Hi,
Which Linhof Technika camera would you use, or get, if you were to get one?
Would it be a Technika IV, or any of its younger siblings like the Technika,
or the 'Master Technika'?
There is no place near me to see a Linhof Technika. i can only see a
Linhof Technika through pictures and descriptions of it on the internet.
I may never get a Linhof Technika, but I am interested to know if
it is very much different to what I have seen or used.
I use a field camera of a different brand than that of Linhof.
I got this field camera because of its relatively slimness in weight and
also due to its compactness.
It is a Horseman 45FA.
A guy I know, who lives in the same city I live, has a 'bulkier', but
lighter in weight camera than the Horseman 45FA.
His camera is a Toyo 45CF.
You may know, or be familiar with both of these cameras.
I have 'played' a bit with his camera. To me, with regard to feel,
I find not much of a difference with mine, except that the focusing
screen of the Toyo feels a tad brighter.
My most used lenses are a 75mm. lens and a 210mm. lens.
I have read a bit about Linhof Technika cameras: the IV, the V, the
'Master Technika', etc.
They all look the same to me from the pictures I have seen: in essence a
'solid box' with a rangefinder. It seems to me that there is not much more
of a difference with regard to the focal lengths I already use with my
camera, and the ones one could use with a Linhof Technika.
The only big difference I see, is that the newer ones are much more
expensive, but in essence is the same camera, seems to me. One only
needs to find any of these cameras in an 'ok' condition because all are
relatively old.
If you have, or have used a Technika IV, V, or Master Technika, could you
please tell me if you felt something may have been in essence missing
with regard to using any of the other Linhof Technikas, or even with regard
to field cameras from another make that you may be familiar, or may have
used?
Would you advice anyone against getting a Technika IV? It is the older,
but cheaper model among the aforementioned.
Any comment or suggestion is appreciated.
Thank you in advance, kind regards!
Ig : )!!!
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