Post Bronica Photos... Any format. I just want to see Bronica photos

Shab said:
It's a pleasure Colton.

I think on you a lot, like I think on different members of this forum (lynnb, Helen, Ko.Fe., rhl-oregon, Richard G, robert blu, Rangefinder 35, Vince Lupo, Pan, CharlesDAMorgan, Peter_S, peter, etc.). There some moments I think in one of you, I don't know why, sometimes when I see the waves in the Sea I think on Lynn, because his great pictures about these big waves... it's an example.

After I think it would be fine to write something and share with you my thoughts... but I usually don't have time. Sorry.

And when I read about your situation I felt like a big knock... and I specially thought on you and your family, community...

A big hug Colton...
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Xabier,
The internet can be an amazing way of bringing people from all over the world in so many positive ways. Living with ALS, I don't physically see or talk to many people throughout the year. Mostly my family and then maybe 3 or 4 friends.
But because of the internet and a few forums like this one, I actually have hundreds of friends all over the world. I am very grateful for those friendships , and I count you and others here among those friends.
Thank you for your kind thoughts, and for being a friend.
 
I think I didn't share this one:


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Bronica SQ-B + PS80mm 2.8 + Orange filter + Tri-X
 
One portrait from some years ago:


"Around the Sea"


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Bronica SQ-B + PS65mm F4 + Ilford FP4 Plus


Some words:
"It was afternoon and we were walking around the sea. There were some surfers looking at the sea. There weren't good waves but they were with their surf tables, like waiting for them.

Then I saw this boy, he was in his world. I liked the scene, so I measured the light, took the camera and made the portrait.

I used the Bronica SQ-B qith the PS65mm F4 lens. It was so sharp and clinic that I didn't like it. After some time I bought the Bronica EC with the Nikkor-P 75mm 2.8. This is older, bigger and heavier camera and its viewfinder isn't so good as in the SQ-B, but the feeling while I use it and above all, the picture I create with it has a lot more characther (I think so).

So, when I see this portrait I think: "Oh! If I would had the EC...". But all in all, I love this portrait, it brings me to a "peaceful" moment.

Is it the same for you?"
 
How are you guys liking your bronicas? I've always hesitated buying one because of the "in the lens" leaf shutter. I was always worried about them malfunctioning because of extra connections like that.
 
Forest_rain said:
How are you guys liking your bronicas? I've always hesitated buying one because of the "in the lens" leaf shutter. I was always worried about them malfunctioning because of extra connections like that.
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No worrying except that you'd have to wonder the same thing with a Hasselbad, Rollei, Mamiya 6&7, Plaubel Makina, ...and a ton of view cameras too since all use leaf shutter lenses.

Bronicas use a Seiko #0 shutter, which is not rocket science to fix.

On the other hand, it makes daylight fill flash a breeze.
 
Shab said:
One portrait from some years ago:


"Around the Sea"


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Bronica SQ-B + PS65mm F4 + Ilford FP4 Plus


Some words:
"It was afternoon and we were walking around the sea. There were some surfers looking at the sea. There weren't good waves but they were with their surf tables, like waiting for them.

Then I saw this boy, he was in his world. I liked the scene, so I measured the light, took the camera and made the portrait.

I used the Bronica SQ-B qith the PS65mm F4 lens. It was so sharp and clinic that I didn't like it. After some time I bought the Bronica EC with the Nikkor-P 75mm 2.8. This is older, bigger and heavier camera and its viewfinder isn't so good as in the SQ-B, but the feeling while I use it and above all, the picture I create with it has a lot more characther (I think so).

So, when I see this portrait I think: "Oh! If I would had the EC...". But all in all, I love this portrait, it brings me to a "peaceful" moment.

Is it the same for you?"
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I like your story about this photo Xabier. It's a great portrait.
One of the reasons that I switched from shooting digital to shooting film, is that from shooting film I learned to be happy with the shot I had got and not just see the flaws. In a way, you get what you get, learn from mistakes, and go from there. I guess what I'm saying is that you should be very happy with that photo, and in making it you learned that you might have preferred a different lens, but the photo isn't "worse" because the lens you used.
In a strange way, I sometimes prefer cameras like a Rolleiflex where you can't switch lenses and you just learn how that one lens works and never worry about switching lenses 🙂
 
Forest_rain said:
How are you guys liking your bronicas? I've always hesitated buying one because of the "in the lens" leaf shutter. I was always worried about them malfunctioning because of extra connections like that.
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I think that generally, most medium format SLR systems with in lens shutters are probably as reliable or more reliable than their focal plane shutter counterparts. Obviously this blanket statement won't hold true for every "x camera" vs "y camera", but I think in general leaf shutters aren't any less reliable than focal plane shutters.
Most of what I've read, the Bronica ETR series and SQ series cameras are very reliable cameras.
 
Forest_rain said:
How are you guys liking your bronicas? I've always hesitated buying one because of the "in the lens" leaf shutter. I was always worried about them malfunctioning because of extra connections like that.
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I have both an S2 and S2a (both with focal plane shutters) and they work great. You may have to get used to that big ‘fwap!’ emanating from the shutter and mirror, but really it’s not bad at all. I kinda like it - feels and sounds 'reassuring', if that makes any sense. The view from the waist-level finder is great (and I wear glasses), the view from the 90-degree prism finder is a bit squinty and not of much use to me. I’m lucky in that both cameras are good ones - there are plenty of not so good ones out there that need service, particularly the S2’s. I just had mine completely overhauled by pretty much the only fellow who is still working on them, Frank Marshman, and honestly I’m now thinking of selling the black S2a and keeping the chrome S2, it’s that nice. The lenses are amazing - the 75/2.8, the 50/3.5 (which close-focuses to 6") and the 200/4 Nikkors are real jewels, at least I think they are. And they are inexpensive now, which is a bonus.

My S2 - that Bronica S2 grip is especially nice to have:


Bronica S2 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr
 
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