[pure-silver] Re: Linhof viewfinder.

  • From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:07:40 -0800

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Johnson" <genej2@xxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:55 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Linhof viewfinder.


> Anybody reasonably familiar with the old 
> "Linhof-Universalsucher-Technika" viewfinder by Schneider? 
> Mine has two scales with focal lengths from 120 to 500 on 
> the left, and 90 to 360 on the right.  It has an outer 
> field of view and an inner one.  Is one scale for 4x5 and 
> the other for 6x9? Is the outer field the 4x5 and the 
> inner one 6x9?  I'd appreciate it if someone could 
> straighten me out here :)
> Gene
>
   I can guess at at least part of the answer: the ratio of 
focal lengths of the two scales is right for 4x5 and 5x7 but 
that would be for the same window. An e-mail to Bob Salomon 
would get the true answer. bobsalomon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx   He is 
the US rep for Linhof.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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