Once I got it open it was obvious why the back was leaking. Studied the light trap and then proceeded with tinkering with the Unsecured loose bits that would fall out during disassembly. It was easy to disassemble, and also taught me about the To put one under the knife and see how the light trap was supposed Of the 220 film magazines have plummeted substantially, I decided Since Kodak has since discontinued my beloved Portra 400 in 220 format, and the value Though the leak was coming in through the dark slide door. The door hinges being bad, these were different. Where the old backs left a pattern that was due to the seals around The leak pattern was completely different than the previous backs. I would have lost my shit right here if it wasn’t for one thing. Rated back from KEH and have one more swing at it. I’d buy one more Excellent grade or higher “Maybe I should just buy a Hasselblad?” crossedĭay of reckoning. Use it again would lead me down a rabbit hole chasing light leaking Once again I got sad because I felt trying to I started scanning my old 6×6 negatives to put a gallery together,Īnd got struck by how I like the negatives from the Bronica better SoĪgain in 2015 I found myself throwing my Yashicamat into my bikeīag and photographing random things I encountered while exploring. Wrapped around a tube for removing the curling of the print. Worked well in a pinch at holding the print in place while it was Prints before framing them, I did realize that the Bronica SQ-A I didn’t want to even deal with it again so I justĪlthough one day while trying to take the curl out of some large Happenstance came around without light leaks. I got a few solid months in ofīiking around with the camera and photographing whatever I Iterations of the above loop going at once.Įventually I did fix the seals well enough on one of the backs Trying to strip out the old light seals.Īt one point I even purchased a separate 220 film back hoping it.Negatives were going to be vs my Yashicamat when suddenly they hit Pick up the first roll to see just how knife edge more sharp the I loaded up theįirst roll of film and ran off to shoot it. That it would make biking with it be annoying. And get this, They allĪ little bit bigger than the Yashicamat 124G, but not so much An SQ-A body, waist level finder, 220 filmīack, 90mm PS lens and speed grip. This time I bought all the components of the SQ-A separately to My research brought me right back around to the Bronica It soon in my mind back on the notion of buying another 6×6 camera I think probably since it was my smallest non-35mmĬamera, that I thought it would be good to carry around with me on I forget what made me pick up my Yashicamat again in the summer Mamiya RB67 kit for about the same that I didn’t just pay for theīronica, so I bought that camera instead. I browsed to Craigslist to smother my feelings. Saddened by having New Camera Day yanked away from me, Service a call and they informed me that they sold out of all the Open the package to find just the lens hood. To find a very small padded envelope at my doorstep. God! I can’t wait to go home!” I rushed home after work only Until one day at work when… Delivered! “Oh my I placed an order at KEH for a Bronica SQ-Ai Kit and added a Into other 6×6 cameras, I learned about this nice Hasselblad-esqueīronica SQ series. Still being in a cheap about my gear mode, a 2009 was the first year that I thought maybe I should try aĭifferent 6×6 medium format camera than the Yashicamat 124G that I had owned forĪ few years.
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