Re: Linhof Ball-Head Mystery...
That would be the Heavy Duty Pro or the Profi 3 tripods and their geared center columns and extension volume and outrigger adapter
Re: Linhof Ball-Head Mystery...
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Bob Salomon
That would be the Heavy Duty Pro or the Profi 3 tripods and their geared center columns and extension volume and outrigger adapter
Yeah I'm figuring it came from the big studio stuff of the late 1950's
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Re: Linhof Ball-Head Mystery...
Almost found it i think... Not a ball head in this image but same shape with a lever at the base... from a 1951 Photokina article...
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So all I have to do is track one of these Gigant II's down and see if it fits the cone part...
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Re: Linhof Ball-Head Mystery...
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Embdude
What a beauty (the tripod) Yes, the Gigant tripod has to come. There is no other way. And the big Kardan 18x24. You only live once.
Re: Linhof Ball-Head Mystery...
I have searched for a years for a Gigant
Good hunting!
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Daniel Casper Lohenstein
What a beauty (the tripod) Yes, the Gigant tripod has to come. There is no other way. And the big Kardan 18x24. You only live once.
Re: Linhof Ball-Head Mystery...
The Heavy Duty Pro (390R is the code I think) tripod is a huge piece of kit - had the opportunity to A/B a vintage example directly against an old Gitzo aluminium Series 5 tripod a few months ago. Ended up going for the Gitzo as the legs seemed to 'ring' much less than the Linhof (which was beautifully made and terrifyingly heavy - though not sure if the tartan bag it came with was original).
Re: Linhof Ball-Head Mystery...
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Tin Can
I have searched for a years for a Gigant
Good hunting!
Easy to hunt as they can't run fast...
Gigant for sale on Alibaba...
https://russian.alibaba.com/product-...171122016.html
But it looks more modern than the 1951 model I am looking at...
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interneg
The Heavy Duty Pro (390R is the code I think) tripod is a huge piece of kit - had the opportunity to A/B a vintage example directly against an old Gitzo aluminium Series 5 tripod a few months ago. Ended up going for the Gitzo as the legs seemed to 'ring' much less than the Linhof (which was beautifully made and terrifyingly heavy - though not sure if the tartan bag it came with was original).
Tartan bag is original Linhof!
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Haven't seen the bag for the Giga yet...
Re: Linhof Ball-Head Mystery...
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I almost had the smaller Linhof tri-corner stand, but it was in Canada and too expensive for what it was, no shipping too
I have all the 50's Linhof gear I need
Here is some of it, the Linhof case holds that 5X7, the period Kodak lens has a Packard shutter inside the Linhof lensboard, usable with 4X5, 5x7 and 8X10 Linhof backs
I have zero interest in handheld Linhof
The 8X10 Linhof is so heavy I have to take it apart bit by bit
https://live.staticflickr.com/4645/2...e018bd56_h.jpgLinhof 5X7 Case by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/4727/3...9d0b1267_h.jpgLinhof Kodak 405 (1) by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr
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Embdude
Re: Linhof Ball-Head Mystery...
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Originally Posted by
interneg
The Heavy Duty Pro (390R is the code I think) tripod is a huge piece of kit - had the opportunity to A/B a vintage example directly against an old Gitzo aluminium Series 5 tripod a few months ago. Ended up going for the Gitzo as the legs seemed to 'ring' much less than the Linhof (which was beautifully made and terrifyingly heavy - though not sure if the tartan bag it came with was original).
That code hasn’t been used in multiple decades. Go to the Linhof factory site and get the proper codes that go back to at least the early 70s or 60s.