Linhof Dekel Shutter History

[Bob Salomon]

Thank you for this. Is this from Hartmut Thiele's Friedrich Deckel und der Compur-Verschluss? I have a copy but unfortunately for me as as a mono-lingual American it is, of course, in German.

David

It’s from the LInhof Camera History book.

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Thank you for this. Is this from Hartmut Thiele's Friedrich Deckel und der Compur-Verschluss? I have a copy but unfortunately for me as as a mono-lingual American it is, of course, in German.

David

Part of the history - also in German is on the website of the Compur company:
https://www.compur.com/ueber-uns/historie/

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Thank you for this. Is this from Hartmut Thiele's Friedrich Deckel und der Compur-Verschluss? I have a copy but unfortunately for me as as a mono-lingual American it is, of course, in German.

David

Part of the history - also in German is on the website of the Compur company:
https://www.compur.com/ueber-uns/historie/

It’s from the LInhof Camera History book.

Any source of that book on the internet?

I did find: "Linhof 100 Jahre 1887-1987"......

but no indications in that book that Linhof was involved in the invention / development of the Compound and Compur shutters

[Bob Salomon]

Part of the history - also in German is on the website of the Compur company:
https://www.compur.com/ueber-uns/historie/



Any source of that book on the internet?

I did find: "Linhof 100 Jahre 1887-1987"......

Should be available from any LInhof dealer or the factory directly.

[Embdude]

The Linhof Story makes reference to V Linhof's beginning as a designer of shutters.

[Embdude]

As far as I know there is little actual evidence to the claim that the Linhof shutter was taken over by Deckel. However there is some anecdotal evidence including wikipedia and a couple of the camera guide books by those Scottish fellows....

[David Lindquist]

Part of the history - also in German is on the website of the Compur company:
https://www.compur.com/ueber-uns/historie/



Any source of that book on the internet?

I did find: "Linhof 100 Jahre 1887-1987"......

but no indications in that book that Linhof was involved in the invention / development of the Compound and Compur shutters

The book Bob refers to is presented in both German and English (in the same book, to be clear). The German title is Das Linhof Camera Buch and its English title is The Linhof Camera Story. I have the August 2000 2nd edition. Editor/Publisher is Peter Bauernschmid. I can't find an ISBN. The page that Embdude shows is page 121 in this edition.

I don't remember where I got my copy.

David

[Bob Salomon]

The book Bob refers to is presented in both German and English (in the same book, to be clear). The German title is Das Linhof Camera Buch and its English title is The Linhof Camera Story. I have the August 2000 2nd edition. Editor/Publisher is Peter Bauernschmid. I can't find an ISBN. The page that Embdude shows is page 121 in this edition.

I don't remember where I got my copy.

David

The author is the owner of the LInhof factory.

[Embdude]

The author is the owner of the LInhof factory.

Bob did you ever meet with Mr. Bauernschmidt? There is amazingly little said about him.

[Embdude]

Richard Shimonkevitz does a great job of researching and explaining the details of the early days of Linhof in his 2021 book - Linhof the early cameras