That had to take a big bite out of the medium format world. At the time few people could understand a $30,000 "digital film back", fewer still could understand why if you bought a back for a Mamiya it wouldn't work on any other camera.Ĭosts and usability really hurt medium format and I believe that if a camera like the $13,900 H4 was around at the time of the first 1ds, Canon would not have grabbed most professional photographers, though the real nail in the coffin was how quickly the wedding guys adopted digital. I think in some ways we all lost out when digital came about, especially for medium format. I look at those cameras sometimes when we move stuff around in storage and I feel a slight twinge of sadness that they are dormant, but what's done is done and there is no going back. I asked about Bronica making autofocus and they said it couldn't be done with leaf shutter lenses. ![]() Contax was then the darling of the 645 world with autofocus, a few people tried the Pentax and the H-1 was on the horizon. Years ago the Bronica/Tamron people contacted me, but I kind of realized it was a camera line that did not have any money development. The mid level motor that used AA batteries was the best and the system was very good. Quote from: bcooter on February 03, 2011, 08:57:11 pm The Bronica had a removable finder, Leaf Seiko shutter lenses, and a detachable motor. I think that limits you to an older Aptus.Īlso if you look around there are real camera repair centers that can calibrate your lenses to match the focus of your back and adapter.īTW: etrsi (645) lenses will not work on the SQ (square). If you use the Bronica and shoot people I would suggest a back that doesn't require that wake up cable. They also had twice the build quality of the early Mamiya 645 lenses.įor digital I went to the Contax because it had a digital interface and didn't require a sync cable. The lenses were sharp, had a slight soft wrap and much less contrast that a lot of lenses, i.e. The only repairs I ever required was the lenses need some grafite on the return spring every year or so, which cost like a buck to have done. It was a real complete system that was left to languish under many owners hands until Tamron finally let it die. Bronica also had high eye level finders, auto finders, etc. Shot a million ads with this and had mine modified to take some of the lubricant out of the lenses so they would focus fast. ![]() The Bronica had a removable finder, Leaf Seiko shutter lenses, and a detachable motor.
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