What is your opinion on Bronica SQ-A?

brian steinberger

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beemermark said:
Like what?
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There's a pin that detects the AE prism on the SQ-A body-- that pin makes a simple contact inside the body, and that contact can get dirty, or out of alignment, and the body will only fire at 1/500th speed. Put an AE prism on it, and the camera starts firing at the correct speeds.

At least that's what went wrong with my SQ-A.
 

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Simple fix. Not like your camera became a $600 boot angle. Are Hasselblads more reliable. Based on long ago experience I don't think so, and they are way more expensive for simple maintenance.
 

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beemermark said:
Simple fix. Not like your camera became a $600 boot angle. Are Hasselblads more reliable. Based on long ago experience I don't think so, and they are way more expensive for simple maintenance.
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Indeed. And I've never been told I need to have my Bronica serviced on a frame bending jig.
 

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I have both an SQ-A and 500CM. I can’t tell them apart qualitatively up to 11x14 or crops that would otherwise be the equivalent to 16x20. I use the SQ when I need to work faster (because I use it with an AE finder), but it I don’t need to I’ll use the 500CM. Image quality doesn’t factor in.
 
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