 Ronnie Black |
Bronica or Nikon Help please, my family are going to buy me a good used camera of my choice as a birthday present, I would like to venture into medium format and have been looking at Bronica used equipment that at the moment seems fairly cheap or on the other hand a similar priced good Nikon F 100 . At the moment I use a Nikon f75 with various lenses. Any advice on these cameras would be very appreciated . Thanks in advance Ronnie.
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Michael H. Cothran |
One issue is whether or not you plan to stay in film or convert to digital sometime soon. If you plan to stay with film for a few years, then medium format delivers far superior image quality, and Bronicas are as cheap as they come, while still offering pretty good image quality. But even here, you have to ask yourself what you are going to use the camera for? For nature, landscape, etc on a tripod? then definitely the Bronica. For fast action shooting, point & shoot stuff, carrying your camera with you everywhere? then you better stick with 35mm. If you are converting to digital sometime soon, then you might also be wise to go with the Nikon, as you can use the lenses on a digital SLR, assuming you stay with the Nikon brand. One other aspect mentioned above - while the Bronica will not be nearly as portable as a small Nikon body, if you get an ETRS or SQ, they can still be hand held pretty easily. I've used medium format for over 30 years, and would not be without one in film photography, but use a Fuji S2 Pro with Nikon lenses for digital work. Michael H. Cothran
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doug Nelson |
The Bronica RF 645 is selling for bargain prices these days. It looks like a very large Leica rangefinder camera. The lenses are of outstanding quality, IF you want to do landscapes or cityscapes, or general travel shooting. The shutter is a leaf shutter in the lens, so you get none of the mirror slap/shutter crash of an MF SLR. Short portrait capability is lacking, because the rangefinder is said to be inadequate for focusing the 100 or 135 lenses. Macro is impossible. The 645 RF is really no bigger than an EOS 1 with the motor drive. Another bonus-medium format negatives scan well with Epson flatbed scanners. OTOH, film and processing are more expensive.
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Ronnie Black |
Thanks everyone one more question I see in various magazines and on e bay some nikon F100 advertised as just that Nikon F100 others as Nikon F100 pro are they different models . Thanks again Ronnie
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