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Starting camera - Part V

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Scott M. Knowles - 27 Jun 2004 00:10 GMT

After a trip to the camera store which has Canham, Toyo, Wista,
Linhof, Horseman among others I came away impressed with the Linhof
Technikardan and Horseman LE for monrail cameras and the Wista for a
field camera. I'm curious what experience and views folks have with
the Linhof Technikardan and Horseman LE. The Horseman was one I
wanted to look at from a review of the literature for its simplicity
and overall construction, and the Linhof clearly takes practice
folding and unfolding it, but its compact size and versatility seems
impressive.

--Scott--

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Vladamir30 - 27 Jun 2004 11:45 GMT

There are two reviews of the Technikardan at www.largeformatphotography.info
in the camera review section, one by me the other by Paul Butzi. In a
nutshell, I didn't like the camera at all, he did. There is another review
of it by me on my web site, www.ellisgalleries.com.

> After a trip to the camera store which has Canham, Toyo, Wista,
> Linhof, Horseman among others I came away impressed with the Linhof
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> --Scott--

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Will Wagner - 29 Jun 2004 02:05 GMT

>After a trip to the camera store which has Canham, Toyo, Wista,
>Linhof, Horseman among others I came away impressed with the Linhof
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>folding and unfolding it, but its compact size and versatility seems
>impressive.

I use the LE, and like it a lot. It's simple, and being a monorail,
it's got plenty of movement, some of which are nicely geared. I like
shooting architecture and interiors, and for that purpose it does
everything I need. The guy under the darkcloth, on the other hand,
sometimes he doesn't listen too good... :)

There is an article on largeformatphotography.info (see [1] below)
about somebody who backpacks with the LE, seeing how it will fold
basically flat. I haven't personally tried it, mainly because I don't
spend much time out in the wilderness.

The only downside I've found is that it's a bit on the heavy side, at
almost 10 lbs. (the Linhof is reportedly 6.6 lbs.). But that way, I
can skip the gym and just go out shooting!

Will

[1] http://www.largeformatphotography.info/mono-field.html

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