ETRSi 40th Anniversary special edition

To celebrate their 40th Anniversary in 1999, Bronica launched a fully coordinated ETRSi kit in champagne chrome polycarbonate, with grey leatherette. A gold badge on the left side of the camera read “Bronica 40th Anniversary Limited Edition”. The Zenza Bronica logo on the front of the view finder replicated the style of the logo…

ETRSi 300,000 ETR Series Cameras special edition

This special edition was launched in March 1996, to coincide with the production of the 300,000th ETR System camera. The camera body had a chrome trim (something that hadn’t previously been available for ETRSi generation cameras), and was accompanied by a matching film back. The film back had a gold badge reading “Special Edition…

ETRS 20th Anniversary special edition

This limited edition was launched in 1979 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Zenza Bronica, with 300 units manufactured. The body was the original ETRS generation, customised with a tan leatherette and a gold “Twentieth Anniversary Zenza Bronica ETRS” badge on the left side. The kit was sold for $1,890 in the USA and…

ETRS Clubman special edition

Only 300 of these special edition cameras were manufactured, with the first released in October 1978. The customisation of this model was limited to a “Zenza Bronica ETRS Clubman” nameplate on the left side of the camera, and a custom patterned rubber grip replacing the leatherette on the lower left and right sides of…

ETRS Safari special edition

Sometimes also referred to as “SF”, this edition was olive-green colored, and included a name plate with the text “Zenza Bronica ETRS SF Limited”. Released in 1982, these were the very first ETRS Mk-II cameras produced by Bronica, and came packaged in standard ETRS boxes with a green “SF” sticker. The camera body was…

ETRSi W.H. Fox Talbot 150th Anniversary special edition

This special edition was released in 1990 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of W. H. Fox Talbot’s Calotype process. Unlike other special editions, this camera had no cosmetic differences—except for a gold plaque on the left side of the body. The serial numbers aligned with the edition number (running from 7308 001 through to…