2010.02.12: Klyment's Garage Sale Part 2 (Linhof Technikardan 45s)

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Friday, February 12. 2010

2010.02.12: Klyment's Garage Sale Part 2 (Linhof Technikardan 45s)

The Linhof Technikardan 45s is this garage sale's feature item. You can find it new here and the bag bellows here. As noted in the previous entry, the Linhof Technikardan 45s is $1795 with choice of bag or standard bellows, $2075 with both bellows, or $1999 with a Calumet Caltar-II S 210mm F/5.6 in nearly flawless condition that's also almost free of Schneideritis which wouldn't have affected image quality anyway. This camera has been my primary camera for the past six months shooting over a dozen residential interiors, two commercial interiors, a handful of outdoor personal projects, and Avenue's sneak peek of the new Art Gallery of Alberta. Before that, Juliana Sohn owned this camera. In fact, it is for that reason that I am halfheartedly selling the camera but I now have too many cameras. Thanks again to Rico Moran for shooting these photos for me.

The classic "pretzal" shot of a full monorail camera. Full movements in the front and all movements in the back except there is only rear rise but no rear fall. Just apply rise in the front.

The camera is equipped with Linhof's standard gridded ground glass with 9x12cm markings and is fed by a Fresnel lens. The cover glass is pretty scuffed up but doesn't hinder your ability to compose. However, after using a Maxwell Precision Matte screen on one of my Horseman L frame cameras, I would highly recommend spending the money for an upgraded screen regardless of how good your standard ground glass and Fresnel.

The most amazing feature of this camera is that it's capable not only of compressing the standards this close together with the FULL non-bag bellows but the rail can also be rotated so that it is parallel with the standards allowing it to fit into a slim camera attache case like the Domke J-803 or some Billinghams more commonly used to house Leica rangefinders.

This photo shows that this is the newer 45s and not just the 45. Note the lines on the L standard and if you look carefully there is a swing detent visible under the front standard. This camera is more rigid and easier to collapse than the original Technikardans.

This photo shows one of the red lever tabs is missing. It doesn't affect operation and I was told by the original owner that this tab can easily be replaced by speaking to a Linhof dealer but I never bothered replacing it.

This photo shows the other tab that's missing. It's green and it's missing from the front tilt locking lever.

All bubble levels are intact. Not shown is the bubble-level on the right of the rear standard which is also still there and fully functional.

The cross section view of the collapsible rail that allows the rail to extend up to about 19" or almost 500mm.

One of the most recent shots done with this camera that has already been scanned. This one is of a small part of the Art Gallery of Alberta's Karsh: Image Maker exhibit that runs until May 30th. Shot with the Calumet Caltar-II N 75mm F/4.5 that was listed for sale in the previous entry. Portra 160VC . . . the sRGB colour profile conversion doesn't do justice for the colour of the walls in the exhibit and for the capture. Thank you to Brendan Klem for assisting with shooting some of these interiors of the AGA with a view camera.

Posted by Klyment Tan in Equipment at 16:32 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)
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Is this still for sale? Nice site, fun to browse. Nice work too, although I have only seen a bit of it... still browsing

#1 Bradley Hampson (Homepage) on 2010-04-17 19:24 (Reply)

Thanks for commenting. =) The Technikardan has long since sold to Corey Thompson of http://yellowjacketphotography.com/. I am currently in Los Angeles and was told of a major camera fair in Pasadena which I intend to attend tomorrow. Was promised some amazing deals on used Leica and large format stuff. If you need something please e-mail back or phone my California number for fastest response: 310.774.6687. I just picked up a Nikkor-SW 65/4 4x5 lens with acceptable coverage for under $390. =)

#1.1 K (Homepage) on 2010-04-18 01:06 (Reply)

Sorry to intrude , but I have a Linhof Technikardan 45S for sale if someone is interested as a followup to your sale. I'm on the east coast . Cheers cr

#2 chris Reardon (Homepage) on 2010-05-11 17:47 (Reply)

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