These two changes were enough to make me feel very excited about photography again. You see, my Sony digital camera didn’t support square format natively. Yes, you have a grid that helps a bit, but the stored photo (both RAW and JPEG) was your traditional 3 by 2. I began what turned out to be a very quick search: there’s nothing in the digital world using a square sensor that I could afford.įilm had to be it, then.Įven post-processing the photo would mean you are “wasting” a third of your sensor (16MP 1×1 instead of the 24MP 3×2). Not being able to use different lenses, a not very bright finder, a very desatisfying shutter… TLRs: I already had one at home (Rolleiflex) that I didn’t enjoy using. Hasselblad: this one seemed to be my dream camera, but it was way too expensive. This was going to be my first film camera for “serious” use, I wasn’t sure if it was going to work out.īut then, I learned about this Japanese brand that made some medium format cameras similar to the Hasselblads, and they had a few 6×6 cameras that’d fit my budget!Įnter the Bronica SQ-Ai: my favorite camera, ever. The front of the camera is very simple, on the bottom right (when you are holding it) is the shutter. You can (and should) lock it when the camera isn’t being used. Not because it could fire (it won’t if you have the dark slide in), but it will drain the battery if for some reason it gets pressed in a backpack or somewhere like that. Moving to the left side of the camera, you have the switch to take the lens off (top left). Then the shutter speed dial, a very – for some reason – satisfying one to use.
Bronica sq a vs sq ai Pc#
Bronica sq system Pc#īronica SQ-Ai – Kit (left)Īlso present on this side, cable release socket and PC flash sync that I haven’t used.Īnd finally, on the bottom right of the picture above, a button that releases the film back. Moving onto the right side, we find another switch (top right), in this case to take the finder off. We see another two switches, one for multiple exposures and another one to lock the mirror up – single or continuous. I always use this for low shutter speed shots, or when taking long exposures. I’m not sure if this is a “feature” of the camera or mine is defective, but if the shutter is not cocked and you flip the mirror up, it won’t let you take a picture and you’ll lose a frame when you wind the film. To do so, finally, we have the wind-on lever. On the bottom, we have the tripod socket, the battery compartment and some connections to use with a speed grip accessory. The camera takes LR-44 batteries, and fortunately I can’t tell you how long they last because I’ve run 100+ rolls through this camera over the last 6 months and it’s still running with the batteries it came with!Īs you might imagine, the finder takes all the space on the top of the camera.
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