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…

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…

Removing the dark slide from a Bronica ETRSi generation film back

Zenza Bronica released four generations of film back for ETR System cameras. The first three of these had a non-locking dark slide, which could be removed from the back at any time—even when it was loaded with film. The final film back version, released with the ETRSi generation of camera bodies, included a dark…