Bronica PE 45-90mm f/4.0-5.6 Medium Format

Bronica PE 45-90mm f/4.0-5.6 Medium Format 

DESCRIPTION

The PE 45-90mm F/4-5.6 Aspherical is the first wide angle zoom lens for the ETR-Si designed to be a “standard lens” covering the wide to mid telephoto range used most often for event photography. The PE 45-90mm delivers both distinguishably high image quality and versatility. It incorporates two Hybrid Aspheric elements.

USER REVIEWS

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[Aug 27, 2010]
azemkoleci
Expert

Strength:

Top quality.
Good optic and construction.

Weakness:

For such a heavy lens, tripod mount would have been nice.

Wide angle, medium format?!
Wonderful lens that will cover most of general photography.
Bit heavy but tha's why is good then.

Customer Service

None.

Similar Products Used:

50mm f.2.8, 75mm f.2.8, 250mm f.5.6 all Bronica.

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Jul 10, 2003]
Mel207
Professional

Strength:

A does it all wedding lens, if you can hold it (a mono or tripod is recommended unless you're Arnold, the Terminator).

Weakness:

Heavy, split screen black out, minimum aperture zoom is not intuitive...one mark on the lens barrel is for the 40mm and the other is for the 90 mm. UV filter (95mm) is gonna cost you!

It's a chunk of glass for sure. Heavy and if you use a split screen, it has a tendency to black out one side of the focusing screen (even a Brightscreen doesn't help).

Customer Service

n/a

OVERALL
RATING
3
VALUE
RATING
4
[May 06, 2002]
LeafShutter
Professional

Strength:

Very sharp optics. Excellent build quality. Very smooth focusing and zooming.

Weakness:

A bit on the heavy side...

A first class lens. Perfect for wedding and event photography. Impressive 95 mm front element - even more so with the hood attached. Excellent sharpness, contrast and color saturation.

Customer Service

Not needed so far.

Similar Products Used:

Pentax 645 zooms

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[May 22, 2001]
Richard
Professional

Strength:

Very sharp lens and brilliant contrast! Great location lens, especially landscape/interior/architecture work.

Weakness:

Heavy! Not ideal for prolong hand held photography

The lens is great if you are constantly working in the wide angle field of perspective. Wedding and portrait application is also fantastic but beware - you are going to need some good arm and wrist muscles (this is without attaching any flash to the camera)!

Similar Products Used:

None

OVERALL
RATING
3
VALUE
RATING
4
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