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Submitted By: lightontheland

Location: Crossville, TN

Joined: Jun 2 2005

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Bye-bye, Bronica?

Posted: October 18, 2005 - 8:03am

FYI, I copied this from another forum (photo.net), unverified....

October 17, 2005

PRESS RELEASE

October 14, 2005, Commack, New York Tamron USA, Inc. announced today that it has discontinued the production of the Bronica RF645 6x4.5 range finder camera model along with its relevant interchangeable lenses and accessories. The discontinuation of this last Bronica model marks the termination of the Bronica brand business. Bronica withdraws from the medium format camera business after 47 years since its first model, the Zenza Bronica D, was introduced in 1959.

Submitted By: DaveBelew

Joined: Mar 16 2005

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Re: Bye-bye, Bronica?

Posted: October 18, 2005 - 10:38am

When Tamron bought Bronica a couple of years back, it's back was against the wall then. Since then, it's failed to improve the situation and sagging sales have sealed it's fate.

It's too bad because the ETR series would have made an excellent platform for digital.