[LargeFormat] Linhof

[Dan Kalish]

Sorry, Unc, but word is already out.

View Camera lists it, actually the E, as one of the quality cameras for 
under $1200.
http://www.viewcamera.com/quality4x5.html

Maybe you can clear up some confusion.  I had thought it was model Kardan M 
but my receipt says "Color Kardan M."  That puts it in line as a successor 
to the Color and Color Kardan of the 60's.  Is the receipt in error?

My Linhof money (after a carrying case, a Beattie screen, and a Gandolfi 
Variant) went to upgrading my lens from a Geronar to a Sironar-S.  My
main reason for that is a larger f/stop, making focusing and composition 
easier.

Now I'm still lusting after the Plaubel. ...

If you're going to horse trade, what is a Cine Rollex 45?  I'm trying to 
get some cash for my Minolta SR-T101 kit, in working order, recently CLA'd, 
with 3 lenses and a few accessories.

Dan K.

>From: "rstein" <rstein@bigpond.net.au>
>To: <largeformat@f32.net>
>Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Linhof
>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:25:36 +0800
>Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
>
>Dear Nephew Dan,
>
>     Is it wise to talk about our secret on this list?
>
>     I mean the secret of the Kardan M or E. If you or I tell people what a
>good camera it is and how well built it is then they will rush out and buy
>one and Linhof will be swamped with orders. And then we will be forced to
>wait for months when we want to buy the simplest of parts. And the price of
>the parts will rise. And I will be forced into a life of crime to pay for my
>next lensboard. Do you want this on your conscience?
>
>     I took a look again at the Technika in the camera store. That chrome
>corrosion is definitely general - there is no handling pattern to it. I also
>got a reply from another enthusiast that suggested the plating was erupting
>from the inside rather than the outside. His explanation was that to chrome
>aluminium you must first coat the metal with copper - then plate the copper.
>And he seems to think that at some stage Linhof got a batch of copper that
>had impurities in it. Some areas are now reacting in a Cu AL Cr mess. I am
>unsure of this - I've seen other corrosion on other cameras that I think was
>due to tropical sevice.
>
>     As it is I think I will pass on this camera. The asking price is
>attractive until you add up all the faults of all the components. If the
>works are slowly gumming up due to service in Darwin or somesuch I do not
>want to be the one who has to pay for complete overhauls. I shall put my
>next Linhof money into a 240mm lens for portraits in the studio.
>
>     Speaking of Linhof money - I have a Cine Rollex 45 back in very good
>condition - the black version - going for cheap. I would even consider horse
>trading, provided there was something useful on offer and providing I can
>talk to the front end of the horse. Are you - or anyone else - interested?
>
>      Uncle Dick