Bronica PG infrared lenses.
8 lensesGood 7Maybe 1Bad 0
Use an adapter to mount these lenses to many mirrorless cameras.
Data credit: these ratings come from the remarkable research at irlensdb.com, a community-built resource that has tested and documented more infrared lenses than any other reference online. I have stripped the retailer links and reformatted the data, but the hard work of collecting it belongs to them.
Ratings describe how a lens behaves on an infrared-converted camera. A maybe lens is usually fine wide open and shows a hot spot as you stop down, so check the notes before you write one off.
Lenses (8)
Bronica Zenzanon-PG 50mm f/4.5
Good- Focal
- 50mm
- Aperture
- ƒ/4.5
- Filter
- ⌀95mm
Hotspot starts to appear at f/16 in dark areas.
Bronica Zenzanon-PG 65mm f/4
Good- Focal
- 65mm
- Aperture
- ƒ/4
- Filter
- ⌀72mm
Hotspot starts to appear at f/16 in dark areas.
Bronica Zenzanon-PG 80mm f/3.5
Maybe- Focal
- 80mm
- Aperture
- ƒ/3.5
- Filter
- ⌀72mm
Hotspot starts at f/8, but it’s usable up to f/22.
Bronica Zenzanon-PG 100mm f/3.5
Good- Focal
- 100mm
- Aperture
- ƒ/3.5
- Filter
- ⌀72mm
No hotspot.
Bronica Macro Zenzanon-PG 110mm f/4
Good- Focal
- 110mm
- Aperture
- ƒ/4
- Filter
- ⌀72mm
Very light hotspot at f/32.
Bronica Zenzanon-PG 150mm f/4
Good- Focal
- 150mm
- Aperture
- ƒ/4
- Filter
- ⌀72mm
No hotspot.
Bronica Zenzanon-PG 200mm f/4.5
Good- Focal
- 200mm
- Aperture
- ƒ/4.5
- Filter
- ⌀82mm
No hotspot, but vignetting.
Bronica Zenzanon-PG 250mm f/5.6
Good- Focal
- 250mm
- Aperture
- ƒ/5.6
- Filter
- ⌀82mm
No hotspot, but vignetting.
Next step
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Where this data comes from
These ratings are compiled from the community-maintained Infrared Lens Database, with contributor credits kept in the notes. Ratings are submitted by photographers using different conversions, so results vary by wavelength, aperture and individual lens copy — treat them as a strong starting point, not a guarantee. Retailer links from the source have been removed. If you have tested a lens, contribute your result back to the original database so everyone benefits.