Recently purchased, at a local auction for a very low price, a 50mm f2.8 Bronica Zenzanon-E lens for a 6x4.5cm medium format Bronica ETRSi.
This lens has a 62mm diam filter thread and is readily attached, reversed, to a Nikon bellows via a BR2A nikon mount and a 52-62mm ring.
At full bellows extension the FOV on a 23.6mm sensor is 4.1mm for a 5.76x magnification, WD=6cm (2.25").
At minimum bellows extension the FOV is 10mm for a 2.36x mag.
Top: left: full frame at max bellows, f/5.6, 48 frames @ 0.05mm, ZS PMax,
Top right: lens reversed on minimum bellows extension.
Bottom: crop.
Compares favourably with the Nikon 4x CF N Plan objective
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Medium format 50mm lens; closeups
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Medium format 50mm lens; closeups
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” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
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student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
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Weren't the later ones Tamron?
I had the dubious pleasure of doing medical photos with one of the ECTLs with Nikkor lenses and bellows. They were so sharp it wasn't an issue. We had newer cameras with Zenzanon lenses, and there were cerainly no "objective" complaints, but there will always be guys who love to say that anything new isn't as good..
I had the dubious pleasure of doing medical photos with one of the ECTLs with Nikkor lenses and bellows. They were so sharp it wasn't an issue. We had newer cameras with Zenzanon lenses, and there were cerainly no "objective" complaints, but there will always be guys who love to say that anything new isn't as good..
Thanks everyone.
Chris: Lighting makes a huge difference but I think the 4x objective gave a better image.
However, there are lots of these large lenses on ebay for the Bronica 6x4.5. The Bronica system is somewhat archaic and the line was discontinued in 2004 . A professional system using film that did not keep up with the switch to digital.
Some are still expensive but there's currently the 75mm brother of the 50mm on ebay "Buy it Now" for $59.95.
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On Nikon bellows this lens will give magnifications from 1.28-3.37x (on a 23.6mm sensor) and WDs of 3.5-4.5". Have not checked image quality yet (I bought a 75mm as well )
Chris: Lighting makes a huge difference but I think the 4x objective gave a better image.
However, there are lots of these large lenses on ebay for the Bronica 6x4.5. The Bronica system is somewhat archaic and the line was discontinued in 2004 . A professional system using film that did not keep up with the switch to digital.
Some are still expensive but there's currently the 75mm brother of the 50mm on ebay "Buy it Now" for $59.95.
HERE
On Nikon bellows this lens will give magnifications from 1.28-3.37x (on a 23.6mm sensor) and WDs of 3.5-4.5". Have not checked image quality yet (I bought a 75mm as well )
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
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