Zenza Bronica Bronica ETRS
The Bronica ETRS is a medium format 6x4.5 SLR in Zenza Bronica's ETR system, using interchangeable film backs, finders and leaf-shutter lenses. It was positioned as a more compact and affordable alternative to 6x6 and 6x7 systems, aimed at wedding, portrait and studio photographers who wanted 120 roll-film quality in a smaller body.
At recent UK auction, hammer prices for Bronica ETRS bodies and basic outfits have ranged from roughly £180 to £330, with a median around £230 — wholesale saleroom levels rather than retail asking prices. Today in 2026 a clean, working ETRS with a 75mm lens, 120 back and prism finder tends to sell for more than a stripped body, and condition of the foam light seals and battery contacts is what most often decides whether an example is worth the top of the range or the bottom.
Variants
Select a variant to filter the sales history below.
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| 20th Anniversary | — | — | 0 | — |
| Clubman | — | — | 0 | — |
| Safari (SF) | — | — | 2 | £460 – £646 |
Sales History
Prices shown are UK auction hammer results — the wholesale level achieved in the saleroom. Neither buyer’s nor seller’s commission is included. Dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher.
Prices updated: March 2026
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| Mar 2026 | £200 | 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services | — | |
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Auction: Photographica & Cameras Auction (Lot 371) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Format Camera
Description:
A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Format Camera, serial no 7165775, shutter working, body G-VG, with Zenzanon E II 75mm f/2.8 lens, shutter working, barrel |
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| Jul 2025 | £200 | 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services | — | |
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Auction: Photographica & Cameras Auction (Lot 540) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera
Description:
A Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera, serial no B6117077, shutter working, body G, with Zenzanon MC 75mm f/2.8 lens, shutter working, barrel G, elements F-G, |
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| May 2025 | £475 | 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Instruments (Lot 171) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Format Camera Outfit.
Description:
to include the ETRS body, serial number B61-18801, body VG, mirror mechanism working, shutter speeds working, in maker's box, with a Zenzanon MC f/4 |
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| Mar 2025 | £328 | 🇬🇧 Chiswick Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Photographica (Lot 142) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Format SLR Camera
Description:
A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Format SLR Camera Serial No: 7168450 Body: VG Shutter: working Lens: Zenza Bronica 75mm f/2.8 Zenzanon EII (7957031) (Qty: 1) ... read more |
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| Mar 2025 | £325 | 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Instruments (Lot 262) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Format Camera
Description:
black, serial number 7168382, body VG, with lens f/2.8 75mm Zenzanon EII, barrel G, optics G, shutter works, |
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| Feb 2025 | £288 | 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Instruments (Lot 117) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Format Camera
Description:
black, serial number 607398, body VG, shutter working, with eye level finder, with Zenzanon f/2.8 75mm lens. |
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| Feb 2025 | £62 | 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Instruments (Lot 383) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera Body
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black, P-F, untested, with hand grip accessory. |
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| Jan 2025 | £225 | 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Instruments (Lot 152) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Format SLR Camera
Description:
black, body G-VG, shutter working, prism working, LEDs & values illuminate, with speed winder & original winding arm, prims optics VG, together with (Qty: 1) |
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| Jan 2025 | £725 | 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Instruments (Lot 153) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Format SLR Camera Outfit
Description:
black, camera body VG, working when batteries are inserted, shutter working, with waist level finder & AEII prism finder, prism finder working, (Qty: 1) |
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| Jan 2025 | £300 | 🇬🇧 Cullens of Surrey | — | |
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Auction: November General Collectors Interior Sale Over 100 Gold (Lot 196) Title: Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera includes 75mm lens with UV filter, 250mm lens with UV filter,40mm Lens wit
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Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera includes 75mm lens with UV filter, 250mm lens with UV filter,40mm Lens wit |
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| Oct 2024 | £280 | 🇬🇧 Harper Field Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Buying & Selling (Lot 1909) Title: Zena Bronica ETRS medium format camera outfit, serial number 7165247, with Zena Bronica Zenzanon E
Description:
Zena Bronica ETRS medium format camera outfit, serial number 7165247, with Zena Bronica Zenzanon E |
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| Oct 2024 | £380 | 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services | — | |
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Auction: Fine Photographica & Cameras Auction (Lot 264) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera
Description:
A Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera, serial no B61 00588,shutter working, body VG, with Zenzanon MC 75mm f/2.8 lens, shutter working, barrel G-VG, elements G- |
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| Jun 2024 | £650 | 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Auction (Lot 389) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Forma Camera Outfit
Description:
comprising a Zenza Bronica ETRS, body F, battery door missing, advance lever missing, with eyelevel finder, shutter works, iris works, focus works, |
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| Jun 2024 | £350 | 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Auction (Lot 409) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Format SLR Camera
Description:
black, circa 1980, serial no. with a Zenzanon E II f/2.8 75mm lens, AE-II Finder E prism viewfinder, 120 film back, camera and finder instructions |
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| May 2024 | £250 | 🇬🇧 Tennants Auctioneers | — | |
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Auction: Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools (Lot 185) Title: Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera
Description:
no.8121450 with Zenzanon EII f2.8 75mm lens, prism viewer, pistol grip, motor drive and film back |
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| Feb 2024 | £375 | 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Auction (Lot 142) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Format Camera
Description:
black, body VG, shutter working at time of auction, with a Zenzanon MC f/2.8 75mm lens, body VG, optics G, some haze present, together with an AEII (Qty: 1) |
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| Jul 2023 | £460 | 🇬🇧 David Duggleby | Safari (SF) | |
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Auction: Maritime, Scientific Instruments & Cameras (Lot 3013) Title: Zenza Bronica ETRS camera body, safari edition, serial no. 7100811, with 'Zenza Bronica Ze...
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Zenza Bronica ETRS camera body, safari edition, serial no. 7100811, with 'Zenza Bronica Ze... |
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| Apr 2023 | £180 | 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services | — | |
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Auction: Photographica & Cameras Auction (Lot 342) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera
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A Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera, serial no 7129324, shutter firing as soon as winder is cranked, shutter button sticking, body G, light wear, with |
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| Apr 2023 | £230 | 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services | — | |
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Auction: Photographica & Cameras Auction (Lot 341) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera
Description:
A Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera, serial no 7104510, shutter working, body G, some light wear, with Zenzanon E II 75mm f/2.8 lens, barrel G, elements G, |
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| Jun 2022 | £260 | 🇬🇧 David Duggleby | — | |
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Auction: Musical & Scientific Instruments, Cameras & Maritime (Lot 3156) Title: Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera body, serial no. 7116361, with 'Zenzanon EII 1:2.8 f=75mm' lens,...
Description:
Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera body, serial no. 7116361, with 'Zenzanon EII 1:2.8 f=75mm' lens,... |
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| Dec 2021 | £273 | 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions | — | |
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Auction: The Collectors Sale (Lot 607) Title: A Zenza Bronica ETRS Medium Format SLR
Description:
black, body G-VG, shutter appears to function, with Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 lens, optics F-G, haze and fungus present, also with two 120 film backs and a (Qty: 1) |
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| Nov 2021 | £280 | 🇬🇧 David Duggleby | — | |
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Auction: Musical & Scientific Instruments, Cameras & Maritime (Lot 3183) Title: Zenza Bronica ETRS medium format camera body, AE Finder-E Model II, Zenza Bronica Zenzanon...
Description:
Zenza Bronica ETRS medium format camera body, AE Finder-E Model II, Zenza Bronica Zenzanon... |
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| May 2021 | £180 | 🇬🇧 David Duggleby | — | |
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Auction: Musical & Scientific Instruments, Cameras & Maritime (Lot 3110) Title: Zenza Bronica ETRS camera, with 'Zenzanon EII 1:2.8 f75mm' lens and ETR grip
Description:
Zenza Bronica ETRS camera, with 'Zenzanon EII 1:2.8 f75mm' lens and ETR grip |
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| Feb 2019 | £360 | 🇬🇧 Harper Field Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Buying & Selling (Lot 418) Title: Bronica ETRS medium format SLR camera with Zenzanon 1:2.8 50mm, 1:2.8 75mm and 1:3.5 150mm lenses,
Description:
Bronica ETRS medium format SLR camera with Zenzanon 1:2.8 50mm, 1:2.8 75mm and 1:3.5 150mm lenses, |
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| Feb 2005 | £192 | 🇬🇧 Christie's | — | |
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Auction: CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT (Lot 202) Title: Bronica ETRS no. 7124541
Description:
Bronica ETRS no. 7124541 Estimate: £200 - £300 |
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| Sep 2002 | £646 | 🇬🇧 Christie's | Safari (SF) | |
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Auction: CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT (Lot 250) Title: Bronica ETRS SF Limited no, 7100125
Description:
Bronica ETRS SF Limited no, 7100125 Estimate: £400 - £600 |
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| Nov -0001 | £212 | 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions | — | |
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Auction: The Collectors Sale (Lot 731) Title: A Zenza Bronica Twentieth Anniversary ETRS Medium Format Camera
Description:
black with brown leatherette, body F-G, auxiliary shutter working, missing winding arm, cosmetically well worn, with matching viewfinder prism & film (Qty: 1) |
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Frequently asked questions
What is a Bronica ETRS worth today?
Recent UK auction hammer prices sit in the £180–£330 band, with a median close to £230 for a typical body-and-lens configuration.
How much does a Bronica ETRS sell for at UK auction?
Complete outfits with a 75mm lens, 120 back and prism finder have sold for around £300–£330, while plainer bodies or waist-level-only kits have sold closer to £180–£200.
Is the Bronica ETRS a good value medium format camera?
At current prices the ETRS remains one of the cheaper routes into 6x4.5, but value depends on shutter accuracy across the lens range, since a body alone is of limited use if the leaf-shutter lens is faulty.
What affects the price of a Bronica ETRS?
Shutter reliability, light-seal condition, completeness of the outfit (lens, back, finder, screen) and cosmetic wear are the main drivers of what an ETRS sells for.