Pete Askew
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Or rather, a baby Linhof Technika, the Technika 6x9. The baby brother of the famous Linhof Technika 5x4 (see http://www.realphotographersforum.com/forum/threads/linhof-master-technika.6577/) but with similar capabilities and using either 6x9 cm cut sheet film or 120 roll film.
Here is the camera fitted with a 105 mm lens and cut sheet / ground glass back. The camera also has a coupled rangefinder with a multi-cam calibrated to the 65 mm, 105 mm and 180 mm lenses. Here the lens is set at infinity and the focus rack knob can be seen towards the front of the camera (it can be extended to provide a total of about 30 cm extension). You can also see the cover of the main viewfinder window is opened, acting as a sun shield, and two of the knurled knobs on the rear side of the body that releases the back movements.
Looking from the front shows both the viewfinder and rangefinder windows, the cable release coupling and some of the controls on the lens. The knurled control for front standard tilt can be seen below the lens. The two black 'pinch' grips below the lens allows the standard to be shifted in position on the focus rail (e.g. to choose a different infinity stop for the other coupled lenses. I only have a 65 mm and a 105 mm and, interestingly, there is no indent for the 180 mm even though the cam covers this focal length (I assume it depended on what you ordered as the cam and stop were calibrated at the factory).
Looking from the other side, the knurled knob controlling rise on the front standard can be seen (at the bottom and behind it) as well as the mounting point for the cable release and the grip. Mid-way along the bed you can also see a bright button that pops the cam up once it has been released to allow it to be re-positioned for a different lens.
This shows the back which is fitted with a fold out / swing out hood for the ground glass screen and the spring holder for the cut sheet holders. On the rear of this is a depth-of-filed table and the eyepiece of the viewfinder can be seen with a distance scale alongside it. The viewfinder can be shifted based on this to correct for parallax. The back can be rotated 90º (in fact 360º).
As mentioned above, the camera can be used with both cut sheets and roll film. To change the back it must be rotated through 45º to reveal the catches. These are slid outwards and the back can then be removed.
The roll film back can then be mounted (of course this must be used with the range-finder).
When using the 65 mm, wide-angle lens, the rear infinity stop must be used as well as the 65 mm cam to enable it to be coupled to the rangefinder. This shows the bed lowered to allow the lens to be used and a small amount of rise has been applied to the front standard just to illustrate this. The camera has rise and rear tilt on the front and swings can only be applied at the rear of the camera (as well as tilt - but not rise). Again, swing has been applied at the back to illustrate this.
This shows the lowered bed, the rise knob and the cam inside the bed just in front of the lens. You can also see the button to release the front bed extension just in front of the right hand focus knob.
This shows the rear swing a little clearer.
All-in-all a lovely little camera and beautifully engineered. It has its original case, a couple of dark slides and filters (that slide into the hoods). I hope to pop a roll of film through it in the next couple of weeks.
Here is the camera fitted with a 105 mm lens and cut sheet / ground glass back. The camera also has a coupled rangefinder with a multi-cam calibrated to the 65 mm, 105 mm and 180 mm lenses. Here the lens is set at infinity and the focus rack knob can be seen towards the front of the camera (it can be extended to provide a total of about 30 cm extension). You can also see the cover of the main viewfinder window is opened, acting as a sun shield, and two of the knurled knobs on the rear side of the body that releases the back movements.
Looking from the front shows both the viewfinder and rangefinder windows, the cable release coupling and some of the controls on the lens. The knurled control for front standard tilt can be seen below the lens. The two black 'pinch' grips below the lens allows the standard to be shifted in position on the focus rail (e.g. to choose a different infinity stop for the other coupled lenses. I only have a 65 mm and a 105 mm and, interestingly, there is no indent for the 180 mm even though the cam covers this focal length (I assume it depended on what you ordered as the cam and stop were calibrated at the factory).
Looking from the other side, the knurled knob controlling rise on the front standard can be seen (at the bottom and behind it) as well as the mounting point for the cable release and the grip. Mid-way along the bed you can also see a bright button that pops the cam up once it has been released to allow it to be re-positioned for a different lens.
This shows the back which is fitted with a fold out / swing out hood for the ground glass screen and the spring holder for the cut sheet holders. On the rear of this is a depth-of-filed table and the eyepiece of the viewfinder can be seen with a distance scale alongside it. The viewfinder can be shifted based on this to correct for parallax. The back can be rotated 90º (in fact 360º).
As mentioned above, the camera can be used with both cut sheets and roll film. To change the back it must be rotated through 45º to reveal the catches. These are slid outwards and the back can then be removed.
The roll film back can then be mounted (of course this must be used with the range-finder).
When using the 65 mm, wide-angle lens, the rear infinity stop must be used as well as the 65 mm cam to enable it to be coupled to the rangefinder. This shows the bed lowered to allow the lens to be used and a small amount of rise has been applied to the front standard just to illustrate this. The camera has rise and rear tilt on the front and swings can only be applied at the rear of the camera (as well as tilt - but not rise). Again, swing has been applied at the back to illustrate this.
This shows the lowered bed, the rise knob and the cam inside the bed just in front of the lens. You can also see the button to release the front bed extension just in front of the right hand focus knob.
This shows the rear swing a little clearer.
All-in-all a lovely little camera and beautifully engineered. It has its original case, a couple of dark slides and filters (that slide into the hoods). I hope to pop a roll of film through it in the next couple of weeks.
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