Bronica Medium Format Owners Thread

[Topsy]

More shenannigins with the SQ-Ai last week, the camera locked up a couple of times when I locked the mirror up resulting in me losing about 4 frames, plus, it had some issues with shutter speeds, it seemed to be defaulting to 1/250th occasionally resulting in some gross underexposure.

Anyway here are some of the useable shots.

Correctly exposed.



Correctly exposed.



Underexposed.



Underexposed.



Underexposed.



Underexposed.



Correctly exposed.



Correctly exposed.

 

[Topsy]

Since my last post on here and the issues I had while using my SQ-Ai, I have identified the issue which is related to the battery compartment not connecting properly (I think it was a poor design it happens on both mt SQ-Ais when I use an arca plate for my tripod, neve happens hand held without the plate). Since I always use a tripod with my Bronicas I have started to use my SQ-B more (I dont get lock ups with this one as is has a simpler battery compartment with only one battery), this week I went out on Dartmoor with it, here are a couple of the shots.

The setup.



The shot.



2nd setup.



The shot.



You can see the full story and photos here https://www.ephotozine.com/user/topsyrm-149719/blog.

 

[zx9]

I still need to investigate the battery terminals in my SQAi, it suffered from leaking cells damaging the contacts just enough for the battery check to work but sufficiently to not let the camera fire. If the camera was that important to me I would get around to it but like you I have a SQB though mine is very underused so the status quo of iffy Bronicas will be maintained for a while.