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Thread: 240mm linhof lens...

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    240mm linhof lens...

    Ok...240 (linhof) made for press camera...can it be used on 5x7...8x10?

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    240mm linhof lens...

    Linhof rebadges other lenses. The most likely candidates are either a 240/5.5 Schneider Tele-Arton lens, which won't even cover 4x5 all that well; or the 240/5.6 Schneider Symmar which will cover up to 8x10. Do a little searching for the Schneiders on eBay and compare what they look like to what you've got. Usually Linhof stuck them in rebadged Compur shutters.

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    240mm linhof lens...

    Interesting, Mr. Petronio. Linhof lenses with which I am familiar have the manufacturer's complete markings. Can you point us to an example of this rebadging you claim Linhof has used to obscure the real idenity of the lens?

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    If it's a 240 Symmar, watch out for the shutter -- a Comur #2. There's no "press-focus" mechanism so you have to set it to "T" to focus, and the shutter speed dial is hard to use.
    Wilhelm (Sarasota)

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    240mm linhof lens...

    I don't think Mr. Petronio implied that Linhof did anything to obscure the real identity of any lens. 'Rebadging' is the term used when a reseller puts their name prominently on a product made by a third party. Mr. Petronio is reasonably assuming that Percy does not have the lens in hand and cannot see all the markings on it.

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    240mm linhof lens...

    Mr. Petronio is reasonably assuming that Percy does not have the lens in hand and cannot see all the markings on it.

    Good point! Thank you!

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    240mm linhof lens...

    Hey jtf - cut out your bs

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    240mm linhof lens...

    " Can you point us to an example of this rebadging you claim Linhof has used to obscure the real idenity of the lens?"

    The lens on a Linhof 220 is a Rodenstock as was the "Linhof Portrait" lens from the late 70s and early 80s.

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    240mm linhof lens...

    jtf, Technikon, Technikar.

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