He gave me a partial refund for the lens and I bought a home made dark slide off ebay. Iv'e since sold the camera and bought a 500 C/M.
I entirely disagree with S2A over EC. EC has far less mirror slap. Lenses are the same for both. Mirror is one point of concern, perhaps as EC has split mirror design (which makes it work so much sweeter over S2) while S2 shoots the whole one-piece. However, while the EC is a lift/drop arrangement (depending which part of mirror we're looking at), S2 is slide down out-of-way, unique in both cases. But the biggest issue on EC is that bottom, much smaller, mirror can often be found with damage, from scratches to cracks, so be sure to see photos of the mirrors to see it is not scratched. This is coming from 100 lens and its peculiar design in EC set-up and it must be dismounted in a different way from rest of the lenses, or it will hit the mirror for sure.
Not true at all, conical knob is on early models, then squarish one was put on S2 and as far I could tell, exact same knob is on the S2A, Not to mention knobs can be changed. If SN does not end with S2A (both, body and backs had that) it becomes a matter of late SN numbers, short of stripping body naked to check gear material. I think SN did not reach 200XXX on the body before production stopped.
Perhaps we're not seeing squarish the same way. sides of the knob are almost parallel, that is what I meant. And that is a newer knob.
If you had that 150 on auction with no or low reserve, than it is always a gamble with final price directly related to that moment of interest and from what kind of crowd. If you had it for BIN at 100-120, it was rather a sell if in great condition. But US market is vastly different from say Europe where Bronicas are on a different (low/scarce) supply level and prices are 30-50% higher. But similar difference applies to most photographic gear.
Sure, the small access point in the back that allows camera's pin to make it "life" upon mounting needs a little poker to press in and slide is off. Same needs to be done for reinsertion of slide, in reverse of course.
, PeterI am still here but everything has changed since I posted. Since then I have purchased and sold all the cameras mentioned and then some. What I have now is a Hassy 500 C/M, Kowa Six, Kodak Medalist II, Minolta Autocord, Rolleiflex 2.8C and E, I am still looking for a deal on a Bronica EC, but I only buy cameras at a price I can resell for a profit or for what I paid for it. The one I have owned and regret selling is a Mamiya 7, It was fantastic, but I didn't want to have that much money tied up in one camera that would be on display most of the time, and it's not that interesting looking for display like the others. I will be selling either the Rolleiflex 2.8 C or E but haven't decided on which one yet. They both are in excellent condition but have a flaw which will be described fully when up for sale.^Thanks for the reply , I hope the OP is still watching this thread
The EC&TL does appear t have gone up. Then I got 2 film backs in top shape for about $85 each delivered (hard to find them especially without leatherette shrinking away, and visibly so). But whatever caused prices to creep up, it becomes more of a constant game waiting for that widow getting rid of late husband's collection.
It wasn't just my lens though. I saw others go for that low price at that time. I used to be an eBay Seller of film photographic gear and knew what current prices were then. Of course prices change over time. Well, it was an N back, so not so much. Then it was older one with single lock. Then seller tricked buyers with title for a W, then showed an N.
The back clearly has an N on side, and seller conveniently did not show the other side of film holder
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