What is the Aero Tac?

[Dan Fromm]

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Oren, it may be time for a cold shower.

Cheers,

Dan

[Corran]

Regarding the Aero Tac - oh, if it's a rollfilm camera, that's totally different.

[Oren Grad]

That's interesting. I wonder what fisheye they had for (I assume) 4x5?

The Fisheye Tac 45 came with a 30/3.5 Zodiac, image circle specified as 84mm, so really for a circular image on 4x5 film.

[Corran]

really for a circular image on 4x5 film.

Darn.

[Bob Salomon]

The short answer is no, it is not a cheap (or easy) alternative to a Fotoman or Travelwide. The Aero Tac (first photo) is an aerial roll film camera, just like the Fairchild Aerial camera (2nd photo). I'm guessing it is fairly heavy and would not be considered an easy alternative to the very light hand holdable LF cameras.

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That first picture looks more like a Linhof Aero Technika then a Fairchild.

[Oren Grad]

The Aero Tac is a 4x5 sheet film camera, not a roll film camera.

[Bob Salomon]

The Aero Tac is a 4x5 sheet film camera, not a roll film camera.

The Aero Technika was also a sheet film camera with a 45 Graflok back for 120/220/70mm roll film backs.
The 5" vacuum back and the long roll 70mm backs were accessories. Although virtually all the cameras that we sold in the USA were ordered with the 5" vacuum roll back. I can't even think of anyone that I ever talked to from the late 70s till last March who used it for any other film size. None the less the camera came with the standard 45 Linhof camera back, with ground glass.

[djdister]

The Aero Technika was also a sheet film camera with a 45 Graflok back for 120/220/70mm roll film backs.
The 5" vacuum back and the long roll 70mm backs were accessories. Although virtually all the cameras that we sold in the USA were ordered with the 5" vacuum roll back. I can't even think of anyone that I ever talked to from the late 70s till last March who used it for any other film size. None the less the camera came with the standard 45 Linhof camera back, with ground glass.

Is the Aero Technika the same as the Aero Tac camera?

[Bob Salomon]

Is the Aero Technika the same as the Aero Tac camera?

Seeing as how the Aero Technika was a German product fromLinhof there is no relationship to a Japanese product that looked a bit like it.

[Dan Fromm]

Is the Aero Technika the same as the Aero Tac camera?

Hand-held aerial cameras tend to resemble each other.