Linohof Technorama 6x12 anyone have experience of this camera?

[RobC]

Anyone used a Linhof Technorama 6x12? If so what was your opinion/experience of it?

Do all the 6x17 technorama lenses including the 250 Xenar tele fit on the 6x12?

 

[Renato Tonelli]

I use it - it is very well made (as you would expect from Linhof) and easy to use. The focusing distance needs to be estimated as there is no rangefinder. This might sound off-putting but is easy to get use to.

I don't know if the 612 lenses could be used on the 617.

 

[RobC]

I use it - it is very well made (as you would expect from Linhof) and easy to use. The focusing distance needs to be estimated as there is no rangefinder. This might sound off-putting but is easy to get use to.

I don't know if the 612 lenses could be used on the 617.

If the lens helical focus distance scale is quite accurate then I thought that maybe one of those little golf distance finders might be a worth a try if I couldn't guesstimate accurately enough.

 

[Renato Tonelli]

Yes, that would be helpful at closer distances where accurata focus is more critical.

 

[RobC]

Yes, that would be helpful at closer distances where accurata focus is more critical.

Which lenses do you have and what is the widest aperture you have found to be pratical with them ?

 

[Renato Tonelli]

I have the 65mm and 135mm (f/5.6 max aperture on both). My outfit is older and only those two lenses were available - they fit my needs very well.
I normally shoot at f/16 or f/22 with both lenses. If the lens is not focused at infinity I set it at the hyperfocal distance for maximum depth of field.

 

[Oren Grad]

Do all the 6x17 technorama lenses including the 250 Xenar tele fit on the 6x12?

So far as I can tell, none of the 617 lenses will fit the 612. The cone dimensions for the two lens sets appear to be scaled differently to fit the respective bodies and required format coverage.

 

[RobC]

So far as I can tell, none of the 617 lenses will fit the 612. The cone dimensions for the two lens sets appear to be scaled differently to fit the respective bodies and required format coverage.

I think you might be right. But with a helical focus added of the right size, it may be possible to use other lenses.

Having said that, now that shneider and rodenstock have stopped making analogue LF film lenses, what you can lay your hands on in the way of helical mounts and lenses is probably very limited.