When the father in law of a friend of mine died he left a whole darkroom and a small camera collection. They didn’t know what to do with it so they asked me. And now I’m the proud owner of a fully equipped darkroom and a beautiful Bronica SQ-Ai kit with three lenses. On week #8 I took that beauty out for the first time. I like the results, but I’m not totally sold on the camera. At least with the metered prism it’s a bit hard to use and especially the meter read out is really tiny. But then again, who can argue when it produces results like this?
Bronica SQ-Ai, 110mm f/4, Ilford HP5+, developed & scanned by meinfilmlab.de
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Quite some nice images you shot. Don’t give up on the camera yet as it might surpise you. I own a Bronica ETRs system and albeit I don’t shoot with it that much, when I do I love shooting even more.
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I have three more weeks to show from the SQ-Ai and I’m definitely going to give up on it.
But that metered prism really isn’t that great. Much worse that the AEIII on my ETRSi. Shooting with a WLF is much nicer anyway. Well, the split prism in the middle blacks out a lot. So maybe I need another screen … But then it will be perfect. 😉
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Nice photos! Congratulations on your new darkroom! I shoot 6×4.5 with my Mamiya 1000s.
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I shoot with too many cameras. 😉
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I hear you! I got my collection narrowed down to two Olympus OM1’s, a Mamiya 645 1000s and three DSLR’s. However, I am looking to purchase a RB67. It’s neverending, LoL!
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I did that as well last year. Somehow I went on a buying spree this year however. Not to mention the cameras I got for free. I will have to sell or give away a few soon, I think.
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I’m sure your friends are glad that you are continuing to use the gear! Great shots and enjoy the camera. I had a love-hate relationship with the SQ-Ai, so I passed mine along to Mike Bitaxi who loves it, and it loves him.
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Yes it hope so, too. And I remember you mentioning your issues with it on the podcast.
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