Linhof Technika III with lenses. Worth buying?

[Tiziano]

I have a chance to buy a Linhof Technika which is III series, I believe, as serial is 47030.
It is in very good conditions, and it comes with 3 lenses:
65 f/6.8
105 f/3.5
180 f/5.5
Seller is asking 1000 Euros. is it worth?
Thanks!

[Bob Salomon]

I think the seller misread the serial number and it is really 42030. That would make it an early 1954 Standard Press. 47030 does not appear in the serial number list.
In any case, that is too much money, especially if it is the Standard Press which is missing most movement.

[Tiziano]

Thank you Bob. Tomorrow I'll check again the serial number, which is engraved in the hot shoe. Anyway the same seller a few weeks ago had a stardard press, and this one looks much nicer and seems to me it has more movements. It's a rangefinder, if that helps identifying it.

[Bob Salomon]

Thank you Bob. Tomorrow I'll check again the serial number, which is engraved in the hot shoe. Anyway the same seller a few weeks ago had a stardard press, and this one looks much nicer and seems to me it has more movements. It's a rangefinder, if that helps identifying it.

A Standard Press had a rangefinder and was a camera made for the US market.
If you are looking for a user camera that you can grow with look for a IV or later, not a III.

[Peter K]

Seen from the lenses it's either a Technika 2x3"/6,5 x 9cm or a Standard Press(?) 4x5"/9x12cm only usable with RF. The lenses in any case aren't usable with 4x5" sheet film.

[rknewcomb]

I saw a really nice Baby Tech IV on the auction site a couple of weeks ago. It had three nice matching lenses with proper cams and I think a roll back. It went for a little over $2k

[Tiziano]

Thanks to All! Tomorrow I'll check the serial and I'll take a shot of that camera with my mobile phone.
Thanks!
Tiziano

[Tiziano]

ok. Now I know more.
The serial is correct, but the camera is not 4x5. A close inspection showed that is a 6x9 camera. Here it is:









For sure it's a nice kit, and I, as every child, always fall in love for nice kits, but it's a medium format camera.
The question still remain: is it worth?
Thanks!

[Brian Ellis]

At an exchange rate of 1 Euro = 1.50 U.S. dollars you'd be paying $1,500 for this outfit. Obviously it's a personal decision and I'm not familiar with U.K. prices but I wouldn't pay anything like that for what is essentially a usable (I assume) antique. For that price in the U.S. you could get a new 4x5 Shen Hao, Tachihara, or Chamonix and have roughly $700 - $900 left over for lenses (at U.S. prices). Or you could buy a used 4x5 say in the $500 range, a 6x9 back if 6x9 really appeals to you, and still have money left over for lenses. But some people like old classic cameras and if you're that kind of person then go for it.

[Bob Salomon]

There is still a problem with that serial number. Take the cam off the camera. What is the serial number on the bottom of the cam?