Linhof Ball-Head Mystery...

[Bob Salomon]

That would be the Heavy Duty Pro or the Profi 3 tripods and their geared center columns and extension volume and outrigger adapter

[Embdude]

That would be the Heavy Duty Pro or the Profi 3 tripods and their geared center columns and extension volume and outrigger adapter

Yeah I'm figuring it came from the big studio stuff of the late 1950's

[Embdude]

Almost found it i think... Not a ball head in this image but same shape with a lever at the base... from a 1951 Photokina article...



So all I have to do is track one of these Gigant II's down and see if it fits the cone part...

[Daniel Casper Lohenstein]

Close... Attachment 205357

What a beauty (the tripod) Yes, the Gigant tripod has to come. There is no other way. And the big Kardan 18x24. You only live once.

[Tin Can]

I have searched for a years for a Gigant

Good hunting!

What a beauty (the tripod) Yes, the Gigant tripod has to come. There is no other way. And the big Kardan 18x24. You only live once.

[interneg]

The Heavy Duty Pro (390R is the code I think) tripod is a huge piece of kit - had the opportunity to A/B a vintage example directly against an old Gitzo aluminium Series 5 tripod a few months ago. Ended up going for the Gitzo as the legs seemed to 'ring' much less than the Linhof (which was beautifully made and terrifyingly heavy - though not sure if the tartan bag it came with was original).

[Embdude]

I have searched for a years for a Gigant

Good hunting!

Easy to hunt as they can't run fast...

Gigant for sale on Alibaba...
https://russian.alibaba.com/product-...171122016.html

But it looks more modern than the 1951 model I am looking at...

[Embdude]

The Heavy Duty Pro (390R is the code I think) tripod is a huge piece of kit - had the opportunity to A/B a vintage example directly against an old Gitzo aluminium Series 5 tripod a few months ago. Ended up going for the Gitzo as the legs seemed to 'ring' much less than the Linhof (which was beautifully made and terrifyingly heavy - though not sure if the tartan bag it came with was original).

Tartan bag is original Linhof!



Haven't seen the bag for the Giga yet...

[Tin Can]

Dead link

I almost had the smaller Linhof tri-corner stand, but it was in Canada and too expensive for what it was, no shipping too

I have all the 50's Linhof gear I need

Here is some of it, the Linhof case holds that 5X7, the period Kodak lens has a Packard shutter inside the Linhof lensboard, usable with 4X5, 5x7 and 8X10 Linhof backs

I have zero interest in handheld Linhof

The 8X10 Linhof is so heavy I have to take it apart bit by bit

Linhof 5X7 Case by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr

Linhof Kodak 405 (1) by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr

Easy to hunt as they can't run fast...

Gigant for sale on Alibaba...
https://russian.alibaba.com/product-...171122016.html

But it looks more modern than the 1951 model I am looking at...

[Bob Salomon]

The Heavy Duty Pro (390R is the code I think) tripod is a huge piece of kit - had the opportunity to A/B a vintage example directly against an old Gitzo aluminium Series 5 tripod a few months ago. Ended up going for the Gitzo as the legs seemed to 'ring' much less than the Linhof (which was beautifully made and terrifyingly heavy - though not sure if the tartan bag it came with was original).

That code hasn’t been used in multiple decades. Go to the Linhof factory site and get the proper codes that go back to at least the early 70s or 60s.