Bronica

Zenza Bronica is a trademark of the former Japanese camera manufacturer Bronica, which was to become the lens manufacturer Tamron 1995, and were sold under the to 2005 medium format cameras.

Camera models

In 1959, the manufacturer, then family, with the production of single-lens reflex system roll film cameras with bayonet mount for Nikon supplied supplied medium-format Nikkor lenses (models deLuxe, S, S2, C, S2A, EC and EC -TL). As a special feature, they had a focal plane shutter, a complex reflex mirror mechanism in which the mirror was not only folded, but also moved backward so that lenses were possible, which penetrated deeply into the camera, a device from a preparation of the film magazines independently closure stress state allowed ( unlike eg the Hasselblad ) and a bayonet, which had two different mounts for lenses. The EC- TL was already equipped with TTL metering. This series was discontinued in the early 1980s and replaced by the SQ.

Among the well-known recent Zenza Bronica medium format cameras include the reflex ( SLR) of the ETR series ( ETRS, ETRSi ) with film format 4,5 x6 cm, the SQ (SQ -A, SQ -Ai, SQ -B) series with film format 6x6 cm and the GS ( GS-1 ) series with film format 6x7 cm. All the above-mentioned SLRs recent series based on leaf shutter lenses.

The accompanying interchangeable lenses hot Zenzanon; to distinguish the series Zenzanon PE, PS and Zenzanon Zenzanon PG.

In addition, the end of the 90s was 5 released with the RF 645 a roll film viewfinder camera for the format of 6x4, with their own interchangeable lenses. The end of 2004 the SLR series ETR, SQ and GS end of 2005, the RF 645 were hired,