Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Felix, I too have been using a Linhof Technika (Master) for the past six or seven years. It is a darling of a camera, with very precise movements; I use with a 90mm, 150mm and 210mm. I have been thinking of adding a 300mm which will also serve for my future 8x10. - - Phong Félix López de Maturana: > I suppose that everybody will have a different opinion but, for me, the > Leica of 4x5 is the Super Technika from Linhof. I use mine with a > 65mm, a 90 > and a 165mm that are roughly equivalent to 17mm, 28mm and 50mm. I > did never > found the need for a tele in the LF. > > You can find at a, relative, decent price these cameras on the second hand > market. Lenses are mainly from Schneider Kreuznach, Carl Zeiss, > Kodak, Fuji > and Nikkor, among others, and may be found at a sensible price in the 2nd > hand market and in the Bidders well known place. > > If you lack experience you need start from scratch as the way is too > different. There are many experienced and well trained > photographers in the > list, much better than me, that may help you. Shooting LF it's a pleasure > and I well remember my first shoots with the camera of my father exactly > forty three years ago. > > Felix > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html