Zenzanon MC 200mm f/3.5
Zenza Bronica · Bronica S · 1975
Also known as: Zenzanon MC 200mm f/3.5 · Zenzanon MC 200mm F3.5 · Zenza Bronica Zenzanon MC 200mm F3.5 · Bronica Zenzanon 200mm f3.5 S2 · Zenzanon MC 1:3.5 f=200mm · Zenzanon 200mm F3.5 EC-TL · ゼンザノン MC 200mm F3.5 · ゼンザブロニカ ゼンザノン 200mm F3.5 · ZENZANON MC 200mm F3.5 ブロニカ S2
Variants & identification
| Variant | Mount | Years | Serial ranges | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenzanon MC 1:3.5 f=200mm, small bayonet | Bronica S | — | — | — |
- Construction: Japanese Wikipedia gives 5群6枚 (6 elements in 5 groups); English Wikipedia's table gives 5e/5g with f/3.5–22, 3.3 m, 67 mm and 640 g. The group count agrees and is shown; the element count is left empty because the two disagree and neither cites a maker's sheet. camera-wiki lists it as '200mm f3.5 Auto-Zenzanon' with no figures.
- Maker: not stated by any source. Japanese Wikipedia, which names OEM makers for the 75, 80, 100, 150 and 300 mm, gives none for the 200.
- Years and price: no source gives either. The year shown is that of the EC-TL, whose multicoated Zenzanons this lens's MC marking matches. A thread on mflenses.com (2010) records a lens engraved ZENZANON MC 1:3.5 f=200mm whose owner could find no documentation of it, and another poster who knew only f/4.5 Bronica 200s; its existence is confirmed by the lens itself, not by a catalogue.
How to tell them apart
- Engraved ZENZANON MC 1:3.5 f=200mm; no shutter, an open rear with the small bayonet and 57 mm thread, 67 mm filter
- The 200 mm lenses for the focal-plane Bronica are otherwise f/4 (Nikkor-P, Zenzanon MC 200mm f/4) and the Komura 200s f/3.5 and f/4 carry the Komura name; the leaf-shutter Zenzanon 200s of the ETR, SQ and GS-1 are all f/4.5
- Closest focus 3.3 m, the figure for a 200 on the C-and-later focusing mount; the 200 mm is the longest focal length the small bayonet carries
- Fits the Z/D, S, C, C2, S2, S2A, EC, EC-TL and EC-TL II through the body's focusing mount
Zenzanon MC 1:3.5 f=200mm, small bayonet:
- Nameplate reads ZENZANON MC 1:3.5 f=200mm; small (inner) bayonet with the 57 mm thread inside it, no helicoid and no shutter
- f/3.5 against the f/4 of the Nikkor-P 200 and of the Zenzanon MC 200mm f/4 listed by Seiden; 67 mm filter, about 640 g (English Wikipedia)
- Zenzanon MC 1:3.5 f=200mm, small bayonet: The only version known. No source dates it; the MC marking places it with the multicoated Zenzanons of the EC-TL era, and the 1975 shown is the EC-TL's year, not a documented date for the lens.
Specifications
- Formula
- Telephoto in 5 groups; element count disputed (6 per Japanese Wikipedia, 5 per English Wikipedia)
- Construction
- 5 groups
- Aperture range
- f/3.5–f/22
- Min. focus
- 3.3 m
- Weight
- 640 g
- Filter
- 67 mm
- Country
- Japan
- Coating
- Multicoated (MC on the nameplate)
What reviewers say
No reviews aggregated yet — this family is still in the research queue. Written one? We'd love to index it.
History
The Zenzanon MC 200mm f/3.5 is the fast 200 for the focal-plane Bronicas, half a stop ahead of the Nikkor-P 200mm f/4 that Nippon Kogaku had supplied since the 1960s and of the Zenzanon MC 200mm f/4 that Sam Seiden lists beside it. It is a multicoated telephoto in five groups, about 640 g with a 67 mm front, focusing through the body’s mount to 3.3 m, the figure for a 200 on the C-and-later focusing unit, and stopping down to f/22. The 200 mm is the longest focal length the small bayonet carries; the 300mm Zenzanon and the long Nikkor heads go on the large bayonet instead.
Little else is recorded. Japanese Wikipedia gives six elements in five groups, English Wikipedia five in five, and neither cites a maker’s sheet; Japanese Wikipedia, which names an OEM maker for most of the Zenzanons, names none for this one. No source gives a year or a price. The MC marking puts it with the multicoated Zenzanons of the EC-TL period, and it is scarce enough that a 2010 forum thread on mflenses.com records an owner who could find no documentation for a lens engraved ZENZANON MC 1:3.5 f=200mm, and a reply from someone who knew only f/4.5 Bronica 200s, which are the leaf-shutter lenses of the later ETR, SQ and GS-1 systems. No review has been found.
It fits every focal-plane Bronica from the Z/D to the EC-TL II. The f/3.5 marking is what separates it from the other 200s on the mount: both the Nikkor-P and the Zenzanon MC 200mm f/4 read 1:4, and the Komura 200mm f/3.5 carries the Komura name.
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.
Example photos
Sample photo wanted — shot with a Zenzanon MC 200mm f/3.5? We'd love to feature it (with credit).
Live listings
Asking price, JPY: a median of ¥8,500 across 4 fixed-price listings on 2026-11-02 (middle half ¥7,600–¥8,500). First day tracked.
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- ★実用品★ZENZA BRONICA ZENZANON MC 200mm F3.5 #4610
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