Interested in a purchase of a linhof 23s camera, anybody have any sugestions about this camera, good or bad. My main photography is done backpacking. Would this be a good camera for this type of stuff? Thanks

-- Mike McMullan (mcmullan@infomagic.com), January 22, 1998

Answers

I own a Technikardan 45, which continues to amaze me with its convenience and versatility. Linhof's advertising claims are no exaggeration -- the TK's really are full-featured monorail cameras which fold to field camera size, without any disassembly.

After five months of use, all backpacking, I wholeheartedly recommend the TK. It's worth the hefty price.

-- Sean Donnelly (donnelly@c-com.net), February 02, 1998.

Personally, I beleive that if you are going to go to the trouble of a view camera, go with larger formats. 4x5 cameras arent that much larger. You give up a lot of conveinience by going to a view camera, so you might as well enjoy a larger negative for your trouble. Of course, you do gain movements, but you loose speed, TTL metering, etc.,etc. If you really want to use roll film, maybe a nice used med. format would be as better for your application?

-- Ron Shaw (shaw9@llnl.gov), March 05, 1998.