Serial Number: Cam0080
Type:
Tehnical Field Camera
Manufacturer:
Linhof
Country of Origin:
Germany
Production Period:
1934 - 1995
Approximate Price:
USD 10,331.95
Reference:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/minolta_16
Status: Display
Description:
Linhof is a Geman company,
founded in Munich in 1887 by Valentin Linhof. The
company is well known for making premium
rollfilm and large format film cameras. 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.
A key part of the Technika System are the lensboards. Special variants are available for different
sizes of lens/shutter units as well as for different
kinds of applications like with or without
rangefinder. Popularly, Technika’s are often
referred to as “Press Cameras” since they are so
similar to the Speed / Crown Graphics and offer
such comparatively 4x5 operation.
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 press camera. However, the Technika cameras offered a greater range of movements
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.
