Budget medium format for landscaper

[wickerman]

Cheers. Searching for some now. Would I be right in saying that I'll need some film in to fire the shutter at all? I can't cock the shutter at the moment with no film in and so the the shutter button does nothing.

If you use the multiple exposure lever you can cock the shutter without the need for film being loaded.

If you haven't got a manual there is an online one here http://www.butkus.org/chinon/bronica/bronica_sq-ai/bronica_sq-ai.htm

 

[wickerman]

RJ beat me to it.

 

[wickerman]

I'm pretty sure that the SQ-AI won't work at all without batteries. Only the previous models to 1/500, I believe.

I've just checked the manual, you're right.

 

[Strapps]

... you will need 4x LR44 batteries ...

Or 1 x 4LR44 battery, that's what I use in the RZ and it's much less fiddly. I got mine from Boots, IIRC

 

[wickerman]

Or 1 x 4LR44 battery, that's what I use in the RZ and it's much less fiddly. I got mine from Boots, IIRC

Looking at the manual I don't think these will fit, it looks like the batteries aren't stacked as such but slot into individual slots.

 

[Strapps]

That's interesting, from what I've read the 4LR44 is just 4 x LR44 batteries in series with a wrapper around them. Seems odd that a manufacturer would force the use of the fiddly batteries instead.

 

[wickerman]

That seems to be how it is. Page 8 of the manual http://www.cameramanuals.org/bronica/bronica_sq-ai-1.pdf shows the batteries in their individual slots in a battery holder.

 

[Strapps]

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