[LargeFormat] 5x7 Cameras - some feedback

[Rich Lahrson]

Hi Ole!

    Of course the 5x7 Technika is designed for either handheld or
tripod.  The cheif feature of all Technkas and other press cameras.
But it's so hugh.  Rich

Ole Tjugen wrote:

> As anyone who was at the Tintern workshop can tell you, I have a Linhof
> Technika 5x7; and a great heavy beast it is. Especially since the only lens I
> have for it is a 300mm/f4.5 Schneider Xenar which weighs a bit more than one
> kilo... Schneider states the shutter size as "V/12+5FS", I can't remember ever
> having seen a bigger lens mounted in a shutter.
> I hope to get hold of another lensboard for this one so I can use a 210mm
> Xenar, which takes a neat, little #3 shutter.
>
> Apart from the weight it's a great camera, though I wonder why Linhof made
> them so that they could be used hand held? And if that wasn't the intention,
> why the coupled rangefinder and the leather grip?
>
> Ole
>
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