Linhof

Linhof is a German company, founded in Munich in 1887 by Valentin Linhof. The company is well known for making premium rollfilm and large format film cameras. The company began by making camera shutters, and Linhof developed the leaf shutter, which became part of Compur. Cameras began to be produced from the end of the XIXth century.

Nikolaus Karpf, who entered the company in 1934, designed the first Technika model, the world's first all-metal folding field camera, the same year. Revised models of the Technika are still in production.

Folding bed field cameras

6x9

"See also Linhof 6x9."
* Linhof Ur-Technika (1934)
* Linhof Technika
* Linhof Technika III, with or without RF
* Linhof Technika IV
* Linhof Super Technika IV
* Linhof Technika 70
* Linhof Studienkamera 70
* Linhof Super Technika V = Super Technika 23

4x5"

* Linhof 34 (1934-1936)
* Linhof Technika II (1937-1943)
* Linhof Technika Medizin (1937-1943)
* Linhof Standard Press
* Linhof Technika III, with or without RF
* Linhof Technika IV
* Linhof Super Technika IV
* Linhof Technika V
* Linhof Super Technika V
* Linhof Master Technika = Master Technika Classic
* Linhof Master Technika 2000

13x18

* Linhof Technika
* Linhof Technika III, with or without RF
* Linhof Super Technika V

18x24

* Linhof Präzisionskamera 18x24 (Technika) (1937-1943) only 10 peaces

Monorail view cameras

* Linhof Color 4x5

Rigid body

* Linhof Technika Press
* Linhof Weitwinkelkamera 65
* Linhof Press 70
* Linhof 220
* Linhof 220 PL
* Linhof 220 RS
* Linhof Technar 45 (4x5")

Panoramic

6x12

* Technorama 612PC
* Technorama 612PC II
* Technorama 612PC III

6x17

* Technorama
* Technorama 617S
* Technorama 617S III

Aerial photography

* Aero Press
* Electric 70
* Aerotronica 69 (6x9)
* Aero Technika (4x5")
* Aero Technika 45 (4x5")
* Aero Technika 45EL (4x5")
* Aero Technika 18x24

Photogrammetry, 4x5"

* Metrika 45
* Metrika 45R

Bibliography

* "The Linhof camera story", edited by the company

Links

* [http://www.linhof.de/english/index.html The company's site]
* [http://www.cameraquest.com/techs.htm Linhof Technika 4x5 at cameraquest]
* [http://www.cameraquest.com/lin69.htm Linhof 6x9 at cameraquest]
* [http://www.cameraquest.com/lint369.htm Linhof Super Technika IV 6x9 at cameraquest]
* [http://www.galerie-photo.com/linhof.html Linhof at Galerie Photo]
* [http://www.photo.net/equipment/large-format/linhof-master-technika Linhof review at photo.net]
* [http://www.valentin-linhof.de/ Linhof-Forum]