Time Exposure on Bronica SQB & 80 mm Lens

Does anyone know a work-around to get a bulb-time exposure on a Bronica
SQB with its normal 80mm lens? The 65 mm lens, yes. My three-year old
Bronica will not do longer than 8 seconds. Multiple tripping will
ultimately shake the camera too much. May have to just break down and
buy a used lens.

Appreciate your help.

Dave

I sent an answer to you on the Digital newsgroup which you posted your question
on.

Wilt, I appreciate your help. I'll look carefully at the lens again,
but even the instr manual says it can't be done. That's why I asked if
anyone knew of a "work-around." I took it in for repair Thursday
(won't advance the film properly) to an authorized Bronica/Tamron repair
station, and the man said it can't be done. There is no "T" or "B" on
the shutter speed dial.

Dave



Dave wrote:

Does anyone know a work-around to get a bulb-time exposure on a Bronica
SQB with its normal 80mm lens? The 65 mm lens, yes. My three-year old
Bronica will not do longer than 8 seconds. Multiple tripping will
ultimately shake the camera too much. May have to just break down and
buy a used lens.

Appreciate your help.

Dave

authorized Bronica/Tamron repair
station, and the man said it can't be done. There is no "T" or "B" on
the shutter speed dial.

The 'T' control ***is on the lens***, it is a feature of the Seiko 0 shutter.
You set the lens control, then you fire the shutter, then the shutter remains
open until you push the 'T' control back into the normal operating position.
It helps to block the lens with a black cloth just before you close the 'T'
control, so that any lights are not smeared on the film by the act of moving
the 'T' control back into the normal operating position.

On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 00:55:05 UTC, (Wilt W) wrote:

authorized Bronica/Tamron repair
station, and the man said it can't be done. There is no "T" or "B" on
the shutter speed dial.

The 'T' control ***is on the lens***, it is a feature of the Seiko 0 shutter.

....which was stripped by the beancounters when they looked at the PS-_B_ 80
mm lens. (Otherwise, you're right, but this won't help the OP, as he said,
his 65mm lens has the 'T' feature, the 80mm 'B' hasn't).
And the same goes for the 'B'-setting on the SQ-B body. So, you're stuck.

The only reasonable way to solve this would be to look for a full-featured
80mm lens. Even using a real sturdy tripod and good (not-too-stiff) cable
release and firing the 8 seconds several times in multiple-exposure mode
would still leave the problem of cocking the shutter after each shot, which
would easily result in moving the camera too much...

Hartmut

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