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Arfd
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Username: Arfd
Post Number: 24
Registered: 01-2013
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 06, 2013 - 04:03 pm: | 
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With top class 645-format gear now available for reasonable prices, what is the opinion of aficionados with respect of the relative merits, or lack thereof, of Bronica 645 models vs Mamiya models? |
Finnegan
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Username: Finnegan
Post Number: 269
Registered: 09-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 06, 2013 - 06:00 pm: |
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Bronica is the way to go. Very cheap now. Full flash synchro at any speed. Components are cheaper to buy used and working than get busted ones repaired. I go for the ETRs because it is the upgrade from the original ETR but the ETRsi was downgraded a bit by making some parts plastic so the latest is not the greatest.
The plus on the Mamiya is you can adapt other lenses to it. Components may be higher priced on the bits that can be used on the digital Mamiya. |
Paul_ron
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Username: Paul_ron
Post Number: 299
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 08, 2013 - 10:06 pm: |
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Even thiough I repair the Mamiyas.. I love L O V E my Bronica ETRS for street n hand held work. It;s such a lady of cameras. Speed grip, focusing lever n prism.. you will have lots of fun n get great results sicne the leaf shutter is speed controlled by the body unlike Mamiyas where each lens' shutter may vary in speeds depending on last CLA n age. |
