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Bronica 80mm 2.8 adapted to Sony
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:06 pm    Post subject: Bronica 80mm 2.8 adapted to Sony Reply with quote
This is the Zenzanon-PS 80mm 2.8 tested on a Sony a7.

It has a gentle softness to it at f/2.8 that can be a benefit for portraits.

I can recommend it for film but the size makes it a bit heavy on the Sony. Still fun to use!

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Bonus film shots from last summer:

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Like 1 I have never tried Bronica lenses before. Looks really good.


PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have a couple of the Zenzanon-S and they are stunning on my Sony a850. Sadly, the 100mm has a broken helicoid now, the 4.5/200 is my goto longish lens.


PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 1:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Should be a good lens for GFX too.


PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
jamaeolus wrote:
Like 1 I have never tried Bronica lenses before. Looks really good.


Thanks! They are good, the only "problem" is that they focus in the Nikon direction Very Happy


calvin83 wrote:
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Should be a good lens for GFX too.


I can imagine so!


PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I have a couple of the Zenzanon-S and they are stunning on my Sony a850. Sadly, the 100mm has a broken helicoid now, the 4.5/200 is my goto longish lens.


I've never tried those two. But in my kit is a 50mm PS f3.5 and 150mm S f3.5 that will be tested sooner or later.

It feels a bit silly to mount such a big and slow 50mm lens though.


PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great captures, the ones on film as well! I have a Nikkor-P 75 mm f/2.8 which was also a Zenza Bronica MF lens... maybe it even was the predecessor of your lens, I'm not sure. It's quite complicated to adapt and not really great wide open, so I never really got around to use it much.

blotafton wrote:


It feels a bit silly to mount such a big and slow 50mm lens though.


Unless you use it with a tilt/shift adapter! Wink


PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
simple.joy wrote:
Great captures, the ones on film as well! I have a Nikkor-P 75 mm f/2.8 which was also a Zenza Bronica MF lens... maybe it even was the predecessor of your lens, I'm not sure. It's quite complicated to adapt and not really great wide open, so I never really got around to use it much.

blotafton wrote:


It feels a bit silly to mount such a big and slow 50mm lens though.


Unless you use it with a tilt/shift adapter! Wink


I've done that; the Bronica lenses work well with a T/S adapter, but the adapter may need some adapting (sic) to ensure the in-lens leaf shutter stays open when mounting the lens.


PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
simple.joy wrote:
Great captures, the ones on film as well! I have a Nikkor-P 75 mm f/2.8 which was also a Zenza Bronica MF lens... maybe it even was the predecessor of your lens, I'm not sure. It's quite complicated to adapt and not really great wide open, so I never really got around to use it much.


Thanks!

That Nikkor looks good on flickr samples. Yes I think an earlier model. Looks a bit complicated to adapt indeed.

blotafton wrote:


It feels a bit silly to mount such a big and slow 50mm lens though.


Unless you use it with a tilt/shift adapter! Wink[/quote]

True, didn't think about that![quote]


PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Interesting lens and good pictures 👍👍👍


PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
blotafton wrote:
simple.joy wrote:
Great captures, the ones on film as well! I have a Nikkor-P 75 mm f/2.8 which was also a Zenza Bronica MF lens... maybe it even was the predecessor of your lens, I'm not sure. It's quite complicated to adapt and not really great wide open, so I never really got around to use it much.


Thanks!

That Nikkor looks good on flickr samples. Yes I think an earlier model. Looks a bit complicated to adapt indeed.

blotafton wrote:


It feels a bit silly to mount such a big and slow 50mm lens though.


Unless you use it with a tilt/shift adapter! Wink


True, didn't think about that!
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That's where I am trying to use the 65 PS, via a fotodiox adapter, to fill the gap between my Canon 45 & 90 lenses. It's visibly better for both resolution and colour than the 45 TS-E + 1.4x III combination. The 80mm stopped down to f/11 is very good too.


PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
bp_reid wrote:
blotafton wrote:
simple.joy wrote:
Great captures, the ones on film as well! I have a Nikkor-P 75 mm f/2.8 which was also a Zenza Bronica MF lens... maybe it even was the predecessor of your lens, I'm not sure. It's quite complicated to adapt and not really great wide open, so I never really got around to use it much.


Thanks!

That Nikkor looks good on flickr samples. Yes I think an earlier model. Looks a bit complicated to adapt indeed.

blotafton wrote:


It feels a bit silly to mount such a big and slow 50mm lens though.


Unless you use it with a tilt/shift adapter! Wink


True, didn't think about that!
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That's where I am trying to use the 65 PS, via a fotodiox adapter, to fill the gap between my Canon 45 & 90 lenses. It's visibly better for both resolution and colour than the 45 TS-E + 1.4x III combination. The 80mm stopped down to f/11 is very good too.


The Fotodiox ROKR adapters are useful, but my experience was that the quality control on them is a bit hit-and-miss; mine needed quite a bit of work to ensure that a true zero degrees tilt could be obtained. I adapted it to the Minolta SR mount in the process, so it can go straight onto the Minolta SR - SONY NEX adapter mounted on a SONY A7 camera, or straight onto a Minolta body:

http://forum.mflenses.com/custom-minolta-sr-md-mount-adaptations-t83467.html



In any case, results with both the 150mm PS and 40mm PS I have tried so far were excellent.


PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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One of the better efforts that came with the SQ series.
It was my most used lens with the SQ-a.
That is the route I would take, especially if I were to consider film more seriously than I do now.

-D.S.
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