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-triI!.I''-'rz.*iF*i'' he potentiolities of Photogrophy ore infinite - its opplicotions ore ,r;pr..--.
frt, virtuolly unlimited. lt is logicol, therefore, thot designers hove for ZIlIEza,S-llIE a,ttL'qi yeors oimed ot creoting comeros of the greotest possible versotility.KA
-lSr\ --\t ond universolity. Individuol monufocturers followed different poths
ry:"g
- ^n.. towords this gool, but the question of negotive size wos olwoys on .*F,,
importoni considerotion in plonning. w . r#.i
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lf o renowned comero monufocturer like LINHOF hos devoted his entire
progrom to lorge negotive sizes for neorly 65 yeors, there must be
good reosons. The best proof for the soundness of LINHOF thinking A
ond design is found in the success of the world-fomous ond proven
fl professionol4x5" ond 5x7"comerosTECHNIKAfor oll.bronchescomeros, theof Photogrophy.most modern ond versotile
The newest creotion in this field - the LINHoF SUPER TECHNIKA 23 -
is o further odvoncement of the bosic design; it embroces, in one
instrument, o whole series of different speciolized comeros.
While, in the post, speciflc comeros were often needed for the success-
ful solution of mony photogrophic problems, the LINHOF TECHNIKA 23
offers unlimited scope ond flexibilitv.
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triple extension bellows, multiple swings ond tilts, instont interchonge
of o greoi voriety of lenses.
The quolities which hove olwoys distinguished LINHOF producis,
functionol design ond finest croftsmonship - ore, noturolly, found in
the SUPER TECHNIKA 23 to o degree never before reolized. lt is not
surprising, therefore, thot this new comero hos been received enthu-
siosticolly by discriminoting photogrophers everywhere. Too, ii is
evident to every LINHOF fon ond to every expert ihot o perfect comero
.ti.. of this type could only be developed by o monufocturer who con imbue.>,1
it with his trodition ond his long experience in the moking of the finesi
equipment
Owners of the new SUPER TECHNIKA 23 moy repose full confidence
in their comeros with its bockground of proverbiol LINHoF precision;
the professionol will discover o new eose ond ossuronce in hondling
even ihe most difficult ossignmeni, while ihe odvonced omoteur will
oppreciote the smooth operotion of the SUPER TECHNIKA 23 under oll
conditions. lncidentolly, the SUPER TECHNIKA 23 become the couseView original page 5Page 6 · Read text
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for the creotion of on entirely novel lens design of highest quolity ond
lorge operture, ovoiloble only for this comero: The Rodenstock Heligon
which hos goined on extroordinory reputotion os o minioture comero
lens. lt is ovoiloble for the SUPER TECHNIKA 23 with o focol length
of 90 mm ond speeds of f 2.8 ond f 3.2. As o six-element lens of the
Gouss Type, the Heligon hos exceptionol correction ond yields bril-
liontly shorp negotives even ot full operture'
With its focol length of 90 mm, the lens offers exceptionolly fovoroble
depth of field conditions which ore porticulorly odvontogeous in Press ffo photogrophy.ond Condid
lt lenses of estoblished quolity especiolly those mode by fomousOther
SCHNEIDER, KREUZNACH, ore, of course' stondord equipment on the
LINHOF SUPER TECHNIKA. The complete toble on poge 31 gives full
informotion obout lenses ond shutter combinotions'
The following poges will give o comprehensive picture of the sUPER
TECHNIKA 23 to oll interested reoders, ond moke the owner of this
new comero conversont with the new LINHOF 23 System.
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O Finder Eyepiece with Porollox Compensotion from oo to 3 feet.
@ Combinotion Multifocus Rongefinder-Vorifocus Viewfinder'
O Eyelets for Neckstrop.
@ Lock Knobs for Swing Bock.
@ Comero Body mode of corrosion-proof light metol costing.
@ swinging &Tilting Bock. (l00ongle of odiustment in olldirections).
fi) Revolving, Detcchoble Bock.
(Assures proper Bock
@ i,H:#*., 8:',F:"!""'f"5"": i#[%r3:*
$ flosh-gun brocket.
(E Lens diophrogm setting lever.
(D Spring tensioned Bed Struts.
@ Coble Releose Socket. (Body Shutter Releose)'
@ Upper Trock.
@ Rock & Pinion Focusing Knob for Triple Extension Trock.
@ Cover for Finder Lens. Serves olso os Shode.
@ Rongefinder Window.
(D Coble Releose Socket (Body Shutter Relecse).
@ Quick chonge Lensboord Lock Bor.
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@ Lens Stondord. Extro lorge U Frome.
@ Lens with Synchronized Compur Shutter.
@ Lens Stondord Tilting Knob. Fixes Stondord in ony Posifion (0-150)
@ Geored Rising Front, Adiusting Knob.
Spring tensioned Pull-out Grips. When releosed, lock Lens Stond-@ ord in ony Trock Position.
@ Tri-Com-Disk releose - Button.
@ Disk locking cop.
Tri-Com-Disk, couples 3 lenses to Multifocus .inte,rchongeoble,@ Rongefi nder simu lto neously.
@ Upper Trock Lock.
@ Lower Trock.
T.he obove key num.bers will. frequently be referred to in the following text.
We reserve the right to m.oke chonge! in the construction or design 6f our products, consistent with the newesi developments.
SPECIFICATIONS AND DIMENSIONS,
(.TZ" (,.|82 mm) high X 5_1/+" (]35 mm) wide x 31/2" 190 mm) deep.
Weight without lens 65 ozs (.|800 g).
Bellows Extension , 12" (300mm); Lensboord .|00.,3X31/t" (75,5X82mm)
'.20 mm) Bock' Revolves 3600; Tilts ond swings to Pullj but,l"
Front' Rise 2" (50 mm); Bed Drops l5o; Tilts bock 0-.;50.
Comero occepts^ olso Americon stondord double cuifllm holders, filmpock
od^opters, ond Grofmotic,Mogozine. Speziol. Linhof ROLLEX Rollholder' for 120 films is inierchongeoble with reguldr Bock.View original page 10Page 11 · Read text
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When closed, the comero is well ,rr'ri-_),y'
protected ogoinst externol influen-
ces ond con sofely be corried with-
out cose by its hondle or with o
neckstrop. The finder lens is pro-
tected bv o cover servino olso os 'The shode. rugged lig-ht metot
comero body incorporoles mony
new ond oustondino technicol feo-
tures which ore destribed in detoil
below.
How to open Comero t
fush cotch (A) downword releosing
bed ond letting it down gently until 'ln the side struts"(l l) lock th'e first
notches. The finder doors (B) ore
then opened by o light pressure in
middle of right side.
Lens Stondord is pulled out by the
two qrips l24l ond slide unto the
trock.-The trock hos os mony infinity
stops os there ore lenses coupled
to the Multi Focus Ronqefinder. See
ill. oooe I l. The lens" stondord is pull'ed"out until it "clicks" into the
infinity position correspon,ding to
the lens in use. (See coupling of
lenses poge l5; setting of ronge-
flnder poge 12.)
Be sure fio push lens slqndqrd qll
the woy info body before rotofiil!'
Tri-Cqm-Disk or before closing
cqmerq.
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Combinotion Multifocus Rongefinder The Super Techniko 23 is the ftrst ond only comero in which the con- struction problems of such o com- plex ond long sought ofter finder hove been ideolly solved. Thus sighting, composing ond focusing the picture is o simple, quick ond occurote routine occomplished wit- hout hoving to remove eye from finder. Vorifocus Opticol Finder, the most prominent feoture of the comero, hos been especiolly de- signed to show o lorge ond bright imoge. The field of Vorious lenses is-obtoined by odiusting the length of the eyepiece tube. For 65 mm wide ongle lens: Push eyepiece oll the woy in. The entire oreo wiihi'n the mosk opplies. The mosk is ottoched in either horizontol or verticol position (ond the comero bock must be in scime position). For 90 mm normql lens: Pull out eyepiece'moskto engroved line. Agoin field ofopplies. For 105 mm normql lens: Pull out eyepieceoll the woy. Field os obove. Fo,r 180 mm telephoto lens: Eyepiece ogoinoll the woy out. Field is outlined by silverlines in center of finder lens o r by pro -per mosk. Porollox odiustment with click stops is olso_. incorporoted in the eye- piece. The vorious distonces oppeor when the oculor is pushed dibgo- nolly upwCIrd toword right. 12View original page 13
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Hinged Cover, which serves olso os
shode, protects the finder lens ond
occepts finder mosks over its frome.
The Multifocus Ronqefinder
is of the coincidenZe tvpe. ln the
center of the opticol finder o light
field con be seen within o dor[er
frome. Through this field the obiect
is focused on- ond when it forms o
single imoge the lens is in perfect
TOCUS.
The occurocy of ony rongefinder
is determined by its opticol bose,
the distonce between the rongefin-
der windows. The Multifocus"Ron-
gefinder with. its long bose, is there-
tore extremely occurote.
Before usino the ronoefinder moke
sure thot swTng bock is firmly locked
ogoinst comero body ond thot lens
stondord is positioned in proper
infinity stop.
See poge l5 for coupling'the vori-
ous lenses to rongefinder.
Automotic Distonce Scole:
Its pointer is octuoted by the ronge-
finder mechonism ond is therefore
completely outomotic with oll len-
ses. Becouse it is ploced ot the bock
of comero, neor eyepiece, it con be
observed without hovinq to move
comero. A further oid i-n fost ond
convenient picture shooting.
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o) Automotic Distonce Scole cou-
pled to tri-com disk.
b) Revolving Bock for horizontol
p i ctu res. ,ond,verticol
c) Groundgloss Spring Bock.
d] :tiinged Fgcusing Hood Frome,
per.niitting use of mognifying
i:r :$losrs for'critico'l groundgloss
, observotion.
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e) Focusing l-lood open.
f) Lock Slides for Rgvolving Bock.
s) Accessory Shoe, for floshgun,
exposure meter or spirit level.
h) Adiusioblerfindep Eyepiece with
Porollox Adiustment.
When o'film holdei""is inserted the
groundgloss frome recedes ond
holds the film,in the focol plone by
spring pr'essure. When the holder
is withdrqwn the. gr;o-undgloss frome
oufor..notiqql!V 1.ptu1np_,to its normol
position, ,'
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How to Set Tri-Com Disk
An entirely new exclusive design
solves the problem of coupling
mony lenses to one rongefinder.
The Tri-Com Disk corries the focu:
sing curves of three different lenses.
By simply rototing the disk, the
vorious lenses ore coupled. Eoch
lens is coupled with the rongefinder
of the foctory to ossure obsolute
synchronizotion.
To chonge lenses proceed os fol-
lows t
l. Push Lens Stondord oll the woy
into Cqmero Body, so thot ron-
gefinder orm cleors com disk.
2. Loosen Lock Cop (26l' by turning
it counter-clockwise severo I times.
Pull up Lock Cop by its hinged
ring to its first clickstop.
3. Push button l25l which will lift
Tri-Com Disk off its peg.
4. Disk con now eosily be turned
until the desired hole, mo rked
with the lens to be used, is loco-
ted over the peg.
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Then press cop down, turn it severol
times in clockwise direciion ond
fold down hinged ring. This locks
disk in ploce.
5. Now pull out lens stondord until
it clicks into the correct'infinity
stop. In order to prevent errors,
the morkings of the Tri-Com Disk
ore color coded qnd motch the
infinity stops on the Trock, morked
in the sCIme color.
The following color scheme is ' used Block for wide ongle, red ' for normol, green for telephoto
lenses.
6. To remove Disk entirely, to be
reploced by onother one, (if
more thon 3 lenses ore coupledl
rock trock oll the woy out ond
pull lock cop off entirely. lt is
now eosy to interchonge Disks.
lmportont: Eoch Tri-Com Disk is spe-
cificolly plotted for the individuol
lenses ond comero with whose num-
bers it is engroved. (Lens nu mbers
ore on top, comero number on bot-
ton of Disk). The Disk will only work
occurotely with the rongefinder of
its own comero.
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All focol length lenses from 65 mm
wide o ng le to I 80 mm telephoto
which con be coupled to the Multi-
focus Rongefinder ore ideolly suited
for hondheld shooting. The 65 mm
Angulon with its ongulor field of
o bout B0 deg rees hos the odvo nt-
oge of enormous depth of field which
comes in ho ndy for press photo-
g ro phy o nd q lso for the o moteu r.
For orchitecturol work the wide
ongle lens is frequently o must be-
co use of the limited spoce ovoiloble.
How to set up comerct with wide
ongle lens
l. Ploce lens with lensboord into
lens sto ndo rd
2. Push lens sto ndo rd o ll the woy
into body
3. Set Tri-Com Disk for wide ongle
I ens
4. Pull out Lens Stondord until it
clicks into block stop. (First stop)
5. Press down o n bed struts u ntil
they engoge in second notches.
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6. Tilt lens stondord oll the woy bo ck by tu rn ing knob Q2l 7. Push down lock (2Bl ond push bock upper trock, with lens ston- dord onit, until it snops into o secondory stop Mqximum Bellows Extension 300 mm Now the wideqngle lens is coupled to the rongefinder, The Super Techniko 23 hos oll the essentiol feotures of the lorger Techniko models ond, therefore, offers besides its odvo ntoges os hond ond snopshot comero, the structurol feotures of o studio or prof essiono I co mero The following poges will give more d eto ils. Triple Extension: After holding down lock QBI the upper trock con be pulled out to its moximum. By rocking out the trock ossembly entirely, fhe f u ll extension of 28 cm con be reoched ond if the swing bock is moved bockword it will totol 30 cm (12 inchesl. This meons telephoto lenses up to 270 mm con be used. ,(Groundgloss f ocusing on ly), For Mocro Photo- grophy the 65 mm Angulon permits mognificotion of 31/2 to l. r8View original page 19
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The Linhof Double Holder for plotes
ond cutfilm is designed for eosy
looding in the dorkroom. BY meons
of o novel eiector the negotive
moter"io I co n be removed with
equol eose.
Becouse of its Precision workmon-
ship the Linhof Holder ossures ob-
solute flotness ond occurote ploce-
ment of the negotive moteriol in the
focol plone. lt olso feotures memo
tobs for noting film speeds etc. They
ore mode in 21/aX3r/o" ond 6X9 cm
sizes.
How to use Linhof Holders:
l. Pull up dorkslide. The springtensioned
hinged bottom port will open outorno-
ticolly.
2. Insert negotive moteriol (see illustrqtion)
3. Hold down hinged bottom qnd inserl
dorkslide oll the woY.
4. Follow some procedure for other holf'
5. Eiector lever (A) connot be moved in
direction of orrow when looded. Thus
it is eosy to check whether or not hol-
ders ore looded. ,
6. To remove Pull out dorkslide obout ' 1 inch. Bottom snops open. Push eiector
in' direction of orrow. This pushes film
"or plote out for eosy withdrowol.
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Looding the Rollex Holder With Rollex flot side down, winding knob (o) focing you, open cover by releosing lock (f) in direction of orrow. Lift ou.t film corrioge (g) ofter hoving pulled film trons- port knob oulword. Moke sure film counter window (e), shows "0". lI it does not, turn film tronsport knob clockwise unlil it stops. Then push releose- button (d) in direction of orrow, wind knob to next stop, releose ogoin etc. until you come to o stop ond "0" oppeors in the window. Insert empty film spool in right comport- ment ond put new filmroll in left comport- ment. (Upper film spool nipples ore on hinged ploies to moke insertion eqsy.) Connect poper leoder (b) oround flot side of corrioge post the roller to the toke-up spool (c) blqck side outwqrd. Threod leoder first through long slit of toke-up spool ond .then turn it oround its own oxis, rolling up the poper leoder until q morker *) oppeors in the film window of the corrioge (locoted between the center portition ond the toke up spool ond mqrked with o pointed orrow.) Now reinsert looded corrioge into the holder by ogoin pulling out film tronsport knob qnd then plocing it back into posi- tion so thot it engcrges toke-up spool. Close cover. At this point film window shows still "0". Now push film releose button ond wind on. When the first exposure is in ploce nView original page 21
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When individuol exposures require
quick ond individuol' development,
cutfilm or plotes in Double Film
Hoiders ore'the onswer. The Linhof
Holder is porticu lorly recommended.
Sto ndo rd 21/tx3t/a holders. fi lm po ck
odopters ond Grofmotic Mogozine
fit equo lly well.
Shooting with cutfilm holders is eosy ond
speedy
Cock shutter'
Insert holder o'nd withdrow dork slide in
one motion
Expose
lnsert reversed slide ond withdrow holder These illustrotions show in one motion the method of using film Reverse holder ond withdrow slide
Cock shutter etc. holders.
When inserting holderThe hondles of the dork slides of push it oll the w-oy in until
the Linhof holder.ore morked with its shou lder snCIps into the
numbers I or 2 on outiide. After groove of the bock.
exposure when slides ore reinser- When withdrowing pu llted, be sure to reverse them so thot bo ckwo rd o nd outwcrrdthe number is toword inside. This sinru lto neously.will tell ygu ot, o glonce thot film
rs exposed, o nd prevent errors. For toking verticol pictu- res the revolving bock
Similorly, Americon holders hove shou ld be tu rned so thot
dorkslides on which the top is block holders ore inserted from
on one side, Aluminium'on the
other. Thev olso hove finoermorkers
which con'be felt in the"dorkroom
when looding. Here too, the block
side should b-e outword for unexpo-
sed film ond reversed ofter exposure.
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Swing The nome "TECHNlKA" implies thot Bqck the fomous construcion feotures of Cotch lorger Techniko models hove been Lock retoined in this comero, porticulorly the exclusive Techniko Tilting ond Swinging Bock. Normolly the Bock lies f irmly ogo,inst the comero body held by cotch lotk (8). By opplying pressure ogoinst these cotches si:multoneously, the Bock con be pulled out ond tilted on'd or swung i.n ony direction up to o n o ng le of I 0 deg rees. Of course the bock movements ore olwoys used with the ciomero on o tripod ond by consulting the groundgloss. When the desire'd groundgloss I po- sition hos been found, the Bock is locked by the 4 lock knobs (4) ond the holder is then inserted. The bock tilts ond swings permit complete distortion control ond'o lso con be used to increose the depth of field under certoin conditions. These sj:iustmbnts ore further foci- litoted by the bockword tilt of the lens stondord which is obtoined by turning knob (22l'. As the l'ens stond- 26View original page 27
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In oddition to the bockword tilt the fens con olso be roised 65 mm by meons of the geored knob (231. This movement is frequently used in con- nection with bock movements or by itself (photogrophing toll buildings). By dropping the bed ond reod- iusting the stondord occordingly o certoin qmount of drop con olso be obto ined. lf lotero I movement of the lens sto ndo rd is occosiono lly requ ired the simplest method is to mount the comero on o Linhof Precision Boll- heod ond to turn the entire comero 90 deg rees. Not oll lens'es ore equolly suitoble for utilizing comero movements. Thus the 65 mm Angulon if stopped down to f 22 permits o slight omounf of movements. The 90 mm Angulon on the other hond con be used with hordly ony stopping down.Since oll monipulotions ore mode by checking the groundgloss imoge it is o simple motter to find out such limitotions in octuo I proctice. 28View original page 29
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All types fo flosh equipment con be used with the Super Techniko 23. Smoll floshguns con be inserted in the occessory shoe on top of the comero. The stondordized flosh brocket (9) on the side of the c.omero occepts the professiono I type flosh- guns. Thus, if desired, two floshguns con be ottoched to the comercl simu lto neously for extro coveroge or specio I lighting effects. The fully synchronized (MXl Com- pur shutters permit complete syn- chronizotion with electronic flosh or floshbu lbs ot o ll speeds. For use with electronic flosh the little lever on the side of the shutter is set to "X" , for floshbulbs to "M". For comPlete detoils see shutter instructions, ovoil- oble seporotely ond informotion f urnished with o ll floshbulbs. Flosh photogrophy is no longer con- fined to indoor or night use. Using it in connection with sunlight, in order to get detoils in shodow oreos ond to goin better lighting bolonce, porticulorly in color photogrophy, is becoming more o nd more POPu lo r. 30View original page 31
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For indoor ond outdoor picture
toking with the Super Techniko 23
we recommend porticulorly the well Reporler Tripod
known Linhof Tripods, models I ond
ll ond olso the REPORTER TRIPOD.
The Linhof Precision Bo llheqd is
po rticu lo rly desiro ble with these. Precision
An entirely new tripod, the JUNIOR
STUDIO TRIPOD will olso find fo-
vor with mony Linhof 23 owners.
Precision mode, it feotures geored
center post, ond its legs ore locked Boll Joint
in ploce by meons of 3 struts, thus
moking it q very sturdy ond firm
unit. Moximum extension 5 feet.
Lowest working height opprox 20
inches.
Speciol Tripod Brochure is ovoil-
oble on request.
Tripod
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