Thursday, 23 March 2017

Saying goodbye......

Today i said goodbye to a solid friend and one of my monsters...
  Yes i sold my Bronica S2a kit...  I love the camera, but it also frustrated me absolutely as i struggled to get my head around framing a 6x6 image, i either had far to much foreground, far to much sky, or i cut things off in the vertical plane.
  Im not going to say how much i got for the camera, but i got an ok number, and although if i had of sold it on the likes of ebay i could have gotten much more for it because unlike many that have been online for sale in kits, most had 1 nikkor lens, 1 back and maybe another brand of lens in the kit,  whereas  my now former kit had 2x 120 backs, a pentaprism finder, 75mm Nikkor lens, 5cm Nikkor lens and 200mm Nikkor lens,  and the original Zenza Bronica travel case.
   Im happy with my decision to sell the big girl, but  i hadnt used the camera in 6 or 7 months, and honestly, ive been going for my 645 bag when i grab a medium format camera bag, because although still a big 120 film camera with auto wind and metering, it still slows me down and the image quality is superb.
  The new owner is already planning on giving the Bronny a little birthday by re-lining and restoring the case a little, and using it more than i have and will in the future.
  No regrets for me selling, as i know it will get used, but there will be a soft spot for the Big Bronica for me as a camera that totally re-invested me in film photography...

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