#Bronica sq b manuals
The Zenza Bronica GS-1 was discontinued in 2002, and the last Zenza Bronica SLR cameras ( SQ, ETR) were discontinued in October 2004. Bronica SQ-Ai Lenses 50mm f/3.5, 90mm f/2.8, 250mm f/5.6 The Bronica lenses I have are all Zenzanon PS, and are supposed to have slightly better optics and coating than their predecessors, the Zenzanon S. Tamron, a large Japanese lens manufacturer and a supplier of lens elements, eventually acquired Zenza Bronica Ltd. A rangefinder model, the RF645 in 4.5×6cm format, was also introduced in 2000. Over a period of 47 years, the company produced a variety of SLR and rangefinder designs that proved popular with both amateur and professional photographers. Bronica cameras were mainstays of wedding and portrait photographers for many years, and their relative affordability made them popular with amateur photographers as well.Īs the company expanded, Zenza Bronica would later introduce lenses of its own design, along with continued refinements and new models of the Zenza Bronica SLR, in different rollfilm formats. Zenza Bronica or Bronica ( Zenza buronika) was a Japanese brand of professional medium-format roll-film cameras.
#Bronica sq b manual
Bronica manual for SQ / / SQ-A / / SQ-Am / / SQ-Ai / / SQ-B at Mike Butkus. Zenza Bronica SLR cameras employ a modular design: the major components of the camera - lens, body, film back, and viewfinder - are separate and interchangeable. Production of the last Bronica SQ-Ai model (including lenses and accessories. With its superb, precision-ground Nikkor lenses, the first Bronica became an instant success.
Because Yoshino had invested nearly all company resources into production of the camera body, he sourced the Bronica's lenses from an established Japanese optics and camera manufacturer - none other than Nikon (Nippon Kōgaku Kikai). Zenza Bronica cameras first appeared in 1958, when its founder, Zenzaburo Yoshino, introduced a camera of his own design, the Zenza Bronica Z, at the Philadelphia Camera Show.