Bronica Lenses And It History

Executive Summaries from many articles by Helson Xu

Bronica History

Bronica Lenses

Bronica or Zenza Bronica was a Japanese brand of professional medium format roll-film cameras, including rangefinder and single-lens reflex models. Bronica cameras first appeared in 1958, when the company’s founder, Zenzaburo Yoshino, introduced a camera of his own design, the Bronica Z rollfilm camera, at the Philadelphia Camera Show. The name “Zenza Bronica” is reputedly derived from Zenzaburo Brownie Camera. The Bronica Z and successor Bronicas, using large-coverage, high-quality Nikkor lenses, became instant successes.

Bronica later introduced lenses of its own manufacture with its later camera designs. Zenza Bronica Ltd. was eventually acquired by the lens manufacturer Tamron. Zenzaburo Yoshino died in 1988.

Tamron discontinued the brand’s single-lens reflex models (SQ, ETR and GS) in October 2004. Bronica’s last model, the RF645 rangefinder camera, was discontinued in October 2005.

Bronicas were workhorse cameras for wedding and portrait photographers for many years. Secondhand Bronica cameras are still widely used by professional and serious amateur photographers, in no small part due to superior image quality of 6×4.5, 6×6 and 6x7cm roll film over smaller film and digital sensor formats.

Bronica SLR cameras employed a modular design: The major components of the camera lens, body, film back and viewfinder were separate and interchangeable.

Bronica Zenzanon PS – Telephoto lens – 250 mm – f/5.6

Technical Details

• Brand Name: Tamron
• Lens Type: Telephoto lens
• Minimum focal length: 250 millimeters
• Minimum Focal Range: 10 feet
• Maximum Aperture Range: F/5.6

Product Description

This lens is suited for portraiture and nature photography including wildlife. When this lens is shot wide open it provides a sharp subject against a blurred background.This product features fully automatic diaphragm; Shutter Seiko.

Here my short review about Bronica Lenses, and also read my other guides about cameras on Canon Camera Manual Books, Canon 55 250mm F 4 5.6 EF S IS Lens and Minolta Camera Repair.