kaliuzhkin Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 <p>I would like to upgrade the lens</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhbebb Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 <p>E-bay! Standard large-format lenses will be suitable, of course on the correct Linhof panels, which you will need to buy separately. What lens do you have now and what don't you like about it? LF lenses basically come in 4-element (Tessar-type) and 6-element (Schneider Symmar. Nikkor SW, etc.) types. There are also (very rare) Planars in the 100 to 105 standard focal length. not really necessary except for hand-held press work.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaliuzhkin Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 <p><strong>Where to find lenses for Linhof Technika 2x3 6x9 Technika IV</strong><br> <strong> </strong><br> Please excuse my incomplete original post.<br> I bought this camera on eBay. It’s current lens and shutter are: Carl Zeiss Jena s/n 1205552 Tessar f/4.5 10.5cc; Compur Nagel. The cam does not have the lens nor camera serial numbers (81848) but I can live with that because I prefer ground glass focusing to rangefinder focusing.<br> I want a shutter having electronic flash synchronization and I would like a lens that is more like an original lens. <br> Yes, I’m aware of eBay opportunities but eBay doesn’t have anything right now and I would also like to see what used dealers have. A place like KEH or B&H, but neither of them have anything now. I'm in NYC but can shop by internet.<br> Thank you,<br> Kaliuzhkin<br> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_salomon Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Go over to FotoCare, B and H and Adorama and look for a replacement lens. Check their used stuff and bring your camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_6502147 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 <p>Let me know if you are in need of a wider angle (80mm F6.3) in Graphic shutter. The lens is in v. good condition.</p> <p>Les</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaliuzhkin Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 <p>I checked the web pages for FotoCare, B and H and Adorama and none of them had anything. :-(<br> Les: check your messages.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_salomon Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Go talk to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaliuzhkin Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 <p>I called FotoCare and they told me it would be rare for them to have a 10.5cm lens. They might have 4x5 lenses, but they would be a minimum of 160mm. B&H and Adorama were closed for Shabbos.<br> Shopping for this lens is difficult!<br> Danek</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhbebb Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 <p>3 here<br /> http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=symmar&_osacat=78997&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.Xsymmar+100.TRS0&_nkw=symmar+100&_sacat=78997<br> + 1 more<br> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nikon-Nikkor-W-100mm-F-5-6-Copal-0-inkl-19-MwSt-Warranty-/182018460958?hash=item2a61254d1e:g:vB0AAOSwSdZWg~Wd</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhbebb Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 <p>Danek, this<br> http://motamedi.info/serial.htm<br> dates your lens to 1930. It was undoubtedy "liberated" from a folding rollfilm camera. A supercheap (and surprisingly good) option for you would be to do the same with the lens and shutter from a Kodak Sterling II camera (you could get one for $20), which has an f4.5 Anaston lens (triplet design) which works well and would be something to use while you save up for one of the lenses I mentioned. Other possibilities are a Dokter (sic) Tessar (modern coated lens) or a Fujinon. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_fromm2 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 <p>In alphabetical order, Fuji, Nikon, Rodenstock and Schneider all made modern (six element) normal lenses for 2x3 (6x9 in metric). 100 and 105 mm, depending on maker and vintage. eBay is full of them. Fujinon-W, Nikkor-W, Sironar, Symmar respectively. All are much better than good enough.</p> <p>There are also modern and older tessar type normal lenses for 2x3. Kodak 101/4.5 Ektar, Wollensak 101/4.5 Optar/Raptar, Zeiss Jena and Oberkochen 100 and 105 Tessars, Schneider Xenars, ...</p> <p>And there's the heliar type 105/3.7 Ektar.</p> <p>eBay is infested with these lenses, you just have to look for them. The tessar types and the 105/3.7 Ektar have less coverage than the six element types so are less suitable for cameras with movements, e.g., the Technika.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaliuzhkin Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 <p>Here's another idea: My current lens/shutter is Carl Zeiss Jena s/n 1205552 Tessar f/4.5 10.5cc; Compur Nagel.<br> How about if I keep the lens (4 elements, right?) and replace the shutter. If so, how do I (or a technician) do it? Where do I get a suitable shutter? Or, could a technician synchronize the Compul Nagel shutter I now have?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhbebb Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 <p>I'd need measurements of your shutter to be certain, but it is very probably a #0 size. The threads of lens cells have been standardised for a long time - it should be possible to unscrew the front and rear groups by hand (if necessary, after wrapping an elastic band around them for grip) and screw them into a #0 Compur or Copal shutter. Any technician could also fit X synchronization to your present shutter. The cost of this would probably be about the same as buying a secondhand modern shutter.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_s Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 <p>Well, YMMV, but I disagree. Horsing around with a replacement shutter would be throwing good money after bad.</p> <p>Danek's current lens is a very old uncoated Tessar, which is not in the same league as a modern lens, or even any decent postwar coated lens. If you plan to take pictures, the best and easiest course of action is to replace the whole lens in shutter, like everyone suggested before.</p> <p>If you want a lens that's original to the 1960ish Technika IV, it would probably be something like a coated Xenar in a 0 shutter, which you should be able to find on ebay. The best deal, which Mr Fromm already suggested, might be an Ektar, although it's not 'original' to the Technika and the shutter would probably not have a PC socket. Ektars are excellent lenses and sell very cheaply. If the shutter needs an overhaul, google Flutot's Camera.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhbebb Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 <p><em>replacement shutter would be throwing good money after bad</em><br> I in turn have to disagree. The OP basically has to decide whether he likes the look of an uncoated lens or not. When I was a student, I used a 1937 Rolleiflex Automat with an uncoated Tessar, later (and now) I have a Rolleiflex T with a coated Tessar, and apart from the better control of flare with the coated lens, I would say the optical performance is virtually identical. If the OP wants to see a significant gain in optical performance, he should go for a 6-element lens (Schneider Symmar or similar), which has a flatter field at larger apertures and more covering power.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaliuzhkin Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 <p>Thanks for all this useful information.<br> The camera works with the current lens. It's just that its not synchronized for flash and I want to upgrade the lens to a 6 element one. I have two other cameras, a Voigtlander Avus and a Century Graphic, with lenses and shutters, but that wouldn't be a lens upgrade. <br> I think I'll wait until I can afford a lens upgrade.<br> Meanwhile, a question about CLA. I have never done a CLA on any of my equipment except that a Nikon lens body was repaired. Should I do CLAs?<br> My equipment is cameras: Nikon F, Nikon F3HP, Nikon D300, Linhof Technika IV 23, Century Graphics and two Voigtlander Avuses. In addition to one lens for each camera, I have a bunch of Nikon 35mm prime lenses. Do I regularly perform CLAs on all cameras and lenses, just the lenses, or what?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhbebb Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 <p>If you are an amateur enthusiast shooting modest numbers of pictures, I would say that it was fine to approach maintenance on an as-necessary basis, in other words “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!”. As long as shutter speeds are accurate, meters are working properly and aperture mechanisms and film winders are functioning smoothly and without strange noises, I would leave well alone.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaliuzhkin Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 <p>How about this lens?<br> http://www.ebay.com/itm/322022852086?euid=0d530625e3c94c02be5f43c13a0350e2&cp=1&exe=13926&ext=35632&sojTags=exe=exe,ext=ext<br> The seller wrote, "The dimensions of this board is 96mm x 98mm.<br />The shutter is Synchro-Compur."<br> So, I would have to find a 2x3 Linhof Technika IV lensboard. Once I do, can I readily install it or would I need a technician?<br> Oh, do I need a Compur 0, 1, etc. lensboard?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhbebb Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 <p>Looks good - I do not know if the lens board is compatible, it might be, measure the board you have. You can install the lens yourself, size is #0, a lens wrench aka slot ring key is a very good idea, the Chinese make some good ones which are inexpensive.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaliuzhkin Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 <p>David,<br> Check. This lensboard is 96mm x 98mm and the 23 Linhof Technika IV lensboard is smaller than that, about 7_cm x 8_cm.<br> I'll keep on the lookout.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaliuzhkin Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 <p>How about this lens? What size lensboard? 0? 1?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaliuzhkin Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 <p>How about this lens? http://www.ebay.com/itm/182040986490?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT<br> What size lensboard? 0? 1?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhbebb Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 <p>The Fujinon looks OK too, it just apparently has a small mark on the glass. Shutter size would again be #0. Just to be clear - you are very unlikely to find the lens you want already mounted on the right panel - you will almost certainly have to buy a lens, possibly on the wrong panel, and change it over to the right panel. Once again, the Chinese have an answer with cheap copies of standard lens panels - if you have a lens panel left over which you can't use, you can sell it on e-bay for a few $$.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhbebb Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 <p>Here<br> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Copal-0-or-1-lensboard-lens-board-for-6x9-2x3-Linhof-Technika-IV-4-V-5-70-/141372826546?hash=item20ea7a23b2:g:EqkAAOSw8lBTqrB6<br> is the lens panel I was talking about.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaliuzhkin Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 <p>Here's the lens: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Excellent-Schneider-Kreuznach-Symmar-S-105mm-F-5-6-Multicoating-Lens-/222041232802?<br> As for lensboard, why the circular ridge on <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Copal-0-or-1-lensboard-lens-board-for-6x9-2x3-Linhof-Technika-IV-4-V-5-70-/141372826546?hash=item20ea7a23b2:g:EqkAAOSw8lBTqrB6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(link)</a> ?<br> Other lensboards:<br> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Copal-0-or-1-lensboard-lens-board-for-6x9-2x3-Linhof-Technika-IV-4-V-5-70-/141372826546?hash=item20ea7a23b2:g:EqkAAOSw8lBTqrB6<br> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Linhof-Technika-6x9-Camera-lens-board-3-pcs-for-shutter-0-1-/172120220894?hash=item28132a24de:g:tlcAAOSwh-1W1sbs<br> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Linhof-Technika-23-6x9-lens-board-Copal-0-34-6mm-Condition-5E-1628-/231845346446?hash=item35fb0f3c8e:g:H74AAOSwT6pVmEag<br> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Copal-0-or-1-lensboard-lens-board-for-6x9-2x3-Linhof-Technika-IV-4-V-5-70-/361475305118?hash=item54299b6e9e:g:wScAAOxyBjBTSeLC<br> <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-TECHNIKA-LINHOF-CAMERA-LENS-BOARD-WITH-ENAMELED-LOGO-35mm-COPAL-0-/361496765981?hash=item542ae2e61d:g:GecAAOSwll1WzM6B">http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-TECHNIKA-LINHOF-CAMERA-LENS-BOARD-WITH-ENAMELED-LOGO-35mm-COPAL-0-/361496765981?hash=item542ae2e61d:g:GecAAOSwll1WzM6B</a> ?<br> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Copal-0-or-1-lensboard-lens-board-for-6x9-2x3-Linhof-Technika-IV-4-V-5-70-/141372826546?hash=item20ea7a23b2:g:EqkAAOSw8lBTqrB6</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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