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just an update.i recieved my aftermarket dark slide yesterday.i only had a minute to put in the back yesterday and it did not come off the camera.now today after watching a couple of tutorials on the camera i took it out and re-installed in the back.after giving it that last little push lo-and behold the back popped off with nary a problem.so i was finally able to fire the camera with the back off.all shutters seem accurate.and brother you guys aren't kidding this old girl is LOUD.good thing i am not a nature or portrait photographer.i took off and re-installed the back a couple of times to check and everything seems o.k.now i just have to get the lens either cleaned or get another one.i contacted the camera wiz in va. and am waiting on a response to cleaning the lens.that roll of film i have in my cabinet is calling me to put it the camera also. this journey is certainly moving foward keep you posted gary again all your help and info is greatly appreciated

Wow a lot of info here.thanks a lot!!! I have to keep this short right now so here we go. It is an aftermarket slide I bought.I only had a minute to check in the camera so tomorrow I will have more time.it measures exactly to the specs I got from other posts.will let you know. The lens itself is stiff when operating the aperture pin and I can see oil or some crud on the blades.the camera depth of field function is clean and smooth.the helicoid is clean and smooth.with lens mounted and preview button pushed I only get to about f11.and it does not come back open.I paid next to nothing for the camera so ill look for another lens for it.ill try opening up the stiff one and see what happens it may become a shelf queen but ill sure try to get her working first. Ill keep you informed and again thanks for all the info Gary

Thanks for getting back to me.I will Use the formula you provided and maybe bracket my shots to check. Thanks again - gary

Thank you for the info.I have not yet check screen focusing problem yet.l will probably just dive into it.great info on the links you provided.thanks. I want to really understand these camera's, the noise associated with the shutter won't be a problem as I want to shoot landscape,car shows, and natural light macro photo's.eventually ill try with a flash for inside work.that's down the road tho. Again thanks for the info.just have to shoot some pics to see where we'll be Gary

Thanks for getting back to me. is there a chart of sorts that gives magnification rates of each tube?. As far as measuring the image,you do need to remove the wlf . Correct.let's day said flower has a real size of 3 inches ,you would measure the size of the flower in viewfinder let's say 1 inch ,you would add 3+1 to come up with a factor of 4 stops ?.sound a little correct?

recently picked up a bronica s2a with extension tube set . i have not taken any pics with this camera as i am new to mf .i have shot 35mm exclusively and have done macro work in my garden. i have always wanted to try 120 film so i took a chance on this camera. now my question , with ext CA tube nounted with 75mm 2.8 lens can i get some guidance on how many stops i need to open up the lens.i was thinking i could use my canon A1 with my 50mm 1.4 with a 2x teleconverter plus my fd25 extension tube to get my aperature to 2.8 just like the 75mm with the ca tube.meter with my canon set up and use the meter reading for the bronica. sound doable? . i do not have a hand held meter just yet . all the camera's i've had all had light meters in them.the couple of folding camera's i have i just use sunny 16 rule of thumb for expsure.i really want to get a good understanding of how to use them with the bronica. hope you can help thanks for listening - gary