petronius
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Interestingly Linhof promoted the 220 in magazine ads for the amateur use. This was imo not often a good idea, sometimes even funny. I recall an ad in which the 220 hangs from the wrist of a person who is biking!
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Roger Hicks
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And in Linhof im Praxis (as far as I recall) there's a picture of a pretty girl using one -- and EVERYONE knows that women can't use complicated cameras. It overheats their brains...
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agfa100
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Plus the story I heard about the 220 before I got mine was that it was pushed as a wedding camera... and the stories go on.....
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Roger Hicks
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Seems likely. It was a bit of a solution in search of a problem, wasn't it? A bit like the Press 70. Great cameras; small markets.
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agfa100
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Yea, I always wanted a Press 70 why I have no idea. I am so happy to have my RX-1 as my main camera these days.
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petronius
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There is a bunch of these camera beasts, Koni Omega, Mamiya Press, Technika 70 and of course the Press 70. Maybe they remind us of the feeling of our toy trains - wonderful mechanics.
I was fortunate enough to spot three issues of Photo Technik magazine at a local second hand shop recently. One of them is the April 1971 edition. They are all full of wonderful articles, photographs, and advertisements, many of them for Linhof. As Photo Technik was published by Nikolaus Karpf (or at least, later issues were) this will not be surprising to many, since he was the owner of Linhof for a number of years. On page 33 of the April 1971 issue I found an advertisement for the Linhof 220, and I immediately thought of Petronius and this thread.
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Brett
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Brett
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The first time I had a color film in my Linhof 220. Rollei CR200, a film with a little bit odd colors. The cameras selenium cell is quite off, so I used my Lunasix 3.
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I nearly forgot: Ten years ago I bought my Linhof 220:
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And a new one:
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