https://blog.almostinfocus.com/tags/bronica/ Recent content in Bronica on Almost in focus Hugo en-us Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100 https://blog.almostinfocus.com/posts/how-to-fix-stuck-aperture-blades-in-a-bronica-s-mount-lens/ Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100 https://blog.almostinfocus.com/posts/how-to-fix-stuck-aperture-blades-in-a-bronica-s-mount-lens/ <p>Recently, I brought my medium format Bronica S2a camera and a 135mm f/3.5 Nikkor-Q lens with me to a lake to take some landscape photos. The waist-level viewfinder that I use with this camera requires as much light as possible to make focusing easier. So it doesn&rsquo;t matter which aperture is set on the lens, the camera always keeps it wide open and only closes the blades when taking the photo or while the depth of field preview button is pressed.</p> https://blog.almostinfocus.com/posts/harman-phoenix-2-is-actually-great/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0200 https://blog.almostinfocus.com/posts/harman-phoenix-2-is-actually-great/ <p>On July 16, Harman released their new film stock, Phoenix 2. I was lucky to get a voucher for a photo walk organized by our local photography store, where I had the chance to try out the new film. They even invited an employee from Harman to give a short presentation about the film’s characteristics. He told us that, despite the name, Phoenix 2 is not based on the same emulsion as the original.</p>