Konica Auto S2

The Konica Auto S2 is a Japanese 35mm compact rangefinder camera that was produced in 1965 by Konishiroku Photo Industry Company. The camera has a non-interchangeable Konica Hexanon 1:1.8-16 45mm lens with a meter cell located on lens front top and a built-in pop-up hood for flare reduction. The viewfinder also features automatic parallax correction. It was also sold in the U.S. as the Wards am551.

Sample Photo (1967)

Sample Photo (2006)

Technical InformationEdit

FilmEdit

35 millimeter film in safety cartridge.

LensEdit

Hexanon f/1.8, f=45mm 6 elements in 4 groups

DimensionsEdit

138mm (width) x 82.2mm (height) x 73.5mm (thickness)

WeightEdit

750 grams

Links Edit

• Instruction Manual (scan from kyphoto.com)
• Auto S2 at Silvergrain
• On fixing the shutter, a well-illustrated discussion at Nelsonfoto forums
• JJ's French language page on the Konica Auto S2
• On www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand :
  • Konica Auto S2
  • User Manual
• Konica Auto S2 Group at Flickr