Hasselblad, the Soviet made Kiev 88, and Kowa Six and the Mamiya M645, but many were introduced in the late 60s or 70s. There weren’t too many other companies at the time making camera systems like this. Introduced in 1965, the Bronica S2 was the next model from the S line and was marketed for professionals and serious amateurs. Over the next few years I gathered as many lenses, backs and accessories as I could find (and afford) which included a newer S2A body, 50mm, 75mm, 135mm lenses and multiple backs. The S2 has several lens options, a removable back and an interchangeable finder which make it extremely versatile and far less expensive than the Hasselblad 500 C/M. Even though the swap meet died off a few years later, I continued to use it as my go to camera for the next several years shooting hundred of rolls of film around the Pacific Northwest. I stumbled onto the Bronica S2 system in 1995 while wandering around a local swap meet, and instantly fell in love with the system. They continued to produce high quality cameras until 2005 when the last model, the RF645 was discontinued and ended their 47 year run. Bronica started designing and producing medium format cameras when it was founded 1958 by Zenzabur Yoshino in Tokyo, Japan.
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