Zenzanon-PE 60mm f/2.8 (ETR)
Zenza Bronica · Bronica ETR · 1988
Also known as: Bronica ETR 60mm f/2.8 · Bronica ETRSi 60mm F2.8 PE · Zenzanon-PE 60mm f/2.8 · Zenzanon PE 60mm F2.8 · Zenza Bronica Zenzanon PE 60mm 2.8 · Bronica 60mm f/2.8 Zenzanon-PE lens for ETR · ゼンザブロニカ ゼンザノン PE 60mm F2.8 · ゼンザノン PE 60mm F2.8 · ブロニカ ETR 60mm F2.8
Variants & identification
| Variant | Mount | Years | Serial ranges | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenzanon-PE 60mm f/2.8 | Bronica ETR | 1988–2004 | — | — |
- Element and group count, 0.42 m closest focus, 62 mm filter, 520 g and the price are from Tamron USA's 2004 product page for the lens; Japanese Wikipedia gives the same 7群7枚, 0.42 m and φ62, and Tamron Japan's English ETRSi page lists the PE 60 at 7 elements in 7 groups.
- The introduction year is not established. The lens exists only as a PE, and the PE line began with the ETRSi in December 1988 (Japanese Wikipedia), so 1988 is a floor, not a launch date; the end is the end of Bronica production in 2004, the lens being in Tamron's last list.
- Aperture blade count and barrel dimensions are not given by any source found.
How to tell them apart
- A moderate wide-angle, about 36 mm on 35 mm film across the ETR's 42.5 × 55.1 mm frame, sitting between the 50 and the 75 in the PE range
- A Bronica four-claw ETR bayonet with a Seiko #0 leaf shutter inside the lens, mounting only with the shutter cocked; fits every ETR body from 1976 to 2004 and nothing else. Not the Zenzanon-PS 65mm f/4 of the SQ or the Zenzanon-PG 65mm f/4 of the GS-1
Zenzanon-PE 60mm f/2.8:
- Engraved ZENZANON-PE, with half-stop aperture clicks; there is no MC or E 60 to confuse it with (camera-wiki lists the 60 as PE only)
- 62 mm filter, 520 g, seven elements each in its own group (Tamron USA 2004; Japanese Wikipedia)
- Zenzanon-PE 60mm f/2.8: The only version. Made for the PE line, so it dates from 1988 or later; no announcement or first catalogue listing was found, and 1988 is the earliest it could have appeared.
Specifications
- Formula
- 7 elements in 7 groups (Tamron USA 2004; Japanese Wikipedia); design type not published
- Construction
- 7 elements / 7 groups
- Aperture range
- f/2.8
- Shutter
- Seiko #0 electronically controlled between-lens leaf shutter, 8s–1/500 and T (B on the ETRSi), mechanical 1/500 without a battery; speeds set on the body
- Min. focus
- 0.42 m
- Weight
- 520 g
- Filter
- 62 mm
- Years manufactured
- 1988–2004
- Country
- Japan
- Coating
- Multicoated (PE-line multicoating)
- Original price
- US$1,811 list in Tamron USA's 2004 price list — more than the PE 75 ($1,147) and close to the PE 105 macro ($1,857) (today $3,010)
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History
The Zenzanon-PE 60mm f/2.8 is a moderate wide-angle for the Bronica ETR, the leaf-shutter 6×4.5 SLR system of 1976–2004, and one of the lenses that exist only in the PE generation that arrived with the ETRSi in December 1988. On the ETR’s 42.5 × 55.1 mm frame it gives roughly the view of a 36 mm lens on 35 mm film, between the 50 mm (about 30 mm equivalent) and the 75 mm standard; Tamron’s product page called it a multipurpose lens. Tamron USA’s 2004 product page gives seven elements in seven groups, closest focus of 0.42 m, a 62 mm filter and 520 g, figures Japanese Wikipedia repeats, and a list price of US$1,811, well above the PE 75’s $1,147.
Like every ETR lens it carries its own Seiko #0 electronically controlled between-lens shutter, set from the body between 8 s and 1/500 with T, and B on the ETRSi; without a battery it fires mechanically at 1/500, and the lens goes on the body only with the shutter cocked. As a PE lens it has half-stop aperture clicks and the later multicoating. There is only one version and nothing to confuse it with on the ETR mount; the SQ’s Zenzanon-PS 65mm f/4 and the GS-1’s 65mm f/4 are different lenses on different bayonets.
No review was found. Its introduction year is also unrecorded: the PE line’s start in 1988 is the earliest it could date from, and no catalogue or announcement found places it more precisely. Left open as well are the diaphragm blade count, the barrel dimensions, and any serial-number information.
This history is AI-written, from the sources listed at the foot of the page. Where the record is silent it says so rather than filling the gap — but no human wrote these sentences.
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