Bronica rf645 ж— еїЊ full#

Within five minutes, I was able to (1)set the camera to accept 220 film, (2) load the RF645 body, (3) mount a 65mmlens, (4) set film ISO, (5) try out metered-manual, aperture-priorityautoexposure, and program-autoexposure, (6) use exposure compensation. The Bronica RF645 borrowed for this review came without an instruction manual,which provided a good test of usability. Consequently, it is likely that a rangefinder camera system will sitin the bag for several weeks between projects and therefore it is important that,once picked up again, the camera is easy to use. For example, rangefinders dont work very well for telephoto or macrophotography.

Bronica rf645 ж— еїЊ full#

No rangefinder camera is capable of handling the full range of photographicchallenges. You have to rotatethe camera in order to create a horizontal photo. Like the old Fuji 645 cameras, this Bronica pulls the film from left to rightand therefore creates vertical images when held horizontally. The camera controls are large traditionalindividual knobs and switches but underneath is a high degree of electronicsophistication.

This Bronica system has a 100 percent electronicinterface between camera and lens. The camera creates 16 6x4.5 cm images on a roll of 120 film or 32pictures from a roll of 220. Bronicas RF645 system consists of a rangefinder camera body, a 65mm f/4normal lens, and a 45mm f/4 wide-angle lens (equivalent to a 28mm perspective ona 35mm camera).