Bronica PE 100-220mm f4.8 Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by: drleung
(Casual)

Review Date
February 17, 2003

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 1 of 3

Price Paid: $570.00 from EBAY

Summary:

The best tele-zoom in medium format history! This marvelous lens beats all other 6X4.5 format tele-zooms in every performance category. Highly successful optical and mechanical design - as perfect as any MF zoom lenses can get!

Strengths:

Razor-sharp delineation. Vivid, clean, accurate color. Fluid and rich tones/gradation. Outstanding contrast and beautiful bokeh. Non-existent distortion and flare. Built-in tripod mount and lens hood. Leaf shutter. Internal focus and zoom.

Weaknesses:

Large and heavy. Justifiably Expensive. Relatively slow aperture (Pentax 645 and Mamiya 645 offer larger aperture mid and full-tele lenses.

Similar Products Used:

Pentax 645 80-160mm zoom Mamiya 645 100-200mm zoom Bronica PE 125-250mm (Schneider) zoom

Customer Service:

Excellent service. Fast turnaround. Reasonable service charge.

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Rating
Reviewed by: Wendell Franks
(Professional)

Review Date
July 5, 2000

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Review 2 of 3

Model Reviewed:
PE 100-220mm f4.8

Summary:

This lens is an excellent addition to the Bronica 645 line. It's sharp, it's well made, and it balances well for its size and weight. And, of course, being able to zoom from almost normal to a couple of different portrait tele lengths is most convenient. Downside? I've
come to consider it a tripod lens because of the weight. Also, decide what you want in the way of filters and vignetters before buying, because the 95mm filter size becomes
a greater frustration the longer you deal with it.

Strengths:

extremely sharp
well made

Weaknesses:

weight
95mm filter size

Similar Products Used:

none

Customer Service:

no experience

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Rating
Reviewed by: Wally Pinn
(Professional)

Review Date
February 16, 2000

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 3 of 3

Model Reviewed:
PE 100-220mm f4.8

Summary:

The only other lens I need to complete my system is the 30mm fisheye.

Strengths:

This zoom lens has great sharpness. And its internal focusing, coupled with it being a leaf shutter lens makes it a super buy.

Weaknesses:

None

Similar Products Used:

Mamiya and Hasselblad

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