Bronica s repair manual11/27/2022 ![]() That seemed to be a fantastic price to me because I had seen just the camera in other shops for quite a lot more than that. Although that was a very good price for what looked to be a excellent quality unit, I found the same shop also had a speed grip, AE-II finder and 40 mm f/4.0 wide angle lens for only another £155, so I could get the whole kit for £305. It was a few days ago that I found an example of a Bronica ETRsi on the London Camera Exchange website for what I considered to be the amazing price of £150 for the complete kit of the body, 120 film back, 75 mm PE f/2.8 lens and waist level finder. Because of that, I was mostly looking at the camera stores to see what they had to offer. My experience of buying fairly cheap cameras for my vintage collection from eBay has taught me that most people who sell on that platform don’t know too much about the things they sell.Īnother problem with eBay of course is that there is no proper guarantee (I know it’s possible to return a blatantly faulty unit, but that doesn’t always work because sometimes eBay sellers just disappear, and anyway I don’t want to get into a long argument about ‘working’ v ‘faulty’). To be honest, after I’d done my research, any of the cameras I had on my shortlist would almost certainly have given great results and been a good choice, so in the end it mostly came down to a question of cost.Īlthough I could find examples of what appeared to be good cameras on eBay I was a bit reluctant to spend a couple of hundred pounds on a second-hand camera from that site. That actually didn’t really influence the choice because it wasn’t a decisive factor in any of the models’ favour, but it was still a useful fact to find out. It became apparent that I didn’t need film backs which would take 220 film because it turns out that 220 film, although twice the length of 120 film, is about 3 times the cost. Pictures of the Bronica ETRsi Bronica ETRsi Rear view of ETRsi Side view of Bronica ETRsi Lens removed Film back for Bronica ETRsi Film back open With eye level viewfinder View finder Bronica ETRsi Medium Format CameraĪs I was deciding which camera to get one of my initial ‘requirements’ disappeared from the list. Well, after a lot of deliberation, internet research, pouring over specs and countless online searches for second-hand cameras, I finally made a decision and a couple of days ago I bought a Bronica ETRsi 645 format camera. At the time I had narrowed my choice down to a few models and was deciding which I should settle on. A few weeks ago I wrote a post about which medium format camera to buy myself for a Christmas present. ![]()
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