Great deal at the bay ...

[Deleted member 88956]

Linhof Präzisions Kamera 1911

6,500,000 EUR, offers accepted, PayPal? Fine. Worldwide shipping ... 10 Euros.

 

[Horatio]

A steal!

 

[Ian Grant]

The camera wasn't made until 1922 and sold under different names it was made by Perka. It was sold as a Silar by A O Roth the Meyer distributor here in the UK, and forma short time it was also sold as a Thornton Pickard. When Perka closed in 1930 Linhof took over production. Roth sold it with a choice of Meyer lenses one a triple convertible the 9x12 camera giving 6" combined, Front elements 6 5/8", and Rear elements 12 5/8" so it needed the triple extension bellows

It's rather obvious that someone has changed the lens which has a 1912 serial number, it's fitted upside down.

Ian

 

[Deleted member 88956]

@Ian Grant First kick I got out of this listing was the asking price and ... shipping cost. Seller may be expecting a bit lower offers it appears

 

[Sirius Glass]

The shutter is mounted upside down.

 

[Deleted member 88956]

@Sirius Glass According to seller it was one and only, cannot find another and up-side-down shutter is just another proof of that

 

[Deleted member 88956]

The shutter is mounted upside down.

Seller was checking out image on the ground glass, saw it up side down, and turned the lens 180 to make things right.

 

[Sirius Glass]

@Sirius Glass According to seller it was one and only, cannot find another and up-side-down shutter is just another proof of that

Seller was checking out image on the ground glass, saw it up side down, and turned the lens 180 to make things right.

My bad. I have to brush up on my technical knowledge!

 

[Ian Grant]

There's a 9x12 Silar on ebay with the Triple convertible Meyer lens f4.5 15.3cm and 22cm and 32cm, a more reasonable 614 euros approx.

They are rather nice cameras but even at that price I think expensive, it has too much paint loss as well. Maybe the triple extension lens is worth it an advert says a half rotation removes or secures the cells so some sort of bayonet fit to the shutter.

When you look at all the features, triple extension interchangeable lens boards, revolving back, drop bed, front tilt, rise and fall and front shift it's a very versatile camera, add that triple convertible lens and later a Meyer WA and you have a nice set.

Ian

 

[BrianShaw]

Perhaps the shutter was mounted upside down for reasons similar to Nikonos users who often dobthe same.

 

[Ian Grant]

Turns out the Meyer Silar continued this is a 1938 advert and they added their wide angle lens as well. Looks quite similar to an MPP Micro Technical MkIII which ws based on the war time Linhof Technika, but of course this camera was made by Linhof.

Ian

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

Seller was checking out image on the ground glass, saw it up side down, and turned the lens 180 to make things right.

Oh!! Clever trick. Should remeber that one.

 

[JPD]

The guy has been trying to sell that camera for a long time now. Years ago he also tried to sell his story about something that might explain why he is in need of money, and if he is lucky maybe a crazy millionaire buys the camera for fun. I'm sure he knows by now that the camera isn't worth more than 1/10 000 of the asking price, and that the ebay listing is like playing on the lottery.

 

[Ambrown31]

Wow

 

[Ambrown31]

The most expensive camera I have seen recently is an 8x10 Ebony. I think it is listed for over 13k. Nowhere near that though!