New to LF with a Linhof Standard

[Embdude]

Thanks for that link! I would say that the back I posted above is very similar, maybe just an earlier version. The seller states its 9x12, which I would think seeing the depth of field scale in German. Anyone know if Post War Linhof holders are the same outside dimensions whether 9x12 or 4x5?

I took the back off my camera and looks like i can fit later backs, but thats just a guess without having one in my hands!

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All Technikas since the first III of 1946 use the same size interchangeable back. A brand new 2020 Master technika back will fit fine on a 1946 Technika III camera. Yours looks the same but I have no proof of this being the case so I cannot confirm it is. If you get a later back let us know if it fits.

The 9x12 back you show above is from the earliest technika III model and is only for 9x12 sized thin plate holders which can hold 9x12 film sheathes and take 9x12 sheet film. It is too small for 4x5 film. Next Linhof made a spring back and eventually a graflex/international style back which had 3 versions to get to what is on the technikas of today...

[Embdude]

Some of the back styles over the years...

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Embdude thanks for your reply! Still haven't given up with this camera yet! Actually I found an early spring back like Tin Can shows, can I use modern 4x5 film holders with that style of back?

[Embdude]

you would have to check with the seller. The pre-1946 spring backs are not well documented. The pre-1946 backs were not easily removed as the 1946 and forward models were so they may not be very interchangeable between models. My earliest Linhof id a Technika III of 1946, it has the 9x12 plate back but will accept easily any Technika back. As for your Linhof we need to determine if the back is the same, and if so then you will have lots of good options. The size of my back hole is 153.90mm...

[Bob Salomon]

you would have to check with the seller. The pre-1946 spring backs are not well documented. The pre-1946 backs were not easily removed as the 1946 and forward models were so they may not be very interchangeable between models. My earliest Linhof id a Technika III of 1946, it has the 9x12 plate back but will accept easily any Technika back. As for your Linhof we need to determine if the back is the same, and if so then you will have lots of good options. The size of my back hole is 153.90mm...

This answer is confusing. All 45 Technika IV, v and MT models accept the same backs.

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Here's what I'm looking at...




Looks the same as Tin Can's

[Embdude]

I seems likely but no way to tell from just a photo

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I seems likely but no way to tell from just a photo

Nobody can say if modern film holder like Fidelity, Lisco, etc. work with this type spring back?

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Some of the back styles over the years...

I guess this answers my question of the back I was looking at on first page will take modern film holders, its the same as number 2 in the attachment. Now if it fits my camera is another story, guess I need to buy to try!