Behind the photos: The Bronica ETRS.
The Bronica ETRS is a medium format Single Lens Reflex (SLR). Unlike most medium format cameras, which produce 6cm by 6cm images, it produces 6cm by 4.5cm images on 120 format film. As I've done much of my work on 35mm, I chose a rectangular format as opposed to the square format, because I prefer the compositional choice that using a rectangular format gives. Unlike most 35mm SLR's, Medium format SLR's frequently have not only interchangable lenses, but interchangable viewfinders and backs as well. Here we see my Bronica disassembled into its individual components from left to right and top to bottom: The 75mm lens, which is the normal lens for this format. The body of the camera, which contains the battery and mirror. The back, which contains the film. The viewfinder, in this case, a simple prism finder (non metered, there is a metered finder as well, which has apeture priority auto exposure). Finally, the optional grip. The grip has a 35mm style film winder, as o