Can't help with the Bronica, but I recently decided to scratch a long-standing
itch and get a Mamiya RB67 outfit, made all the more feasible by incredibly low
prices for some of the older gear. Through a couple of months and a dozen
transactions of careful *Baying, and for an expenditure of less than $2000, I
managed to get a LNIB RB67 with WL finder, 50mm, 90mm, 127mm and 180mm
Mamiya-Sekor C lenses, a 4.5x6cm back, 2 6x7cm backs, L2 prism finder, with
magnifier, chimney hood, adjustable handle grip, and a set of extension tubes.
The lenses are incredibly sharp, and since they have leaf shutters, I've got
flash sync from 1 to 1/400 sec. I'm actually enjoying using this outfit more
than I am the E-1. It just seems more like REAL photography. :-)
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: "james olson" <james_olson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I currently have an old Bronica S2 with a few of the great Nikon lenses, as
> well as a Rolleflex TLR. The Bronica has a flash sync of 1/30, which is too
> slow for a lot of portraiture and other photography. And I just don't use
> the Rolleiflex TLR.
>
> I'm considering selling both cameras and purchasing a Bronica SQ-A. Does
> anyone on this list have experience with the camera, or any other 6x6 such
> as a Hasselblad, Rolleflex SL-66, Mamiya, etc.? I'm sure the Bronica SQ
> series has good lenses, but I'm just fishing for any opinions on the camera.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James Olson.
>
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