Bronica gs-1

New to medium format, are the older ETR MC lenses compatible with the
Bronica GS-1? Found a couple at a good price, but can not find any real
docs on the differences.
Thanks
Billg24

No.

ETR, SQ & GS all take different lenses.


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New to medium format, are the older ETR MC lenses compatible with the
Bronica GS-1? Found a couple at a good price, but can not find any real
docs on the differences.
Thanks
Billg24

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 05:21:04 UTC, "billg24" wrote:

New to medium format, are the older ETR MC lenses compatible with the
Bronica GS-1? Found a couple at a good price, but can not find any real
docs on the differences.

After all, the GS is 6x7, compared to that the ETR could nearly be called
'half-frame' at 6x4.5. So the GS lenses have to cover a much larger circle.

But I find that there are quite a lot of used 'PG' type lenses for the GS
around (and usually at much better prices than for the SQ system sigh).

If weight doesn't matter, I'd take a look at the Mamiya 6x7 (RB/RZ)
cameras. They're much heavier, but you can find lots of them used, all
kinds of accessories, and they've got the turning film magazine which
allows you to take portrait format shots without having to see the
viewfinder image upside down ;-).

Hartmut
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I think the RB/RZ systems are far more versatile and better supported.
RB in particular is a mechanical system and unless weight is at a real
premium, I'd leave the Bronica lines alone.

They are well made cameras with good optics: however they are
electronic, they offer no compelling advantage over competing systems
and there's no interchangeability at all between them.

If you don't really need 6x7-as in, really-Hasselblad is hands down a
better option if you need a SLR. I'm seriously contemplating buying a
new Rollei TLR despite the ridiculous price, I value its quietness and
simplicity so much. I've looked at Peter Gowland's offerings, but
they're just way too big and conspicuous.