Linhof
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Linhof is a German company, founded in Munich in 1887 by Valentin Linhof. The company is well known for making premium rollfilm and large format film cameras. The company began by making camera shutters, and Linhof developed the leaf shutter, which became part of Compur. Cameras began to be produced from the end of the XIXth century.
Nikolaus Karpf, who entered the company in 1934, designed the first Technika model, the world's first all-metal folding field camera, the same year. Revised models of the Technika are still in production.
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The Technika System
A Linhof Technika, with system lensboards image by PASPEY (Image rights) |
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The Technika camera line is based around a modular series of standard lens boards. Accompanying these were focusing cams, interchangeable for different lenses, enabling rangefinder focusing in the manner of a press camera. However the Technika cameras offered a greater range of movements (such as back tilt) than the typical press camera. The Technika name was meant to signify their suitability as technical cameras too, used on a tripod with ground glass focusing when greater control was needed.
Folding bed field cameras
6x9
See also Linhof 6x9.
- Linhof Ur-Technika (1934)
- Linhof Technika
- Linhof Technika III, with or without RF
- Linhof Technika IV
- Linhof Super Technika IV
- Linhof Technika 70
- Linhof Studienkamera 70
- Linhof Super Technika V = Super Technika 23
4x5"
- Linhof 34 (1934-1936)
- Linhof Technika II (1937-1943)
- Linhof Technika Medizin (1937-1943)
- Linhof Standard Press
- Linhof Technika III, with or without RF
- Linhof Technika IV
- Linhof Super Technika IV
- Linhof Technika V
- Linhof Super Technika V
- Linhof Master Technika = Master Technika Classic
- Linhof Master Technika 2000
- Linhof Master Technika 3000
- Linhof Technika-Flex (TLR attachment for Super Technika V)
13x18
- Linhof Technika
- Linhof Technika III, with or without RF
- Linhof Super Technika V
18x24
- Linhof Präzisionskamera 18x24 (Technika) (1937-1943) only 10 peaces
- Linhof Präzisionskamera 18x24 (Technika "Medizin" in grey) only 1 item made (pre-owner: famous german photographer Adolf Lazi and Franz Lazi)
Monorail view cameras
Rigid body
- Linhof Technika Press
- Linhof Weitwinkelkamera 65
- Linhof Press 70
- Linhof 220
- Linhof 220 PL
- Linhof 220 RS
- Linhof Technar 45 (4x5")
Panoramic
Linhof produces the Technorama series of panoramic rollfilm cameras, in both 6x12cm and 6x17cm guise.
6x12
- Technorama 612PC
- Technorama 612PC II
- Technorama 612PC III
6x17
- Technorama 617
- Technorama 617s
- Technorama 617s III
Aerial photography
- Aero Press
- Electric 70
- Aerotronica 69 (6x9)
- Aero Technika
- Aero Technika (4x5")
- Aero Technika 45 (4x5")
- Aero Technika 45EL (4x5")
- Aero Technika 18x24
Photogrammetry, 4x5"
- Metrika 45
- Metrika 45R
Bibliography
- The Linhof camera story, edited by the company