Recommended Bronica ETR lenses

[agphotography]

KEH. www.keh.com They don't have everything right now, but you could get a lot. Keep your eyes open and you'll locate everything you need.

They presently have:

Crank.

Hoods for 50 and 150.

Back and top body caps.

Prism cap.

WLF, though Koh's has them new, at a great price.

Can you pm me the link to the crank? I couldn't find it on the keh site. I'll buy it right now!

[lxdude]

A strong recommendation, as you have the ETR-Si. Order new MLU and multi-exposure levers from Koh's. They're 5 bucks each and shipping to Calif. is about two bucks. Those levers are made of plastic and can break fairly easily. I replaced both on my older Si already. Age or use or both weakened them and they broke on me. Or find a couple of junk ETR's or ETRS's with the metal multi-exposure levers- those will fit either spindle and are symmetrical, so will look fine.

EDIT-for the wind crank-
Look on the ETRS page under Miscellaneous Accessories-far lower left (scroll down if necessary).

[agphotography]

Side note: Found it. Thanks LXdude! Now that i got my 50mm in the mail. Just need to get those body caps and lens hoods and I'm set! (and at least 1 more film back)

[agphotography]

My PE 50mm arrived today! It's as described which is a good thing. It's very clean overall, no damage/haze/fungus to the lens, there are a couple small knicks on the lens barrel, but that's minor. I did notice 1 tiny fleck of dust inside the glass though, but It's so small I'm not going to worry about it.

I have another question now regarding the lenses I've got. Which lens hoods should I be looking for? I've seen some that are specifically for the MC and the E lenses, but all of mine are PE, does it matter which hood you get? Are they all interchangeable?

[Uncle Goose]

I have another question now regarding the lenses I've got. Which lens hoods should I be looking for? I've seen some that are specifically for the MC and the E lenses, but all of mine are PE, does it matter which hood you get? Are they all interchangeable?

They are interchangeable, the PE shades just use a different push system (one button instead of the 2 button type) then the older shades but the older shades fits the PE lenses too.

[agphotography]

Wonderful! Thanks for the info!

[lxdude]

They are interchangeable.

The 75's have a nice bayonet hood, which they share with the 60mm; the others from 40 to 250, except the 105 1:1 Macro, slip on and then snap into the holes on the outside near the front.
The 40 and 50 share a hood. The zooms and the 500's have their own hoods.
The 105 1:1 Macro has its own bayonet hood, but I haven't been able to find one.

There's also the bellows hood, which will fit everything from 40 to 250, using a 62mm adapter ring that mounts on the front threads. The original 75mm uses a 58mm ring, and the 105mm 1:1 macro needs a 67mm adapter ring. The hood uses an insert in its front filter slot with the longer lenses to reduce the opening size. The bellows hood is not as easy to use, but when you need maximum protection against stray light, it works best. As the longer lenses use a round hood, and it covers several focal lengths, the bellows hood is very useful there, if you don't mind the extra hassle.
The snap on hoods are fine for most things. I use the bellows hood most when I'm using a tripod, as those are times I most need it anyway, like late afternoon and night under overhead illumination.
It has filter slots front and rear.

I have found KEH to cost the same or less compared to ebay for used hoods, including the bellows hood, and of course you know what you're getting that way. Ebay has a lot of new hoods, but they're usually stupid expensive. I got extra adapter rings and inserts there also. Bronica made smaller adapter rings, like 49, 52, and 55mm. Bronica says the hood can be used with 135 format equipment, so I guess that's the reason for the smaller sizes.