Camera manual for a linhof technika iii 13x18

[fatboy22]

Anyone got a Linhof Technika iii 13x18 manual I could get a copy of? Finding it hard to find much info on 13x18 version. Does not have normal spring back. Older back that metal single side holders slide into. Any info on this camera would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jamie

 

[fatboy22]

Nobody has a manual or indo on this old beast of a camera?

 

[AgX]

Here it is:
https://www.dirkfietz.de/wp-content...nweisung-fur-Technika-III_German-Langauge.pdf

 

[reddesert]

You probably have a camera with a back that predates the current standard shape for double film holders. Although for double film holders the outer dimensions are supposed to be the same for 13x18cm and 5x7in holders, for the older film and plate holders you need holders that match the camera. This thread may be useful: https://www.largeformatphotography....of-Technika-II-13x18-(5x7-quot-)-Film-Holders

 

[AgX]

The manual I offered hints at the old type cassettes with rabbets.

 

[Bob S]

Anyone got a Linhof Technika iii 13x18 manual I could get a copy of? Finding it hard to find much info on 13x18 version. Does not have normal spring back. Older back that metal single side holders slide into. Any info on this camera would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jamie

What’s the serial number of your camera?

 

[fatboy22]

Hi Bob

Serial # is 38564

 

[fatboy22]

Thank you to all who replied! Info on the 13x18 Technikas seems very limit on the web.

Jamie

 

[fatboy22]

The manual I offered hints at the old type cassettes with rabbets.

Yes I bel

What’s the serial number of your camera?

Serial #38564

 

[Bob S]

Yes I bel



Serial #38564

You are looking for a 1954 manual. Can’t be many still around.

 

[fatboy22]

Thanks Bob

 

[AgX]

You are looking for a 1954 manual. Can’t be many still around.

What makes you think the manual I offered is the wrong one?

 

[Bob S]

What makes you think the manual I offered is the wrong one?

What is its copyright date? If it is not the book for the specific camera series it may leave out or add things that are not specific to the camera. Best is for him to get a book contemporary to his camera.

 

[AgX]

-) there is no copyright on such manuals in Germany
-) the books from Linhof from that period are not actually manuals, though they hint at the functions of most controls/actuators
-) the manual I gave still hints at cassettes with rabbets and it hints a the Rollex back, which was superceeded by the Super Rollex before 1957; I assume it is the right one.

I wonder what is so special about the OP's model that he needs a manual dedicated to his model.
I guess just asking a specific question here would be solve a problem