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== Linhof 6x9 Field Cameras ==
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* [[Linhof 6x9|6x9 Technikas and Technika variations:]]
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** [[Super Technika III and IV]]
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** Wide Angle 65
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** Technika Press
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|image_text= 1966 Catalog
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** Super Technika V 6x9
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** Technika 70
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* [[Linhof 6x9|Press 70]]
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* [[Linhof 6x9|Linhof 220]]
 
  
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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.Currently Linhof is the worlds oldest camera maker. 
  
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Nikolaus Karpf was the grand son-in-law of Valentin Linhof, he entered the company in 1934 and was made chief engineer. He would assume ownership of the company within a year of Valentin Linhofs death. Karpf designed the first Technika model, the world's first all-metal folding field camera with adjustable front and rear standards, in 1934 and put it into production the same year.  The Technika would quickly become the flagship camera of Linhof and it is what they are most famous for today. Revised models of the Technika are still in production. 
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=== The Technika System ===
  
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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 (device)|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.
  
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| image_text=A Linhof Technika,<br/> with system lensboards
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|image=  http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7110/13933721552_ba8f925949_n.jpg
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|image_text= 1962 advertisement<br/>
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|scan_by= Geoff Harrisson
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|image=  http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5347/13957283973_b2cf8e99d2_n.jpg
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|image_align= left
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|image_text= 1973 advertisement<br/>
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|scan_by= Geoff Harrisson
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== Folding bed field cameras ==
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| image_text=Old 5x7 Linhof<br/>image by Petr Dvorak
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=== 6x9 cm/2¼x3¼"===
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''See also [[Linhof 6x9]].''
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* Linhof Ur-Technika (1934)
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* [[Linhof Standard and Technika II|Linhof Standard II]]
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* [[Linhof Standard and Technika II|Linhof Technika II]]
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* Linhof [[Super Technika III and IV|Technika III]], with or without RF
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* Linhof Technika IV
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* Linhof [[Super Technika III and IV|Super Technika IV]]
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* [[Linhof Technika 70]] (1962)
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* Linhof Studienkamera 70
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* Linhof Super Technika V = Super Technika 23
  
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=== 9x12 cm/Quarter Plate 3¼x4¼" ===
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* Linhof 34 (1934-1936)
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* [[Linhof Standard and Technika II|Linhof Standard II]]
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* [[Linhof Standard and Technika II|Linhof Technika II]] (1937-1943)
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* Linhof Technika Medizin (1937-1943)
  
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[[http://WTHP1.coolhost.biz] [WTHPD1]]
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=== 9x12 cm/4x5" ===
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[http://WTHP2.coolhost.biz  WTHPD2]
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* Linhof [[Super Technika III and IV|Technika III]], with or without RF (1946)
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[[http://WTHP3.coolhost.biz | WTHPD3]]
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* Linhof Technika IV (1956)
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[http://WTHP4.coolhost.biz | WTHPD4]
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* Linhof [[Super Technika III and IV|Super Technika IV]] (1956)
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[WTHPD5 | http://WTHP5.coolhost.biz]
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* Linhof Technika V (1963)
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[[http://WTHP6.coolhost.biz WTHPD6]]
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* Linhof Super Technika V (1963)
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[[WTHPD7|http://WTHP7.coolhost.biz]]
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* Linhof Master Technika (1972) = Master Technika Classic
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* Linhof Master Technika 2000 (March 1995)
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* Linhof [[Master Technika 3000]] (2006)
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* Linhof Technika-Flex ([[TLR]] attachment for Super Technika V)<ref>[https://www.flintsauctions.com/auction/lot/423-a-linhof-technika-flex-tlr-camera/?lot=3641 Technika with Technika-Flex TLR attachment] offered for sale by [https://www.flintsauctions.com/ Flints Auctions], Thatcham, UK.</ref>
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=== 10x15 cm/4x6" ===
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* Linhof 34 (1934-1936)
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* [[Linhof Standard and Technika II|Linhof Standard II]]
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* [[Linhof Standard and Technika II|Linhof Technika II]] (1937-1943)
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=== 13x18 cm/5x7" ===
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* [[Linhof Standard and Technika II|Linhof Standard II]]
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* [[Linhof Standard and Technika II|Linhof Technika II]]
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* Linhof [[Super Technika III and IV|Technika III]], with or without RF
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* Linhof Super Technika V (1962-1986)
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* Linhof Technika V (1962-1986) without RF
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=== 18x24 cm ===
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* Linhof Präzisionskamera 18x24 (Technika) (1937-1943; only 10 pieces made)
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* Linhof Präzisionskamera 18x24 (Technika "Medizin" in grey; only 1 item made, for famous German photographers Adolf Lazi and Franz Lazi)
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== [[Monorail view camera]]s ==
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* [[Linhof Color 4x5]]
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* [[Linhof Kardan Color]]
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* [[Linhof Kardan]] (1974)
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* [[Linhof Technikardan]] 45 (1984)
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* Linhof Kardan GT (1986)
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* Linhof Kardan Master GTL (1986)
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* Linhof Kardan GTI (1990)
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* Linhof Technikardan 45S (April 1993)
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* Linhof M679 (1996)
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* Linhof Kardan re 45
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* Linhof Techno (2008)
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== Rigid body ==
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* [[Linhof Technika Press]] (1956)
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* [[Linhof Weitwinkelkamera 65]]
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* [[Linhof Technika Press 70]] (1963)
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* [[Linhof 220]] (1966, since 1973 in black)
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* Linhof 220 PL
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* Linhof 220 RS
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* Linhof Technar 45 (4x5") (1978)
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== Panoramic ==
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Linhof produces the '''[[Linhof_Technorama|Technorama]]''' series of panoramic rollfilm cameras, in both 6x12cm and 6x17cm guise.
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=== 6x12 ===
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* [[Linhof Technorama 612PC|Technorama 612PC]]
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* Technorama 612PC II
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* Technorama 612PC III (Prototype only, presented at 1996 [[Photokina]])
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=== 6x17 ===
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* [[Linhof Technorama 617|Technorama 617]] (1976)
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* Technorama 617s
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* [[Linhof Technorama 617S III|Technorama 617s III]]
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== Aerial photography ==
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* [[Linhof Aero Press|Aero Press]]
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* Electric 70
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* [[Aerotronica 69]] (6x9) (1983)
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* [[Linhof Aero Technika|Aero Technika]]
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** Aero Technika (4x5")
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** Aero Technika 45 (4x5")
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** Aero Technika 45EL (4x5")
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** Aero Technika 18x24
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== Photogrammetry, 4x5" ==
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* Metrika 45
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* Metrika 45R
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==Other special cameras==
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* [[Quadrophot]] (4x5-inch police mugshot camera, 1980s)
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==Notes==
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<references/>
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== Bibliography ==
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* ''The Linhof camera story'', edited by the company
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== Links ==
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* [https://linhof.com/en/ The Linhof company's site]
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* [http://www.cameraquest.com/techs.htm Linhof Technika 4x5' at cameraquest]
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* [http://www.cameraquest.com/lint369.htm Linhof Technika III 4x5' at cameraquest]
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* [http://www.cameraquest.com/lin69.htm Linhof 6x9 at cameraquest]
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* [http://www.cameraquest.com/lint369.htm Linhof Super Technika IV 6x9 at cameraquest]
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* [http://www.galerie-photo.com/linhof.html Linhof at Galerie Photo]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140215020743/http://www.photo.net/equipment/large-format/linhof-master-technika Linhof review] (archived) at [https://www.photo.net/ photo.net]
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/large_format.htm Linhof instruction manuals] at Orphancameras.com
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[[Category: German camera makers]]
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[[Category: Linhof|*]]

Latest revision as of 14:12, 21 February 2024

1653289110_ce0749f97e_m.jpg
1966 Catalog
image by Voxphoto (Image rights)

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.Currently Linhof is the worlds oldest camera maker.

Nikolaus Karpf was the grand son-in-law of Valentin Linhof, he entered the company in 1934 and was made chief engineer. He would assume ownership of the company within a year of Valentin Linhofs death. Karpf designed the first Technika model, the world's first all-metal folding field camera with adjustable front and rear standards, in 1934 and put it into production the same year. The Technika would quickly become the flagship camera of Linhof and it is what they are most famous for today. Revised models of the Technika are still in production.

Camera industry in Munich
Agfa | Deckel | Eder | Enna | Friedrich | Kilfitt | Leitmeyr | Linhof | Niezoldi & Krämer | Perka | Rex | Rietzschel | Rodenstock | Staeble | Steinheil

The Technika System

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.

2738984420_a92c21c134_n.jpg
A Linhof Technika,
with system lensboards
image by PASPEY (Image rights)
13933721552_ba8f925949_n.jpg
1962 advertisement
scanned by Geoff Harrisson  (Image rights)
13957283973_b2cf8e99d2_n.jpg
1973 advertisement
scanned by Geoff Harrisson  (Image rights)


Folding bed field cameras

6x9 cm/2¼x3¼"

See also Linhof 6x9.

9x12 cm/Quarter Plate 3¼x4¼"


9x12 cm/4x5"

  • Linhof Technika III, with or without RF (1946)
  • Linhof Technika IV (1956)
  • Linhof Super Technika IV (1956)
  • Linhof Technika V (1963)
  • Linhof Super Technika V (1963)
  • Linhof Master Technika (1972) = Master Technika Classic
  • Linhof Master Technika 2000 (March 1995)
  • Linhof Master Technika 3000 (2006)
  • Linhof Technika-Flex (TLR attachment for Super Technika V)[1]

10x15 cm/4x6"


13x18 cm/5x7"


18x24 cm

  • Linhof Präzisionskamera 18x24 (Technika) (1937-1943; only 10 pieces made)
  • Linhof Präzisionskamera 18x24 (Technika "Medizin" in grey; only 1 item made, for famous German photographers Adolf Lazi and Franz Lazi)

Monorail view cameras

Rigid body

Panoramic

Linhof produces the Technorama series of panoramic rollfilm cameras, in both 6x12cm and 6x17cm guise.

6x12

6x17

Aerial photography

Photogrammetry, 4x5"

  • Metrika 45
  • Metrika 45R

Other special cameras

  • Quadrophot (4x5-inch police mugshot camera, 1980s)


Notes

  1. ↑ Technika with Technika-Flex TLR attachment offered for sale by Flints Auctions, Thatcham, UK.

Bibliography

  • The Linhof camera story, edited by the company

Links

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