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I created a cost effective adapter, to fit Bronica ETR lenses onto Sony E Mount cameras . Price is based on Shapeways' material/production costs. I tried to make it an efficient design, using least amount of material without it losing structural integrity. On photos below is shown my first 3D printed prototype. Adapter can be ordered here If you already own Zenza Bronica lens, you know what to expect from it in terms of image quality. I own a Zenzanon 75mm lens. I personally like its subjects rendition. It has a unique softness and mood to its images. I'd use it with wide open aperture to create soft flattering portraits, or to photograph flowers. For instance, I can't get a pleasingly soft shot like this with any other lens I have. This shot was made with flexible adapter(extended to macro) from one of my previous posts. With rigid adapter that I offer here , you'll get more of a typical photo results, with a little bit of character(illustrated ...

To make this adapter, I made hole in lens cap, glued in black tube( which is a rolled up black cardboard) and inserted lens from Minolta Hi-Matic AF2-M. For focusing, I move lens along the tube, in and out. If I need smaller aperture, I just cut it out from black paper and tape it on top of lens. This setup is very light and compact, and allows full manual control, which is important to me. And I love visual quality that Minolta lens produces. Here is a short video, that we shot with this setup.  https://youtu.be/mnGJt_bmQpk Footage is not color corrected. I liked the default color balance camera produced. Below is comparison of different lenses on NEX-3 body. I moved camera closer or away from subject to match scene coverage. Difference between lenses is very subtle. For comparison I added a shot from Nikon 1 J1 camera. As you can see difference is quite substantial. Image quality of NEX is much more pleasing than one from J1. Yet, both cameras greatly mi...