Linhof 5x7 Technika Lensboard Questions

[James Driscoll]

Hello Everyone,

I am pondering purchasing a Linhof 5x7 Technika....but have a few questions regarding lens boards.

On the Model III camera...does the 5x7 utilize the same boards as the 4x5 Tech III???

On the Model IV/V does Linhof still sell the lensboards??? If not was there ever a 5x7 to 4x5 "modern style" adapter board??? Or is it just a black version of the tech III board....because it does look quite similar.

Thanks In Advance.

[Frank Petronio]

It's 3:54 am EST so I don't expect Bob S. to respond for at least another 15 minutes

On the one I sold for my friend, a IV, he made a few boards from flat aluminum that he claimed worked well. Not as critical as the 4x5 lensboards. YMMV.

[Ole Tjugen]

The boards for the III 5x7" are quite a bit larger than on the 4x5" version.

I don't know if the model IV lensboards are the same, but assuming the black ones I have are model IV and the shiny ones are model III, they are exactly the same.

I have an adapter for "modern" 4x5" boards on a Tech III 5x7", so yes, they do exist.

Whether Linhof still make any of this will have to wait for Bob S...

[Bob Salomon]

001040 we still have some in stock. They have a cenet hole only so you would need someone to mill an opening for your shutter.

[Ben Calwell]

The last time I checked, Midwest Photo Exchange (www.mpex.com) was listing a Linhof 5x7 to 4x5 adapter board for a stunning, jaw-dropping price.

[Bob Salomon]

" Linhof 5x7 to 4x5 adapter board"

While these are no longer made we still have 2 in stock.

[CXC]

Mail any lensboard to www.bromwellmarketing.com and they will machine it into a Linhof converter board. I have done this successfully with a Wehman board, which they hand never done before, so they are pretty good. I'm sure there are other photo mechanics around that can do so as well. The result may not be as pretty as original Linhof equipment, but then again it may not cost as much, either.

Can't go wrong with a Technika 5x7, I want one too!

[James Driscoll]

Thanks everyone for all of the responses.....I am gathering from Ole and Bob S. responses that the Tech III/IV/V 5x7 board is in fact the same???

Also...Bob what year did Linhof cease manufacture of the 5x7 Technika???

[Bob Salomon]

"year did Linhof cease manufacture of the 5x7 Technika"

About 1980

[Bob Salomon]

"While these are no longer made we still have 2 in stock."

Not any longer. There is one piece left. Catalog # is 001066..

The last production date we have on a new Technika 57 is March of 1983. It may have been available a year or so longer then that.