My newly acquired Bronica S2 is a brute. Not only in terms of weight but the sound of the shutter going off is impressive. I bought it used from a camera store that I won’t use anymore because they clearly hadn’t checked it ( or maybe they did) but it didn’t focus correctly. This is a common problem with these cameras and is usually because the foam that situates the focusing screen deteriorates and correct focus is no longer possible. I could have sent it back but I liked the camera so I paid to have KEH fix and now it’s perfect. Funny story - when I got the camera from the unmentioned horrible reseller they hadn’t even cleared out the film that was still in the back - 120 Kodachrome! This hasn’t been manufactured in years telling you how long this camera sat without being used.

The camera is all mechanical - no light meter or film advance. They sometimes refer to this as the Japanese Hasselblad. It takes medium format film ( either 120 or 220). Here are some hot off the press pictures I took today

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