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Bronica AE III finder

Postby Reschsmooth on Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:21 pm

Folks, does anyone here have or know how to use a Bronica AE III metered prism finder for ETR (s, si, c)?
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Postby SteveB on Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:40 pm

I have one, what would you like to know, I haven't used mine for ages.
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Postby gstark on Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:57 pm

I'll bet I know Patrick's first question then.


Is it for sale?
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Postby Reschsmooth on Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:28 pm

SteveB wrote:I have one, what would you like to know, I haven't used mine for ages.


Is it for sale?? :lol: :lol:

Seriously, don't need another one.

Mine didn't come with any instructions and, whilst it is pretty straight forward, wanted to ask the following questions:

1. A (Auto?) mode is essentially Aperture priority mode - is that correct?
2. If 1 is correct, is M (Manual?) mode basically telling you what shutter speed to set based on the selected aperture? (When I meter on things with different levels of brightness, the number in the viewfinder changes, and when I change the aperture, but meter on the same thing, the number in the viewfinder also changes)
3. Exposure comp (temporary and semi-permanent) is pretty straight forward.
4. Average and spot metering is pretty straight forward.

So, 3 & 4 aren't really questions, but I just wanted to get the simple idea of the basis for the metering (shame it doesn't provide picture modes like a P&S :lol: :lol: )

Cheers
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Postby SteveB on Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:16 pm

Patrick, I had to dig out my Instruction book and noticed that mine is actually the AE-II but I am assuming it would be the same.
1) Yes you are right.
2) Yes again and the book says to use Manual for:
A) For using a predertimed shutter speed.
B) For flash photography
C) For time exposures
D) For special effects shots
If you like I may be able to scan the Instructions and email them to you.
I have been meaning to get my Bronicas out and start using them (I have 2)
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Postby Reschsmooth on Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:44 am

Thanks for the offer Steve

I have posted a couple of photos of the item (not my photos)

http://www.usedcamerabuyer.com/digital-camera/Canon_30D_062107_25_ASW.JPG

http://www.usedcamerabuyer.com/digital-camera/Canon_30D_062107_26_ASW.JPG

SO, what I am not sure about is the Manual mode - I presume the meter tells you what shutter speed to use given the aperture selected whereas in A mode, it is telling you what shutter speed is being used given the aperture selected??

The other dials and switches all seem self explanatory.

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Postby SteveB on Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:36 pm

It is a different model to mine, it looks like a later version. Leave it with me and I will see what i can work out for you. I might take a few days that's all, pretty busy at the moment.
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