Formed in 1887 by Valentin Linhof, the Linhof company is marking its 120th anniversary. To celebrate, the company has introduced a limited production version of its latest version of the famous Master Technika, the Master Technika 3000 Camera.
Linhof has refreshed their 4x5 metal field camera with the release of the Linhof Master Technika 3000 Camera. It improves upon the older Master Tech 2000 by adding a fourth drop position to the drop bed, thus allowing for more movements and less vignetting. Also, the focusing track for extreme wide-angle lenses has been moved from the inside of the camera body to an easily-accessed knob positioned on the side of the body.
Now, the Master Technika 3000 can utilize superwide lenses with new infinity stops at the 38mm, 47mm, and 58mm positions to accommodate these lenses.
A special manufacturing run of 120 of the Master Technika 3000 cameras covered in a brilliant Ferrari red leather material has been created. The black leather hand strap is finished with a wide red stripe and the Folding Focusing Hood sports a special version of the famous Linhof crest with the words "120 YEARS." Additionally the revolving frame on the back of the camera will be engraved: "1887 - 2007 120 YEARS LINHOF" plus each camera will be serially numbered from 001 to 120 on the frame.
The Master Technika 3000 is a more compact, non-rangefinder version of the classic Linhof Master Technika. It comes with a wrist strap, a folding focusing hood and a ground-glass grid screen. It does not include the lens, lensboard, grip, fresnel lens or viewfinder. It is a technical baseboard camera of the highest quality with a sturdy die-cast body that closes to compact dimensions.
It features: a triple-extension drop bed, ratcheting lift lever for front standard rise, an international Graflock spring back with revolving swing frame, a lift-up flap on top of the camera housing for increased wide-angle efficiency, a built-in wide-angle focusing track for extreme wide-angle lenses 38-72mm (movements with bed in fourth notch dropped position), and a removable accessory cold shoe mount that reveals a hidden tripod thread. This tripod socket can come in handy when a photographer wants to position the camera upside-down for more optical variances and movements.