Has anyone gotten daring enough to drill out the standards and rails of a Linhof Technikardan to lighten it? Canham cameras have more holes than Swiss cheese and are much lighter than a TK. Drilling the standards would not appear to be as much of a challenge as the rails. The rails have such close tolerances any burrs would impact sliding.
It is a well thought out camera so the fact that Linhof does not drill holes may indicate that its designers have found it to be contraindicated. Or that the designers have strong backs.
Just guessing I'd say one could save about 500 g.
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