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OBJECT TYPE: MULTIFOCUS/OPTICAL
DATE: 1957
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1455.001

MANUFACTURER: LINHOF PRECISION CAMERA WORKS
MODEL: TECHNIKA
LOCATION: Munich, Federal Republic of Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 16406
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal. Glass.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 8.0 cm
Width: 5.0 cm
Height: 9.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still camera accessories
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: LINHOF
Country: Federal Republic of Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Munich

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Probably used in the 1950's and 1960's
Canada: Part of a collection of photographic equipment from the estate of Wilfred Harold Olson, founder and president of Dominion Wide Photography Ltd., Ottawa (1952-1995). Mr. Olson was a photographer for many years and his studio did work for both the Ottawa Journal and CBC.
Function: A camera accessory showing the field of view of the lens, used in framing and focusing the picture.
Technical: This viewfinder couples the parallax adjustment with the focusing of the various focal lengths (compensation for the reduction of field). This is the first time that such a combination was made technically possible in a multi- THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT SUCH A COMBINATION WAS MADE TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE IN A MULTI-FOCUS FINDER. [REF 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED AROUND LENS: 'LINHOF-UNIVERSALSUCHER-TECHNIKA SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH'/ PRINTED ON TOP: 'Linhof'/ TWO SCALES: '[INFINITY] 2.5 3 5 6 8 10 15feet''90/75 135 150 160 210 250/260 270 300 360 f=mm'
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Base is hamelin brown with red printing. Top is enamelled black with bright metal trim.
Decoration: Linhof crest on front.

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LINHOF PRECISION CAMERA WORKS, Viewfinder, circa 1957, Artifact no. 1995.1455, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1455.001/

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