Linhof is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 company, founded in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 in 1887 by Valentin Linhof. The company is well known for making premium rollfilm and large format

View camera

The view camera is a type of camera first developed in the era of the Daguerreotype and still in use today, though with many refinements. It comprises a flexible bellows which forms a light-tight seal between two adjustable standards, one of which holds a lens, and the other a viewfinder or a...

 film camera

Camera

A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...

s. The company began by making camera shutters, and Linhof developed the leaf shutter, which became part of Compur.

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.

6x9 cm

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 in.

• 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

18x24

• Linhof Präzisionskamera 18x24 (Technika) (1937–1943) only 10 items made
• Linhof Präzisionskamera 18x24 (Technika "Medizin" in grey) only 1 item made (pre-owner: famous german photographer Adolf Lazi and Franz Lazi)

Monorail view cameras

• Linhof Color 4x5 (inches)
• Linhof Kardan 4x5
• Linhof Kardan Colour 4x5
• Linhof Technikardan s45 4x5
• Linhof Technikardan s23 2x3 (inches)
• Linhof M679 6x9
• Linhof M679cc 6x9
• Linhof M679cs 6x9

Rigid body cameras

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

Aerial photography

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

Accessories

• tripods
  Tripod (photography)
  In photography, a tripod is used to stabilize and elevate a camera, or to support flashes or other photographic equipment. All photographic tripods have three legs and a mounting head to couple with a camera...
  
  (disconnected)
• ballheads
• Linhof Levelling Pan/Tilt Heads
• Linhof quicklock tripod connector Quickfix

External links

• The company's site
• Linhof Technika 4x5 at cameraquest
• Linhof 6x9 at cameraquest
• Linhof Super Technika IV 6x9 at cameraquest
• Linhof at Galerie Photo
• Linhof review at photo.net
• Linhof-Forum