Linhof Technika Serial Number Camera
Sep 02, 2016 The camera looks exactly like another one in this thread with knobs on the upper side with an angular RF and serial# close to each other (227xx something and mine 23355). What more is the lens (a 4.5/150 Xenar) is from 1948/49 due to it's serial#. The Cam has the lens# on it's upper side but lack the Galeras serial# on the lower side. Folding baseboard camera type Technika; Monorail camera; Compact design; 2. Determine the camera number: You can find the number for the most Linhof cameras in the accessory shoe. Comprare your camera. Compare your camera with the pictures on this page. Look into the book “The Linhof Camera Story” for more information. Folding baseboard camera type Technika; Monorail camera; Compact design; 2. Determine the camera number: You can find the number for the most Linhof cameras in the accessory shoe. Comprare your camera. Compare your camera with the pictures on this page. Look into the book “The Linhof Camera Story” for more information.
– Technika V | Linhof | 1974/75 –
Considering photography as an affair between a light sensitive surface and a lens, that must be held in complete darkness, this camera is a superb darkness provider. Beyond be obviousness of varying the distance in order to get focus, it allows the lens axe to be freely positioned in relation to image plane in translations and angulations. Of course, there are limits for those movements, but lenses have also their range of usability, so we can say that the Technika V, in an incredible array or circumstances, is able to exploit the limits of a great many lenses.
What is also amazing is that the Technika is still in production today (at the time of this post, May/2016). Atomic email hunter. It is probably not senseless to say that the flexibility of its project, first prototype in 1939, is the main reason for that longevity. Today it can take films, as ever, but and also digital backs, new and old lenses and the ones to come will fit in a Technika, and that is what Techkina is all about, making as diverse as possible the combination of a sensitive photographic surface with many, many lenses . It is worthwhile visiting Linhof’s website and I recommend you to start from the History pages.
Ready for handheld street photography? Here the Technika is equipped with some add-ons. Lens shade with adapters for different lens diameters and a slot for filters that slip in. Multi focal viewer with paralaxe correction and masks for different film formats. Anatomical grip with cable release. The whole set weights 4 Kg (~9 pounds) and that helps very much in avoiding camera shake when the shutter fires.
Rail allow double extension and remains very solid in this well used 40 years old Technika. Body is in aluminium covered with leather.
Releasing 4 knobs in camera’s body you can pull its back and adjust different angles for image plane in relation to lens axe. Lens board can also be tilted vertical an horizontally.
For focusing it has a telemeter on the right side for situations when ground glass focusing is impossible. The generous distance between prism and viewer yields good precision.
Coupling of telemeter and focusing knob is provided by blades (the one shown a bit below center in the picture above) that actuate the telemeter according to the lens board position. There are blades for different lenses, the ones sold together by Linhof bear the lens serial number engraved on it. But also, one could send, and that still can be done, lenses to Linhof and they will cut one tailored for a perfect match. In this picture we see a 150 mm with serial number L8491215. I assume any 150mm will do with good enough precision, lenses can’t be that different having the same foci, but I never tested.
It is always a good start for a lens to be in the infinity position when you open up your camera. For that, you can set pairs of stops for your different focal lengths directly on the rail. The ones showing a red mark will let the lens board pass over. The other ones, more on the back, are lifted to stop the lens at the desired position. There are also sliding scales for focusing according to the distance. There is a white one on the upper left corner for a 90 mm lens.
Landscape or portrait can be switched without taking the camera out of tripod head. Simply turn the square back and there you are.
Linhof Technika Serial Number Camera System
Nice accessory to have is a 120 film adapter. It replaces the ground glass and it is very easy to put and take it off. This one makes 5,5 x 7,5 cm frames.
Some lenses, like this Schneider 65 mm, are so short in focus that you can’t pull them out of the camera body. For that you may use a special lens board with bellows and adjust focus on the big knob that is positioned right above the lens. To avoid including the drop bed in the picture, specially in portrait position, there is an extra stop for the bed, that opens it up enough for wide angle photography.
Serial Number Check
Last but not least, it all fit in a nice alluminium case. I bought this set in 1999 and had a lot of fun taking pictures with it.