Bronica SQ standard lens with f/2.8 and leaf shutter, 45mm equivalent delivering medium format quality at budget prices.
The Bronica Zenzanon-PS 80mm f/2.8 is the standard lens for the Bronica SQ 6x6cm medium format system, providing a perspective equivalent to approximately 45mm on 35mm film. The f/2.8 maximum aperture is fast for a medium format standard lens, offering a bright viewfinder image and useful depth-of-field control.
Optically, the lens is sharp across the frame from f/2.8 onwards, with excellent contrast and natural colour reproduction. The 80mm focal length on 6x6 provides the classic standard perspective, making this the everyday workhorse lens for the SQ system — equally comfortable for portraits, landscapes, and general documentation.
The built-in Seiko leaf shutter provides flash synchronisation at all shutter speeds, giving photographers complete creative control when using flash as fill or main light. Build quality is robust all-metal construction with a smooth focusing helicoid and firm, precise aperture click stops.
The Zenzanon-PS 80mm f/2.8 is the most common and affordable Bronica SQ lens, making it the natural starting point for anyone building an SQ system. On the used market it offers exceptional medium format quality at a fraction of the cost of equivalent Hasselblad Planar 80mm lenses.