[LargeFormat] Linhof Color

[Dan Kalish]

Wasn't the Linhoff Color made in the 1960s?  I actually bought one on eBay
but it had $200. worth of minor problems so I returned it.  Its hard to
believe it comes from the same company that made the Kardan M I just got.
<g>

Dan K.

> Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 07:48:18 +0200
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> From: Ole Tjugen <oftjugen@online.no>
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Linhof Color
> Organization: BHI
> Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
>
> No, I have two Linhofs. A 4x5" Linhof Color, and a 5x7" Technika. Very
different beasts indeed...
> The Color nice little monorail, and is a predecessor of the Kardan by way
of the Kardan Color.
>
> Ole
>
>
> 02.06.03 01:36:06, "Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@rcn.com> wrote:
>
> >By Linhof Color, do you mean your Linhof 5x7? Or do you have another
Linhof?
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Ole Tjugen" <oftjugen@online.no>
> >To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> >Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 5:43 PM
> >Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] 8x10 Cameras (was RE: Horseman or Gandolfi?)
> >
> >
> >> >> I don't have anything against wooden cameras, but many Deardorffs
are
> >too
> >> >> much like furniture for my taste.
> >>
> >> >I now tend to agree. By comparison, the Phillips is closer to a
stealth
> >> >bomber or a 49er Dinghy....
> >>
> >> I took my Linhof Color out for the eclipse the other night. The best
local
> >site was the coastal fortress at Tellevik, about 5 minutes from home.
> >> I found the camera to be a rather surprisingly close match with the
WWII
> >German artillery... Pics will be posted - if there's anything usable.
> >>
> >>