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Just a wild attempt at the impossible. I am familiar with this type of shutter, but in this case it is enclosed in a mount for the Linhof Aero Technika 45EL mount. The shutter is fired with an 18V power supply that charges the shutter and then fires it. Sometimes it doesn't work and that suggests to me that there is a bad (dirty) electical contact some where inside. I need to take it apart to see - any advice. Linhof expert will not attempt at the moment because of lack of parts, but my experience is telling me it is just bad (dirty) contacts. I do have two other lenses in the same mount that work perfectly: 150mm Symmar-S and 250 Tele Arton.

Recently purchased a Linhof Technika V 5x7 after many years of wanting one. The mirror attachment is hard to find but I did see one a few months back.

I was in Cardiff a few weeks back and traded my Fuji X-Pro1 with 18mm f/2 for 60 rolls of 120 B/W film. This was at CameracenterUK. They had a lot of "collectable" stuff but were price high since they have to make a living. No Robots though. I am from the US and have always loved the Robot Star 50 with it's built like a tank feeling. Sold my collection a few years ago for $400. Just bought another for about $200 with 38mm f/2.8 Xenar (12,xxx,xxx) it is the one with the slow silent wind. I have bought/sold on Ebay for 25 years. Sometimes I use a fair to me starting bid but mostly I have always used a small opening bid and let the current market determine the items value. Some times you win and sometimes you loose but that what makes life interesting.

In 2002 I lost my job and needed money to live on. Sold my Linhof Technika 4x5 V outfit for about $2k and some other things on Ebay back when it was reasonable. Recently I have bought a Technika 4x5 Master and a Technika 6x9 Master as well..

Above taken with iPhone 8. My working examples - have many in non-working state.

Since this post I have aquired 2 more Linhof Press 70's, both working well. One is a twin handle with 80mm Planar and the other is a single handle with 53mm SA. Then, at a weak moment, I found a 53mm Biogon on a Technika 70 for the price of the lens alone! Of course the Biogon can't be used on the Press 70, but will fit the Technika V 6x9, and the Technika 4x5 with Techno Rollex (6x12) back. That is why I stick with Linhof - so much ability to mix and match.

I agree, but going the whole mile is more difficult when you are travelling. I plan to develop B/W film in 120, 5x7 and 4x10. Looking more for convenience than best results, i.e. small amount of chemicals that operates in a range of temperatures.

Back in the early 1970's I recall reading about, in maybe Modern Photography, an RFP from the US Military for a "one-shot" developer/fixer for Tri-X that could be used in the field. A contract was given to the winner and the resulting product was favorably compared to traditional develop and fix. Since it was funded by the US government the resulting formula was in the public domain. There were several other "one-shot" developer/fixer products available at the time, but all were found lacking compared to the traditional process. What happened to the US Military version? And, was it as good as the magazine article claimed.

I had trouble even seeing the owls, let alone able to spot meter. It was getting darker by the minute so I let the camera take over. I should have used my A99II but it is set up for wide angle use with my Minolta lenses: 16,24.28(f/2), 35(f/2).

No Minolta/Sony DSLR and SLR so hears my input using DSLR and old Minolta lens - the 300mm AF f/2.8: My neighbor across the street asked if I could take a picture of 2 Barred owls in Holly trees in his driveway. I had the 300 f/2.8 with Sony A850 already set up, so I pointed at the owls hiding in the trees. Put it on automatic and it exposed at 1/320 at f2.8 at ASA 200. The resulting images were dark. Only had one with both owls looking at camera. Lightened it in Photo.

I once bought a camera body for next to nothing because the card would not fit in the slot. It had bent pins that could easily be straightened with the correct tweezers and/or little picks. Then the camera always worked fine. I thinks I had straighten about 2 dozen pins.

Nikon always seemed out of my reach along with Leica and Hasselblad. Bought into Minolta and later Sony. Then, because being a photographic collector/user I bought a Nikon D1X with lens (28-200 AF Nikkor) several batteries and a charger and other bits for $54. It was fun to use and felt very strong. Now I have another two D1X's and several Nikkor DX lenses. Then on the advice of another forum's user have ordered a Nikon D300s at 12 Meg. 5 and/or 12 meg should be enough for most of my image needs. For "high pixel" needs I have a Sony A99II at 42 Meg and of course film in sizes from 120 to 4x5, 5x7 and 4x10. As in most situations, of any pursuit, you can't have too many tools. But must have the ability to choose the right tool for he situation at hand.

This was recommended along with the D500 (quite expensive today). I don't need a large number of pixels since I have a 42M Sony A99II for that.

I grew up in London. Gina, Sophia Loren and Bridgett Bardot were most popular European actors of my youth in the 1950's into the 1960's. I just bought a Linhof just like she is using: a late 1950's Technika III 6x9. Mine has the Voigtlander 105 f/3.5 Color-Heliar. Just need to find the Biogon like Gina's.

I am new to Nikon and have acquired 3 Nikon D1X bodies with a few DX lenses. They work OK and are 5.2 meg. Can you recommend a "newer" body that is of similar build and still uses DX lenses.

Not into yachting, although I did toy with idea of building a 40ft steel hulled ocean going thing (based on the Tiatania (I think that was what it was called) based on the double ender (North Sea type) in the 1980's. But marriage and kids took precedence. Linhof on the other hand had been my interest since about 1966. Still too many after all these years (awaiting a working Linhof Press 70 from Germany - supposed to arrive today via DHL). There is something about a Linhof!!

I have a couple of these in shutter: 240 and 270. These old lenses are hard to find and as I understand Schneider only produced them for a few years in the 1920/30's. They have an 80 degree image circle that will work OK on 4x10. I have not shot color with them (E6) but think they will be OK with B/W. Years ago I tested with E6 the famous Zeiss Protarlinse in a 5 cell 5x7 set against an old Symmar convertible. My wife a watercolor artist preferred the Symmar for more accurate representation of the colors of the original water color portrait. Any experience with doppel symmar?

Thanks for the information. My intention is to travel the world (retired and 78!) having a digital outfit for convenience (Sony A99II with 16,24,28,35,50,100 Minolta lenses) and also a film outfit using 70mm and 120/220 film ( Linhof Press 70 with 53,80,180 lenses). If I have the room I will also take a LF either 5x7 or 4x10 with various lenses tripod etc. I will be getting an Airstream Basecamp 16X and towing it with my 2021 Honda Ridgeline. I would like to load and process B/W and C41 film and do it on the road some of the time. My plans are to go from Florida to Singapore via Canada/Iceland/Europe and on to Perth and the rest of Australia before shipping back to the US. Should take 2-3 years if I can avoid Iran/Syria and Burma. It would be nice if the population has gotten rid of their autocrats by then. I had this dream in the 1960's but met my wife in London who Liked Canada over Australia and was a US citizen (she died after 54 years of marriage last June) so we spent the first 10 years in Montreal before moving to Florida. Just before she died she told me to live my dream of traveling the world (we did car/camp for 6 months in Europe in 1970 after saving money for a car and all expenses for the trip in 2 years - we did it for about C$6000 in 1970 dollars. They told me we should take these extended 6-month trips when we are retired, not when you are 25. Bad advice!

Patterson has processing reels for 120/220 but did they ever have a reel for 70mm film for up to 15 feet? Are there any other brands of processing reels for short, up to 15 feet, of 70mm film (perforated and/or unperforated).

When I was young, about 10, my friend and me put the enlarger at the top of the stairs and projected a picture of an ant onto POP paper. It was 35mm but you could try it with 4x5. Luckily there was no adult to point out how ridiculous this was. And it was a dark and stormy night and the parents had gone out.

A few years ago I remember someone in Switzerland (Seitz?) had a scanning back for 6x17 that scanned in less than one second. He was working on one for smaller format such as 6x7 that would have been even quicker. I will have to check him out again.

Many many years ago after setting up the 4x5 and creating the shot that was exactly what I wanted seeing it on the ground glass. Then having to put in a film holder with E6 film and waiting for the end result to be available I thought about an alternative: why can't the image on the ground glass be turned into a digital image directly. I had a scanner that had a bar that travelled across the image, so why can't this technology be improved upon. Something built into the camera back that creates a digital image directly from what is seen on the ground glass. Now this is for color where the image is a "record" of the view. Not B/W where the photographer has complete license to produce an image to his/her liking of a representation of the scene, either thru exposure and/or print manipulation. In the ideal world the color image could also be used for the "creative" B/W image desired by the photographer. I think this was my thinking in the last century. Today I have an old Sony A99II that sort of does what I want, but I miss the big ground glass image and the ability to control the plane of focus and the part of the image circle that represents the image I am seeking.

Does this give live view for monitoring the shot while taking it. Or is it only for after shot monitoring via the micro SD card?

I was at the Brumos Collection (Porche's and others) today with my A99II and 35mm f/2 Minolta. When reviewing shots on the tiny screen I realized I need a bigger review screen. Can you recommend a 7 or 8 inch panel that sits on top of the camera that communicates via HDMI like a TV screen. Would it have to be powered by the camera or batteries?