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This is the complete Edition, and, to my mind, should be in a museum.
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I’ve seen this camera for sale a few times on Amazon and eBay, but never with the full three lens kit and the Billingham case. All equipment, including three lenses, came in a Billingham hand-made hard canvas and leather equipment case. It includes a standard black polycarbonate ETR Si body with gold commemorative plate below the shutter speed dial. The William Fox Talbot 150th Anniversary Special Edition ETR Si was launched in 1990, this particular kit is the 18th out of a total production run of just 150. Clearly this was as a result of failure to predict and invest in the new digital technology, something that seemed to be against the fundamental Bronica philosophy of simplicity the original cameras didn’t even require a battery as all the mechanisms were mechanical. Bronica’s last model the RF645 was discontinued by Tamron in October 2005. Bronica cameras were used by wedding and portrait photographers for many years and their relative affordability also made them popular with amateur photographers.īronica later manufactured their own lenses but in July 1995 Tamron, another lens manufacturer, acquired Zenza Bronica Ltd. Zenza Bronica medium format cameras employ a modular design: the major components of the camera - lens, body, film back, and viewfinder - are separate and interchangeable. With its superb, precision-ground Nikkor lenses, the first Bronica became an instant success. But because Yoshino had invested nearly all company resources into production of the camera body, he sourced the lenses from Nikon, an established Japanese optics and camera manufacturer. The name ‘Bronica’ may have originated from ‘Brownie Camera’. Zenza Bronica cameras first appeared in 1958 when its founder, Zenzaburo Yoshino developed a camera of his own design. This article gives a short history of Bronica and provides details of this Special Edition Bronica ETR Si (6×4.5) that I have the pleasure to play with before it is sold. Many years ago I used to shoot with a Bronica SQAm (6×6) where I learned to love the square format and appreciated the quality that medium format offers. A friend asked me if I knew anybody that might want to buy her camera, after a short conversation, I got very interested indeed! What she has to offer is the highly collectable and rare Fox Talbot 150th Anniversary camera kit by Zenza Bronica.