Saturday, January 18, 2014

Zenza Bronica ETR with Zenzanon Bronica 75mm f/2.8 MC







Zenza Bronica ETR

Style: 6 x 4.5 medium format SLR (120)
Prisms/focusing aids: interchangeable waistlevel finder, diagonal split-image rangefinder with microprism collar
Metering: n/a
Shutter speeds: 8 seconds - 1/500 second plus bulb (electronic leaf in lens)
Power: PX28/544, battery check.
Self timer: N/A

Instruction manual:
Butkus.

This is a great, solid medium format camera, and they are fantastic bargains. You can get this set-up for about $300. The diagonal split-image rangefinder is smart, I wish more cameras used them to minimize needing to turn the camera to focus. They are more necessary on the waistlevel cameras though.

Lens: Zenzanon Bronica 75mm f/2.8 MC
Filter: 58mm
Close focus: 2 feet/0.6 meters
Aperture range: f/2.8 - f/22
Aperture blades: 5 blades rounded

I quite like this lens. The close focus is great. I've read the later PE and EII versions of this lens are better, but I like this version just fine. All of the Bronica 75mm lenses are under $80, so they are steals.

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1 comment:

  1. Very neat - so... the electronic leaf shutter in lens...
    the battery's in the body, I presume? What kind of battery (i.e., modern/readily available or old-school)?

    The prices are astonishing - 'specially for the glass. I presume this is due to the 6 x 4.5 cm format(?)

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