best image quality of any of Konica's f/1.4 manual focus standard lenses! Lens is in nice vintage condition with light-modern handling wear and perfect mechanics. Minor bump to front barrel (does not affect filter mounting). Very minor faint cleaning marks front coating. Glass is otherwise free of scratches/haze/fungus. Additionally, it has been disassembled and serviced with full helical relube for ultimate performance. This is particularly important on this model of lens, as the lubricants in the helical migrate out over time, leaving nearly all unserviced example with a stiff focus action and migrated oil on the aperture blades/glass. Includes caps If you have any questions about whether this lens is adaptable to your camera system, please contact me before purchase. Digital mount compatibility chart Mount Adaptable? Glassless Infinity? Notes Canon EF DSLR Y N Nikon F DSLR Y N Pentax K DSLR Y N Sony A DSLR Y N Sony E Mirrorless Y Y Panasonic/Olympus 4/3 DSLR Y Y Canon EOS M Mirrorless Y Y Canon EOS R Mirrorless Y Y Fuji X Mirrorless Y Y Leica/Panasonic/Sigma L Y Y Panasonic/Olympus m4/3 Y Y Nikon 1 Mirrorless Y Y Nikon Z Mirrrorless Y Y Pentax Q Mirrorless Y Y CLA FAQs This lens has been completely disassembled and CLAed (Cleaned/Lubed/Adjusted), with cleaning of individual components aperture cleaning and total helical cleaning/relube for like-new performance! Q: Why buy a CLAed lens? Put quite simply, lenses get dirty over time. Many used vintage sold lenses here on eBay are described as “mint condition,” typically meaning they are free of obvious optical flaws like haze or fungus and have a clean-appearing exterior. However, opening them up tells a quite different story. While these lenses may appear tightly built, they nearly all use open designs, which allows substantial amounts of dust, dirt, and grit to enter the lens, where it settles into delicate precision components, adversely affecting the mechanical properties of the lens and leading to increased wear. Furthermore, even in unused samples, lubricants tend to degrade over time, leading to degraded focus action as grease dries out, or slow blades and soiled optics as oil migrates within the lens. Q: What services do you perform on the lens before sale? With the lens disassembled, I perform a full CLA (Clean Lube Adjust). This entails cleaning out any internal and external soiling, cleaning aperture blades of grease that can slowing, re-lubing the focus helical, and adjusting all components for tightness and accuracy. Where there is extensive dust or internal lens soiling, I will disassemble lens cells and clean off surfaces; however, it is my general philosophy to keep lens elements in their factory positions in assembled cells when at all possible to ensure optimum performance. Q: DUST? What do you mean DUST? A: All vintage lenses have dust in them. In fact, they had dust in them when they were brand new from the factory! This is because prior to the advent of very modern sealed designs, lenses were not put together in a clean room environment, and the natural static charge of the glass tends to attract dust particles. Coupled with the open designs used in these lenses, it is virtually impossible to find any vintage lens without some degree of dust particles visible when you look closely through the lens. All of my CLA lenses have at minimum the exterior and internal cell surfaces wiped with a dust-free, lab-grade optical tissue and then blown off with an air bulb prior to reassembly and thus have a significantly below average amount of dust for a vintage lens. 1067
Price: 120 USD
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-10-09T18:16:38.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Brand: Konica
Maximum Aperture: f/1.4
Compatible Brand: For Canon, For Four Thirds, For Fujifilm, For Konica, For Leica, For Lumix, For Nikon, For Olympus, For Panasonic, For Pentax, For Samsung, For Sony
Series: Konica Hexanon AR
Type: Pancake
Focus Type: Manual
Mount: Konica AR-mount
Model: Hexanon AR
Focal Length: 57mm
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Exterior Material: Aluminum
