Linhof Aero Technika
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| A Linhof Aero Technika image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights) |
The Aero Technika cameras are aerial cameras made by Linhof. Some of the cameras were used by several NASA/ESA space missions. The original Aero Technika was developed in 1972/73.[1] It uses 126mm rollfilm with motorized film advance. The film cassettes are for 150 exposures. A vacuum film cassette holder keeps film exactly flat in the focal plane. Interchangeable lenses with focal lengths between 90mm and 250mm can be used, according to Linhof's own site;[1] however, an outfit sold at Westlicht includes a 75 mm lens.[2] The lenses each have their own shutter.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 History page at Linhof, with images of this and other Linhof aerial cameras.
- ↑ Aero Technika 45 outfit inclding camera body serial no. 6575009, with Carl Zeiss Biogon 75 mm f/4.5 (apparently fixed-focus; the lens is labelled 'adjusted to 1000 m') and Schneider Apo-Symmar 150 mm f/5.6 and Tele-Arton 250 mm f/5.6 lenses with focus-rings; sold at the 24th Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 23 November 2013.
