Konica Konirapid-S Konishiroku with 50mm f2.8 Lens

The Konica Konirapid-S is a 35mm viewfinder camera produced by Konishiroku (later known as Konica), featuring a fixed 50mm f/2.8 lens and a leaf shutter design integrated with the lens. It offers a range of manually set shutter speeds and aperture settings, and a coupled rangefinder or zone focus system assists with achieving accurate focus at varied subject distances. The camera reflects Konishiroku’s optical and mechanical manufacturing standards of its era and represents a practical and capable viewfinder camera suited to everyday and street photography. As a piece of Japanese camera history from the Konishiroku period predating the Konica brand consolidation, it is of interest to collectors and enthusiasts of vintage Japanese rangefinder and viewfinder cameras.

– 35mm viewfinder camera
– Fixed 50mm f/2.8 lens
– Integrated leaf shutter design
– Manual shutter speed and aperture control
– Rangefinder or zone focus system for subject distance estimation
– Konishiroku optical and mechanical manufacturing standards
– Historically significant pre-Konica brand Japanese camera
– Of interest to collectors and vintage camera enthusiasts