Hi Guys, I want to buy a "newer" large Format camera for 4x5.
Can you recommend me a Linhof or another camera?
Light, Quick folding with Front and Back -> shift, tilt and swing possibility (mostly Landscape)
All the Best Michael
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Hi Guys, I want to buy a "newer" large Format camera for 4x5.
Can you recommend me a Linhof or another camera?
Light, Quick folding with Front and Back -> shift, tilt and swing possibility (mostly Landscape)
All the Best Michael
LInhof .master classicQuote:
Originally Posted by gmfotografie
LInhof Super Technika iii
LInhof Super Technika IV
LInhof Super Technika V
LInhof Super Technika Classic
LInhof Classic or Classic, lll or lV or V WITHOUT RANGEFINDER
A Linhof Techno will not do 4x5
No, but a LInhof Technar does do 45 hand held.Quote:
Originally Posted by gary mulder
thx...!
do you have experience with the Master Technika 3000?
also all LInhof back to the early 60s.Quote:
Originally Posted by gmfotografie
so i guess this lf camera is also quit good for landscape ... ?
Technika work for Sexton, Barnbaum and thousands of others. So does the Technikardan.Quote:
Originally Posted by gmfotografie
Peter Dombrovskis also used a Master Technika during his whole career. David Ward is one very prominent user of the Technikardan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Salomon
I have a Technikardan S45 and find it to be superb for landscape. A little slower to set up than a Technika no doubt, but more versatile in terms of movements and lens possibilities.
A cardboard box with a pinhole is good for landscape, depending on the photographer.Quote:
Originally Posted by gmfotografie
You comment you would like to buy a "newer" large format camera. I don't know if that means "new" new or just not a 100-year-old junker that needs a lot of work, which some enjoy restoring, while others want modern reliability.
If you mean NEW, let me suggest you save about $9,000 (or more) over a Linhof and buy a Chamonix, Shen-Hao, Toyo, Canham, Intrepid, etc. camera instead. I own 5 different Linhof large format cameras and they generally aren't my "first pick" for landscape. Sometimes they are really great for that, other times they are frustrating and limiting. Personally I would recommend a Chamonix first for someone wanting a full-featured and robust camera. Intrepid for someone who wants really light and cheap.
Don't forget that there is basically no "new" large format lenses available anymore.