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

I was actually given a complete Bronica set a while back from my old landlord (two S2's, 5 lenses (including 2 75mm Nikkors, the lovely 50mm Nikkor and a 150mm and 200mm), multiple backs, chimney finder, flashes (which I ended up giving away), a couple different helicoids and a sweet Bellows Attachment for macro photography.

I don't shoot it all the time, but it's a beast and I do like it quite a bit.



Bronica S2, Nikkor-H 50mm f/3.5, Ilford Pan F Plus 50 film.

Unkempt by Khunya Lamat Pan, on Flickr

Bronica S2, Nikkor-H 50mm f/3.5, Ilford Pan F Plus 50 film.

Shiny by Khunya Lamat Pan, on Flickr

Bronica S2, Nikkor-H 50mm f/3.5, Bellows Attachment Type 2.

Carlo Dringenberg by Khunya Lamat Pan, on Flickr

Bronica S2, Nikkor-H 50mm f/3.5, Bellows Attachment Type 2.

20190005 by Khunya Lamat Pan, on Flickr

Bronica S2, Ilford Pan F+ 50.

Ellar Coltrane by Khunya Lamat Pan, on Flickr
 
Film: Kodak Tri-x 400
Camera: Bronica SQ-A
Lens: Zenzanon-PS 80mm 1:2.8
Developer: Kodak XTOL 1+2for 10.5 min @20C
Scanner: Epson Perfection V800 Photo



Film: Kodak Porta 400
Camera: Bronica ETRS
Developer: Colortec C41 Negative Kit
Scanner: Canon CanoScan 9000F


Kodak Porta 160:




 
DuPont State Forest in North Carolina, USA. Bronica S2 + Nikkor 50/3.5; Portra 160; 1/125 at f/22, polarizer. Lab dev & scan. Levels adjusted in post, possibly inadequately. This was a difficult one: the water was blinding white, while the forests on the sides were dense and dark. Glare was surprisingly minimal given this infamous lens.

--Dave


High Falls, Much Sky by Argenticien, on Flickr
 
Argenticien said:
DuPont State Forest in North Carolina, USA. Bronica S2 + Nikkor 50/3.5; Portra 160; 1/125 at f/22, polarizer. Lab dev & scan. Levels adjusted in post, possibly inadequately. This was a difficult one: the water was blinding white, while the forests on the sides were dense and dark. Glare was surprisingly minimal given this infamous lens.

--Dave
High Falls, Much Sky by Argenticien, on Flickr
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Nice work Dave.
You probably could of used f/16 or f/11 and stayed at 1/125s.
I probably would have shot f/11@1/125, or f/22@1/30
 
Swift1 said:
Nice work Dave.
You probably could of used f/16 or f/11 and stayed at 1/125s.
I probably would have shot f/11@1/125, or f/22@1/30
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Thanks Colton. With these waterfall shots, I did color and B&W, stop-motion and blur, and in this case a couple of different compositions of sky vs. water. But I did not truly bracket, as such. I guess in cases like this, I probably should. Although bracketing on 12-exposure MF rolls quickly gets expensive and ties up time loading film...

--Dave
 
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Santa Monica about a week ago. Bronica S2 + Nikkor 50/3.5, Ektar 100, lab dev and scan. About 4 sec (bulb exposure timed by brain, not using a stopwatch), at f/3.5. I had no tripod with me, so I put my camera backpack on the ground and sat the camera atop it (so as not to get sand in the camera).

--Dave


Santa Monica Sunset VI by Argenticien, on Flickr
 
Panoramic from Mount Saint Mary's University up in the Brentwood Hills over L.A. This is two from the Bronica S2, Nikkor 50/3.5, Portra 160, 1/125 @ f/16. Lab dev and scan. Stitched in Photoshop Elements, then cropped a bit. Yes, I know you can't stitch wide shots and should instead strap on the normal lens before panoramificating; hence the bizarre perspective(s).
--Dave


Wonky L.A. Pano by Argenticien, on Flickr
 
At Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico. Bronica S2 + Nikkor 75/2.8, Ilford Pan F 50, 1/500 @ f/5.6, polarizing and yellow filters.

This is totally my go-to medium format kit right now. Can't stop using it. One mistake never to make, and probably obvious if you're not a n00b to the tropics: I had it in my Cancún hotel room, which was air-conditioned to about 18 C, overnight. Then went outside onto the beach to shoot sunrise pictures, not super-hot at about 25 C but at seemingly 9000% relative humidity. It took at least 15 minutes for all the cold, heavy metal and glass (including the massive 50/3.5 lens in that instance) to reach temperature and stop fogging. Lesson learned: plan for time to warm, or keep it equalized outdoors if you have a secure, high-storey balcony.

--Dave


Head on the Wall by Argenticien, on Flickr
 
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