Toyo View and Wista lens boards on Linhof?

MultiFormat Shooter · Dec 20, 2018

Will Toyo-View and Wista lens boards fit the Linhof Technika IV?

Thanks.

Oren Grad · Dec 20, 2018

Boards for Toyo field cameras are a completely different size and shape from the Technika standard. However, the Toyo company has also offered Technika-type boards under the Toyo brand (as well as a version of the 45AII camera that accepts Technika-type rather then Toyo-field-type lensboads). So if you're thinking of buying a "Toyo" board for a Technika IV, make sure you know exactly what is being offered.

MultiFormat Shooter · Dec 20, 2018

Oren Grad said:
...make sure you know exactly what is being offered.

Thanks for the reply! I didn't realize there were/are two different types of Toyo lens boards. The board I am thinking of is the type pictured in this ad. If I could get a lens, already mounted in an appropriate lens board, that would eliminate the time and expense of having to get it mounted. Of course, a rangefinder cam would still need to be cut.

Huub · Dec 21, 2018

That looks like a Linhof Technika type of board.

Mounting a lens is not the most complicated task. Get yourself a spanner wrench and you have the tool you need. Take of the rear lens, then unscrew the ring that fixes the shutter to the lens board with the wrench. There will be an instruction video on youtube somehwere to show how it works.

MultiFormat Shooter · Dec 21, 2018

Huub said:
That looks like a Linhof Technika type of board.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

Doremus Scudder · Dec 21, 2018

To address the original question (after Oren's disambiguation): There are a number of manufacturers, both brand-name and no-name, that make Technika-style lensboards. Most are good copies and will fit on Linhof Technika cameras just fine, as well as the other brands that use that style lensboard (Wista, etc.). That said, I've had an after market Technika-style board or two that were not quite the right size and didn't fit well. One Gaoersi recessed board was too large to fit my Wista DX and I had to file down a no-name Chinese flat board to fit. Otherwise, I've had lots of Technika-style boards of various brands with no issues.

I find it easy to mount lenses on a board, but having one already mounted and ready to roll is just that much easier.

Best,

Doremus

MultiFormat Shooter · Dec 21, 2018

Doremus Scudder said:
To address the original question...

Thanks! Hopefully Toyo-made ones are "on" dimensionally, as that is what most of the lenses I have been looking at seem to mounted on.

Oren Grad · Dec 21, 2018

Doremus Scudder said:
To address the original question (after Oren's disambiguation): There are a number of manufacturers, both brand-name and no-name, that make Technika-style lensboards. Most are good copies and will fit on Linhof Technika cameras just fine, as well as the other brands that use that style lensboard (Wista, etc.). That said, I've had an after market Technika-style board or two that were not quite the right size and didn't fit well. One Gaoersi recessed board was too large to fit my Wista DX and I had to file down a no-name Chinese flat board to fit. Otherwise, I've had lots of Technika-style boards of various brands with no issues.

For completeness in case others refer to this thread later, I'll add that per Bob Salomon, tolerances in Technika camera production have changed over time, so it's conceivable that a Technika-type board that comfortably fits an earlier Technika might be a tight fit on a late-production Master Technika.

David Lindquist · Dec 22, 2018

Oren Grad said:
For completeness in case others refer to this thread later, I'll add that per Bob Salomon, tolerances in Technika camera production have changed over time, so it's conceivable that a Technika-type board that comfortably fits an earlier Technika might be a tight fit on a late-production Master Technika.

I can confirm this. I have a Linhof Master Technika 3000, new in 2010. All Linhof branded boards I've bought new of course fit fine. More often than not non-Linhof branded Technika pattern boards and older Linhof branded boards have needed the sides draw filed (or some equivalent process) to fit.

I do have two Nikon branded boards, bought used; both fit fine without any work being needed.

David

Toyo View and Wista lens boards on Linhof?

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