![]() Official S2A bodies have S2A engraved after the serial number on the body. The main difference is an improved film advance gear mechanism, reputed to result in fewer jams. The Zenza Bronica S2A is the successor of the S2. The standard lens for the S2 was a 75mm f/2.8 Nikkor P. As a safety feature, the shutter will not fire if the dark slide is not removed. ![]() Film backs are removed from the camera by inserting a dark slide. ![]() A peel-apart Polaroid back was also available for the S2. The "Filminder" rollfilm back can use 120 or 220 film, selectable with a small dial on the film back. The shutter must be cocked before each shot by cranking the film winding lever. Flash sync uses X and FP on an automatic PC terminal at a 1/40s sync speed. Shutter speeds are available from 1 to 1/1000s and B. ![]() The S2 uses a vertical-travelling cloth focal plane shutter. This helical mount could focus lenses with focal lengths from 40mm to 200mm longer lenses had their own helicoids.īecause all of the camera functions are fully mechanical, no batteries are needed to operate it. The new model included a number of minor changes, but the main improvement was the switch to a removable helical focusing mount. The Zenza Bronica S2, released in 1965, is the successor of the Zenza Bronica S. The ZenzaBronica S has new incompatible finders and backs, and the Zenza Bronica C is the corresponding budget version, without the interchangeable back.
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