#Bronica sq a 6x7 full

#Bronica sq a 6x7 full

Lens are fab and I love using the 105mm f2.4 and the camera has a full range of lens from fisheye to 800mm + so cover nearly all your uses. The Pentax 67II is a completly revamped camera with all new electronics and aperture priorty and other things to make it work easier. The orginal 6x7 which can be bought very cheaply but probably worth avoiding the revamped Pentax 67 and finally the Pentax 67IIĪll are battery dependant, nearly all of the Pentax 67 will have been modified, at the factory, so that the Bulb exposure is mecahnical other wise I think on a full battery you'll get 5 hours out of it. I can't really tell you what to buy it's just my perspective and you should do some of your own research to see if it fits your needs. Some of the more unusual films backs like the the 6x4.5cm one and the two 35mm ones (24x36 and 24x56 pano), new focus screens, speed grip, metered prisms are harder to get if you need them right now. Lenses, bodies and film backs aren't uncommon though harder to find than more popular systems (Pentax, Hasselblad, Mamiya). The only problem is with finding a readily available supply of accessories for the system. I couldn't find anything terrible said about the Bronica SQ-Ai during research other than people saying it's no hasselblad but that referred mainly to aesthetics and lack of metal rather than image quality from the lenses which is considered on par with the Zeiss stuff. Having held the camera i can't imagine lugging around anything heavier. Weight, one often overlooked but important, the SQ-Ai is probably the lightest MF SLR as the body is mainly polycarbonate rather than metal, this doesn't bother me though but might bother others who prefer mostly metal.

Some Bronica bits are expensive, like the AE Metered prism head, and film backs are a little pricy in the £50-90 range, but that's more of an issue if you want multiple backs. The things that swayed me in the Bronica direction were obviously cost, i bought a prism head, body, 80mm PS lens and a 120 film back for about £400 a good £200-300 less than a 500C/M, i could buy the 40mm lens with that extra money whereas a Zeiss one for the 'blad is about £600-700 alone. If you have the money to spend the Hasselblad is the better system i won't deny that.

The big advantage i could see was the large range of accessories and bits for the Hasselblad as the company is still around and the old stuff is very popular keeping it in circulation. I researched the Hasselblad (and every other MF SLR i could find) and while it's certainly the better camera you pay for it, and if you want anything other than the standard 80mm lens you'll be paying through the nose for it. I've bought a Bronica SQ-Ai myself this week so i'm slightly biased in that direction.