You may want to keep an eye on prices as they continue to drop. I looked in
the case of a local dealer over the weekend and saw a used chrome 50/4.0 for
US$320. Not sure what the UK market is like, but my standing joke is that in
about ten years I expect to go to a rummage sale and find a box under a
table with a sign on it saying "Old camera equipment -- make offer!!" and
find in that box a complete Hasselblad system. Probably an exaggeration, but
it's sad to see all that wonderfully built gear wallowing in the
marketplace. That said, I'm really glad I liquidated my kit before the
digital revolution started in earnest.
FWIW/ScottGee1
On 10/17/05, jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > I was also a Bronica SQ-A system user, with three lenses and a prism
> > finder.
> > I bought it used and never see or heard any film back problem. I didn't
> > use
> > it much but we camera fans here were just talk more than shoot so I also
> > know a little about camera system. The Hass was a system that know to be
> > having many issues with film back especially with matching serial number
> > between back and body, light leak is another problem that I heard but I
> > have
> > never use one.
> >
> > The price of Hass is much higher than Bronica, a basic one lens set can
> > almost buy a three lenses set Bronica here (both used) but I believe the
> > lens quality of Hass will be better.
> >
> > C.H.Ling
>
> I could afford a second hand hassy body but the wides even second hand are
> just too much for me to even dream about
>
> I have recently brought the 6x4.5 bronica etrsi, what attracted me was
> the low second hand prices in KEH for the gear,
> the 100-220 zoom ( I don't use telephoto enough to justify the weight or
> expense of carying round lots of long primes when I can cary around lots
> of prime wides...
> the wide angle lenses go down to 25mm in 35mm equivelent
> reasonably light with interchangable film backs.
> shutter speed selectable down to 8 seconds
> pe lenses have half stops on the appatures and most are 62mm thread
> 105 pe macro goes down to 1:1 (rare for a medium format macro lens)
>
> the only things I don't like are
> 1. the mirror lock up egonomics are clunky and not easy to unlock up the
> mirror without taking a shoot
> 2. the aeIII finder only has a memory lock for only 1 minute
> 3. its not got otf metering
> 4. aeIII display is not a simplt and intuitive as the om3/4 series
>
> I could not see much advantage to going 6x6 since I would need to crop
> anyway to get to a normal aspect ratio but would get less shots on a roll
> compared to a 4.5x6 and pay the price interms of weight and lens cost. The
> 100-220 is also not available for the sq series.
>
> my 0.02 pounds worth
> James
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