On 6/26/2019 09:05:45, Steve Cottrell wrote:
Update.
The Young Man has decided to keep it simple and despite your generous offers
has nabbed some kit from eekbay.
A Bronica 645 body, waist level finder, 2 x 120 film backs, speedgrip and 2
lenses - 75mm and 50mm. The seller apparently threw in 20 rolls of col neg and
a Western Euromaster IV meter (with invercone). Condition is pretty good with
some of it boxed, Glass all good. He paid 320 GBP which, based on completed
listings, seems good.
I'm amazed that in this digital age, good old film seems to be making a bit of
a renaissance - and in a 25 yr old off his own back ??
Hopefully dad will get a play with it all.....
Don't know which he got, but there are several Bronica models based on the
original Zenza ETR [ETR, ETRS, ETRSi] and all of them require a special battery.
The speedgrip conceals the battery compartment. If that battery goes dead
EVERYTHING stops working. It's not a problem unless you don't know it's there.
If he didn't get a paper manual to go with his kit, here's an on-line version
that shows were to put the battery in.
https://www.butkus.org/chinon/bronica/bronica_etr/bronica_etr.htm
I have an ETRS because there were no second-hand Pentax 645s available for love
nor money when I had to have a medium format for school.
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