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In practical terms the Bronica SQAi 250 mm lens will get you 3 mtrs closer to your subject at the closes point of focus.
The only way to know if the lens will do what you need is to try one out.
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Thank you Marty, I think that a 250mm is what I need to find to make it worthwhile, in the meantime it will have to be back to 35mm format as I have the lenses for that, I’m just rather smitten with the 6x6 format and the rather satisfying ’clunk’ of the bronica 😊 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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I always like 50mm 150mm 250mm for medium format
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I used to use a Bronica with the 40mm because I couldn't afford the Hasselblad SWC I trained on. It was rather good - rectilinear and sharp to the corners. Then my grandchildren arrived and I bought the 150mm. The 'clunk' prevented multiple shots of the little angels - after the first clunk, their faces never showed that lovely glow again.
Watch out for the Bronica shutter battery drain in really frosty weather. The only warning of imminent failure is in the instruction manual, nowhere on the camera. I swapped it for cash and a Hasselblad outfit, at a rock-bottom price in 2009 when many pros decamped to d.... It's much quieter and it's easier to lock up the mirror if you're doing babies. Or squirrels. The Zeiss lenses are horrendously expensive and the early 50mm Distagon was a real disappointment. |
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The Bronica makers sold a battery holder that you placed in a warm, inside jacket pocket. A lead from this led out from under your clothing to a dummy battery that had contacts on each end that when placed into the camera battery compartment supplied the necessary power in cold weather.
A simple enough accessory suitable for DIY. I never had any problems, but never experienced Arctic travel, just the snowy Lake District tops in the middle of winter. Cheers.
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Not in the grandma category as yet! Anything squirrel sized is way to fast and tends to be in very inaccessible places. The Highland Coos up here are made of sterner stuff, I think it would require quite a bit more noise (Dounreay going bang!) to make one of the critters blink, let alone any thing else, they look at me with total disdain when I stand by the fence waving greenery in an effort to get the close up shot whilst holding cable release in the other hand and squinting into the camera praying the wretched creature is in shot, and hoping I don’t drop my glasses! Still love that clunk though 🤓 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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I had the 150mm, 250mm, and 500mm lenses at one time. I found I didn't use the 500mm much due to size constraints. The 150mm and 250mm lenses have fairly long minimum focusing distances, which is worth baring in mind depending on your usage.
If I were to get back into needing longer focal lengths with my Bronica system I would consider trying to get hold of the 180mm f/4.5 which can focus down to a meter but seems to be very rare. |
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