Son of a gun! A Linhof TLR

[Dan Fromm]

4x5, no less.

http://cgi.ebay.fr/LINHOF-POLICE-APP...-/150941067084

[Sevo]

These have been made by just about every German or perhaps even European maker - they obviously were part of some specifications for standardised mug shots. The bulk of them were by Plaubel and Cambo - a preceding or competing system used a sliding back.

[Bob Salomon]

That wasn't the Linhof TLR. The TLR (production version) was the Technoflex. And it was hand holdable!

[Frank Petronio]

Now that's one I'd rob a bank for!

[Oren Grad]

And it was hand holdable!

Like Peter Gowland's 8x10!

http://www.petergowland.com/camera/C...s/8x10flex.jpg

[Dan Fromm]

Thanks for the explanations. The US-made mug shot cameras I've bought (all Sirchies) for their shutters have all been much cruder. Focus on the ground glass (some have had proper Graflok focusing panels) or point and hope. The mugs may have been, um, restrained.

[Robbie Bedell]

Bob, That is a Frankencamera if there ever was one!

http://robbiebedell.photoshelter.com

[sully75]

Like Peter Gowland's 8x10!

http://www.petergowland.com/camera/C...s/8x10flex.jpg

Is that a woman's head on a man's body? Strange picture.

[rdenney]

That wasn't the Linhof TLR. The TLR (production version) was the Technoflex. And it was hand holdable!

I think I would suggest a weight training program.

Rick "who has actually made photographs with a Gowlandflex, under the supervision of Peter Gowland, but they still sucked" Denney

[mortensen]

I think I would suggest a weight training program.

Rick "who has actually made photographs with a Gowlandflex, under the supervision of Peter Gowland, but they still sucked" Denney

hahaha... LOL