Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No - the Technikardan is great (an 8x10 not quite the current model sold for $650 on e-bay - and dammit I was broke!) , and so is the Arca Swiss (and I would find it hard to pick between the two...) - though the Ebony's do, apparently, offer a huge range of movements, very well controlled, and from what people say, are also incredibly rigid, especially for a field camera that looks so cute... http://www.ebonycamera.com Tim A No more off-topic than Cindy Sherman (at least Eggleston uses leicas...) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim Brick > Sent: November 28, 2001 11:08 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] RE: OT Ebony > > > At 10:14 AM 11/28/2001 -0700, Tim Atherton wrote: > > >All those choices to make... The still great metal Linhof (Luggish and > >German of course), Nice lightweight modern looking Canhams or Phillips - > >Aircraft aluminium etc, the beautiful and swooned over, incredibly rigid, > >pass it down to your kids Japanese Ebony cameras... Marvellous shiny > >Gandolfis made in the English countryside (just had fun visiting them)... > >the list goes on! > > > >Tim > > > My metal Linhof Technikardan 45S folds smaller than any of the wood or > metal field cameras, is the same weight as many, has a standard bellows > that accommodates from 45mm to 720mm lenses, has degree markings on all > swings, tilts, and shifts (and they are as smooth as butter), > bubble levels > on everything, Graflok back, etc... Each swing, tilt, and shift > is separate > so when moving one, you do not effect the others, which is not true on a > great majority of field and basic view cameras. > > http://www.butzi.net/reviews/linhoftk45s.htm > > Jim > > -- > 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