Technika Select Angulon 65mm F8 4x5 Lens RARE COMPACT FOCUSING HELICAL
Item History & Price
This auction is for a Linhof Technika Select Schneider 65mm F8 Super Angulon. It comes with an ultra-rare, fully operational focusing helical that is marked in meters for maximum usability. With a Super-Wide lens like this, scale focusing is essential, as they can be difficult to focus on ground glass. However, using depth of field and simple calculations, you can achieve excellent sharpness across the whole picture. This is also a wonderful helical, as it is ul...tra-compact and designed specifically for this lens. Other helicals and helicoids stick out substantially from the mounting plate, while this one remains relatively flush with the board.
The lens and helical combination is not currently mounted on a board, but a specialist can easily do this for you with a blank board. It could also be mounted onto a custom camera, like a 4x5, 6x12, or 6x14 super-wide. The equivalent field of view on 4x5 is about the same as an 17mm lens on a 35mm camera. To reach coverage of the full 4x5 frame, you'll want to stop down to F16.
The Technika Select designation means that this was cherry-picked by Linhof as one of the best examples of this design, with remarkable sharpness across the entire frame. The shutter has had a recent CLA, and runs smoothly and well at all speeds, from 1 to 1/500 of a second. The glass is clean and clear, free from fungus, haze, and scratches.
The lens and helical combination is not currently mounted on a board, but a specialist can easily do this for you with a blank board. It could also be mounted onto a custom camera, like a 4x5, 6x12, or 6x14 super-wide. The equivalent field of view on 4x5 is about the same as an 17mm lens on a 35mm camera. To reach coverage of the full 4x5 frame, you'll want to stop down to F16.
The Technika Select designation means that this was cherry-picked by Linhof as one of the best examples of this design, with remarkable sharpness across the entire frame. The shutter has had a recent CLA, and runs smoothly and well at all speeds, from 1 to 1/500 of a second. The glass is clean and clear, free from fungus, haze, and scratches.
