1/2/2023 0 Comments Linhof technika iv for sale![]() ![]() This is, in this order, the bottom row in the following image. The most sophisticated lens set was formed by: ![]() ![]() But being a camera with lens board and ground glass, it is clear that anyone could adapt any lens that would fit the camera sizing. One normal, one wideangle and one of longer focus. In addition to the body and some accessories it usually came with three lenses. The Linhof medium format was usually sold as a set. The difference from III to IV, besides the usual black leather finish, that has changed to a light brown, is the fact that to release the rear of the camera it is necessary to act at 4 points in III, while in IV, a single lock allows the camera back to be removed. Depending on the type of photography, some of its features may never be used, but the photographer will always have to carry those kilos with him. The bad side of this versatility is that with a lens it goes beyond 2 kg. ![]() The Linhof Super Technika 2×3 is just that. The idea of a medium format with all the movements of a large format camera and yet a focus by telemetry with interchangeable lenses, as in a 35 mm, seems to be the formula of a dream camera. In Linhof, precision in mechanics is always impressive with the perfect fit between all moving parts. These go back to nineteenth-century tail board cameras, where the folding was at the rear and the film moved for focusing, instead of the lens. The basic concept is that of folding cameras, which can be closed and looks like a box. This is like a miniature of the celebrated Linhof Super Technika large format. Fortunately not the case at all.– Super Technika III 23 | Linhof | 1951 – Linhof's metal cutting is so good it was feared the the new owner would just dump the camera line and keep the machine shop. The styling is world class as is the construction. Easy lens interchanging with matching cam already in place, it's very convenient though not actually fast at different focal shots. Has the best rangefinder in the world and some of the best lenses combined with enough heft to dampen the palsied hand of this Sexagenarian-enough to allow 1/30th second shots with the normal lens! On a tripod it nearly matches the best 4x5s and surpasses the rest. It really does shoot from the hand, and well at that. The camera is a chunk of quality with capabilities which rival monorail cameras and it has handhold possibilities. To paraphrase a well know camera reviewer, it would be incorrect to say that the Linhof 23b is the Leica of medium format cameras as really the Leica aspires to be a Linhof, not the reverse. I would unqualifyingly state that it is the finest camera of its type and the benchmark for virtually all cameras. The Linhof 23b Super Technika has been my right arm for the last twenty years having owned three as well as an old model III and two model IVs. ![]()
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