#Linhof technika serial number camera professional#
#Linhof technika serial number camera series#

It says it's 9x12cm, but I learned that this was only a different set of films and film holder and that the camera itself was identical to a 4x5' of the same version - is this true?.

Is my research correct in that this is a version 1 produced somewhere in between 19?.

I have also attached an image of the camera/kit. In my search for this I came a across a Linhof Technika III with the serial number 23297 for a considerably lower sum then any package I could manage to scrape together scavenging local shops, ebay etc. I was interested in something lightweight, rugged and yet quite technical - thus I became very interested in the Horseman 45FA and some other similar cameras. I work primarily with photography as a part of artistic processes (performative, conceptual, sculptural) and as a way of communicating ephemeral qualities and/or for a communication directed to more then the chance encounter with my 'physical matter'. I am on the point of seriously getting into (second attempt) large format photography as a tool and method.

I just registered here after having 'just read' posts for some years. If this is a model III E, does anyone happen to know if the serial number might have been put somewhere else. There is no way I can check that! Anyway, there is no number under the accessory shoe on this camera, none at all, and I have not been able to find another location for a number.

#Linhof technika serial number camera professional#

My father-in-law was a professional photographer in a hospital and he may have modified his personal camera (which I now have) and the certificate may belong to a camera that he used at work. The number on the camera's accessory shoe is 72865 and there is no number beneath it (I looked). It states that the camera is a Technika III E 4x5, and that the serial number is 55294. There was a Linhof certificate (no date) with the camera, but honestly, I don't know if it belongs to this camera. So, in a sense, I know a bit about large format cameras, but realize that this Linhof model is complicated, particularly without an instruction book (which I hope to acquire). Some years ago, I took a course locally in large format cameras and have used one, on and off, when I'm not traveling with my old Hasselblad. My father-in-law passed away a couple of years ago and I've just received his Linhof Technika camera, lenses and various filters, etc., which I think is a late-model III (although parts look like a model IV). Today, this claim might make some frown.Bob, and others who are keeping in touch with this string, you may continue to receive odd questions like mine.

#Linhof technika serial number camera series#

Linhofs websites advocates the Technika series as being most suitable for handheld use. The Master Technika is very similar to the Technika III, but some important improvements have been made and most parts are not interchangeable. Even today, a Technika variation is being produced by Linhof the Master Technika. The Technika IV represents a small next step in the evolution of the Technika cameras with some incremental improvements. The presence of a coupled rangefinder makes a 'super Technika' of an ordinary Technika. This means there are two varieties that operate similarly, but that vary considerably in size. The Linhof Technika III is a technical field camera for 4x5 inch (9x12cm) and 2x3 inch (6x9cm). This allows for rangefinder focusing and thus, handheld shooting. For the super Technikas, a rangfinder knife, engraved with the serial number of the lens, couples the rangefinder to the lens-to-film-distance. Some have been engraved by Linhof, indicating they are up to their standards (and raising their price). High quality large format lenses, made by renowned producers, can be used on the Technikas. This rather large camera folds up to a self-contained package, thus protecting the lens. For example, they offer a limited amount of view camera movements, allowing for perspective corrections. The Technikas are heavy, ruggedly built cameras with technical possibilities not easily found on other cameras. This German company is located in MГјnich, Germany. Today the company is known as Linhof PrГ¤zisions Systemtechnik GmbH. Linhof is credited with intoducing the first all-metal technical field camera.