Rokkor

Rokkor is a brand name used by the Japanese company Minolta for a line of photographic lenses. Introduced in the 1950s, Rokkor lenses were designed for Minolta's SLR systems and were produced across several generations, including MC Rokkor and MD Rokkor designs, as well as higher-performance Rokkor-X series. The Rokkor designation covered a wide range of focal lengths, speeds, and optical configurations, from standard primes to wide-angle and telephoto lenses.

These lenses were constructed for Minolta's manual focus SR/mount systems (and later the MC and MD manual focus mounts) as well as autofocus variants. They commonly featured Minolta's multi-coating technologies of the era and build quality typical of mid-20th-century Japanese optics. The Rokkor line is often cited for its sharpness, color rendition, and characteristic rendering, and many models are still sought after by collectors and photographers.

With the transition of Minolta's camera business and the rise of digital photography, Rokkor lenses remain in use as legacy glass. They are frequently adapted to modern digital bodies and mirrorless cameras, preserving their classic rendering while benefiting from improved sensors.