Hi. This is my first post. Thanks to all for having this great source of information. I want to buy a Linhof Technika III but I have a several doubts. This gonna be mi first large format camera. It belongs to a person who don't speak either english or spanish (my lenguage), so I have problems with comunication. I'm gonna post pictures so you can see the estate of the camera wich is not to nice but is functional, he says.
1- The camera has the bellows and the back a little bit destroy. So I have to change the bellows and the ground glass. He says the back works properly. Ground glass and bellows are easy to change? I don't care if the back looks bad but is functional, but for the future: I can change the back too?
2- The seller says it is 9x12 cm not 4x5 inch. That means only the lens and the holders are diferent size? The techs III have all the same tipe of back for all models or has diferent sizes? I want to shoot on 4x5 film.
3- The serial number he gave me is 30665, but it seems like a Tech III version 4 which has knobs on the top of the camera. Can you confirm this?
4- This camera has no tilt. But, can I just mount it with the bed at right or left and use the swing as tilt?
5- Is dificult to find on the internet the real specs. I found the swing has 15 degrees in both ways. Asuming I use the swing as tilt. How do you deal with scheimpflug with 15 degrees? Any other information about scheimpflug apply to landscape with tech III is welcome
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5- How about convert the front standard to have tilt? I heard that some where.
Thanks!
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