Tag
medium format slr.
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Guides
8- How to tell a Bronica S2 from a Bronica S2A: an identification guide (with the usual debates) Practical guide to identifying a Bronica S2 vs S2A by serial number, winding knob, knob centre and neck strap lugs, with caveats about disputed claims.
- Bronica S2A in-depth review and shoot: the Japanese Hasselblad and the satisfying car-door-slam shutter Hands-on review of the Bronica S2A 6x6 medium format SLR, with side-by-side comparison to the Bronica S2 and an abstract garage shoot demonstration.
- Kiev 60 review: not a Pentacon Six copy, and arguably the better camera The Kiev 60 is dismissed as a Soviet Pentacon Six copy. It is neither a copy nor a worse camera. With Carl Zeiss Jena glass it is genuinely excellent.
- Kowa Six review: a great camera, until I broke it The Kowa Six is a Japanese 6x6 SLR from the late 60s. Lovely portraits in the right hands. Mine gummed up after two rolls. Know this before you buy.
- Mamiya 645J review: a budget classic I really liked, but eventually sold on The Mamiya 645J is the budget Mamiya 645. Cracking little camera, great lenses, comfortable handling. I sold mine to keep the Bronica ETRS instead.
- Medium format film cameras: a guide to what is out there beyond the top-ten lists A guide to medium format film cameras by category. Not a best-of list. A map of what exists, is cheap, and gets overlooked by top-ten lists.
- Pentacon Six TL review: cheap, capable, and only as good as the lens you put on it Pentacon Six TLs are everywhere and they're cheap, which is the bit that matters. The body is fine. The Carl Zeiss lenses are the reason to buy in.
- Rolleiflex SLX review: the auto-winding 6x6 I decided to keep Review of the Rolleiflex SLX, a 1976 auto-winding electronic 6x6 SLR with shutter priority auto exposure, leaf shutter lens and a notable battery problem.