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Linhof
Sign in to saveLinhof is a German company, founded in Munich in 1887 by Valentin Linhof. The company is well known for making premium rollfilm and large format film cameras. Linhof initially focused on making camera shutters and developing the first leaf shutter, which became part of Compur.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Linhof (Linhof Präzisions-Systemtechnik GmbH)
- Company.logo
- Linhof Logo.svg
- Company.image
- Linhof img 1876.jpg
- Company.type
- Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
- Company.foundation
- 1887
- Company.location
- Munich, Germany
- Company.key_people
- Valentin Linhof
- Company.industry
- Photography, Digital Imaging, Still cameras, lenses
- Company.homepage
- http://linhof.com/
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Key dates
- Inception
- 1 January 1887
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Munich
- Legal form
- Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
- Official website
- www.linhof.de
- Image
- Linhof img 1876.jpg
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- P740
- Munich
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- Products
- Folding bed field cameras
- 6x9 cm
- 9x12 cm
- 4x5 in.
- 13x18
- 18x24
- Monorail view cameras
- Rigid body cameras
- Panoramic
- 6x12
- 6x17
- Aerial photography
- Photogrammetry, 4x5 in.
- Digital Platform
- Accessories
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Linhof is a German company, founded in Munich in 1887 by Valentin Linhof. The company is well known for making premium rollfilm and large format film cameras. Linhof initially focused on making camera shutters and developing the first leaf shutter, which became part of Compur.
Nikolaus Karpf, who entered the company in 1934, designed the first Technika model, the world's first all-metal folding field camera, the same year. Revised models of the Technika are still in production.