Re: Bronica Medium format

Geoff Berrow <blthecat@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Message-ID: <mg8ic498j7ojv15ummebrbbtdmdqq9kv5c@xxxxxxx> from Bruce
contained the following:

Perhaps the OP could find out which Bronica model he is being offered,
and which lens comes with it?

They are just lovely things to own. I don't think you can say that
about a digital camera. My Rolleicord TLR makes a lovely retro
ornament. :-)


I do have a collection of cameras as ornaments, in fact they are
examples of some of the cameras that I have used over the years,
starting with a Box Brownie, then a Vest Pocket Kodak, through Zenit,
Olympus and Nikon SLRs ... but I don't see the Bronica as a part of
that collection, even though I owned an ETRSi and 40mm, 50mm, 75mm and
150mm lenses.

It just wasn't significant to me in the way that other cameras were,
possibly because the camera body was so light and flimsy. My medium
format selection would be a Hasselblad 503CX and a Yashicamat 124G,
but they aren't quite ready for the glass case just yet!

I have promised myself a Rollei TLR for when I retire, probably an
f/2.8 GX. But that will be to use, not display, and I will also need
to buy a 6x6 enlarger to replace the one I sold ...

If I could choose only one camera and lens I think it would have to be
a Nikon F4 and the 20-35mm f/2.8 AF Nikkor. If allowed a second lens
it would have to be the 85mm f/1.4 AF Nikkor, and a third, probably
the 180mm f/2.8 AF Nikkor (second version).

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