What is it, really? (Leitz-Linhof Studio Camera) :confused:

[Jac@stafford.net]

On that big auction site, allegedly a Leitz-Linhof 'studio camera'.

Or is it really a copy camera without the reflex housing and a Linhof back added?


The big auction site item 271153091854

[Mark Woods]

Studio Camera. Most copy cameras are huge shooting ULF negs for lithography.

[Sevo]

That is a microscope attachment camera - Linhof provided the Leitz microscope division with medium and large format recording cameras at least into the eighties.

[Dan Fromm]

Nah, it is part of a Leitz Aristophot with a Linhof reflex viewer attached. Not a general purpose camera, used for photomacrography and copy work.

[Sevo]

Nah, it is part of a Leitz Aristophot with a Linhof reflex viewer attached. Not a general purpose camera, used for photomacrography and copy work.

Right you are - I did not see the second line of images with the Symmar. That is a Aristophot. The same components and stand, with a field lens and adapter tube instead of that Symmar, also went on top of some Leitz microscopes.

[Nathan Potter]

Yes this is an Aristophot macro setup based on and adapted from the full vertical setup sold by Leitz for macro photography with 4X5 camera by Linhof. Note the rail; it's solid steel as in an optical bench and weighs a figurative ton. I have one of the complete upright versions with stand that I use frequently for various forms of macro work; really an indispensable piece of gear for me. Mine is pictured below.


LEITZmacro by hypolimnas, on Flickr

Nate Potter, Austin TX.