LINHOF Super technika User manual

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nstructions
for
SUPER
6x9 cm
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Lock bor for lens
boord
Shutfer
cocking lever
Contoct
nipple
for flosh
coble
Lensin Compur shulter
(fullysynchronized)
Lens
diophrogm setting
lever
Lens
slondord.Exfro sturdydesign
for heovyhigh-speed
ond long-focus
lenses
Upper trock lock
U
pper
trock
Lens
stondord
tilting knob
Spring-tensioned
pull-oui
grips;
when releosed,
lock
lens
stondordof ony trock Position
Rock-ond-pinion
focusing
knob
for triple extension
trock
Tri-com disk, interchongeoble,
couples
three lenses
lo
muttifocus
ron
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efind
erondd
isfqn
ce
scole
outomoticol
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Coble releose
socket
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Spring-tensioned
bed struts
to hold bed
d
ropped posif
ion
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rovid
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We reserve
the right to mqke chonges
deve
lopments.
in normol or
Flosh
gun brocket
Comero body of corrosion-proof
lighl-melol die costing
Lock knob for swing bock
Swinging
ond
tilting
bock
Automotic
spring lock
for swing bock
Revolvingbock
; detochoble
Ground gloss
spring bock
Hinged
focusing
hood
frame
Locking leverfor interchonge
of comero bock
Adjustoble
finder eyepiece
with porollox correction
from
infinity to 3 feetx) .
Eyelet
for neck
sfrop with cqble releose
sockef
(body shutter releose)
Combinotion Multifocus Ronge-ond-Viewfinder;
view-
finderod
jusloble
for wide-ongle
(53
or 65mm.),
normol
(90
to 105mm.),telephoto
(180
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without Multifocus
Rongefinder.
in the consfrucfion,
design, or finish of our producis, consistent
with the newest

Your SUPER TECHNIKA is o precision
instru-
menf,designed
for oufsfonding service.
Likeony
opticol precision
inslrumentif requires correcf
hondling. In )tour own interest,
pleose
follow
the instruclions
in thisMqnuol corefully.
Foulty
operotion moy couse iqmming. Above oll:
Never uge force. Get ocquoinled wilh every
feolure of your cqmero before you pul it to
acfuql use. Once you ore fomilior wilh your
comero, /oU will enjoy its eoseof hondling
ond smoothoperolion for mony yeors
to come.
TECHNICAL DATA
Super
Techniko
Techniko
2'
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la 2' loX
3
r/n
wilhMultifocus
withoul
Rongefinder Rongefinder
Tt
lo' (182mm.)
5t
lr' (142mm.)
5'lo'
(135
mm.)
5'lo'
(135
mm.)
Tt
lr' (90
mm.) 3t
l"' (90
mm.)
Weight
(without
lens)
64 ozs 53ozs
(1
800
g
roms) (1
500
g
roms)
Beffows
Extension:
12' (300
mm.)
Bock:
Revolves
360o;
lilts
andswings
io 10o
Fronl:
Stondord
rises
2' (50 mm.);
Bed
drops1
5
o;
tillsbock
0-1
5
o
Heighf
widrh
Depfh
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The closed comero is well prolected ogoinsf
exfernol influences.
lf con sofelybe corried by
the neck sfrop. The finder (C) is protected
by
its cover (D) which qlso
serves
osshqdewhen
opened.
To open the cqmertr
Push
colch (A) downword ond lef the comero
beddown gently
untiltheside
slrufs
(E)
lockin
fhe first notches.
The finder lens cover opens
when lightly pressed
ot side (B). To pull out
lensstondord,
press
lhe lwo grips (F)
ond slide
ihe stondord
onlo lhetrock of the cqmero bed.
The trock hos os mqny infin
ify stops (G) os
there
qre lensessupplied
with the comero.Pull
oul thestondcrd uniil if 'clicks'
intothe infinity
slopfor lhe lensin use.

The Mulf
ifocus
ronge-ond-viewfinder
combines
on opticol universol
viewfinder
- odiustoble
for
d
ifferent focol lengf
hs wilh o criticol co-
incidence-type
rongefinder.
A recfongle
in the
centerof the viewfinder
field shows the bright
rongefinder
imoges;
when lhe two imoges
ore
broug
hti
nfo
coincidence
lo form o sing
le
i
moge
- by focusing
the lens
wiih fhefocusing
knob -
lhe lens
is outomoticolly
ond crificolly
focused.
The brig
ht
rongefinder
imoge
is
especiolly
help-
ful in dim light where groundgloss
focusing
would be difficult. Rongefinder
focusing with
the normol ond wide-ongle
lens
conbe used
os
close
oslhree feet
ond less
from the subiect.
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Viewfinder Adiuslment
for vorious focol lengths
The field of vorious lenses
is obtoined by od-
jusf
ingthe lengthof the eyepiece
lube (B),
ond
by olfoching oppropriote mqsks to ihe view-
fi
nderfronf lens.Moskscon
be
oftoched'ineither
horizonfolor verticol position to correspondto
the posif
ion of the comero bock.
Wide-Angle Lenses. Push eyepiece
tube oll
f
he woy in. For 65mm. lens use 65-105
mm.
mosk. For 53 mm. Biogon usespeciol
53mm.
mqsk.
Normol Lenses:90 mm. - pull out eyepiece
tu
be to eng roved red line; use 65-105
mm.
mosk;100mm. - pull out
eyepiece
fube
qll
the
woy; use 100mm. mosk;
105mm. - pull out
eyepiece fube oll the woy ; use 65-1
05 m
m.
mqsk;
Telephoto Lens 180
mm. - pull out eyepiece
tube
ollthewoy; use
180mm. mosk.
The AUTOMATIC DISTANCE SCALE (A) is
octuofed by the focusing mechon
ism ond od-
justs
oufomqficolly
for onother lens
when the
comdisk
ischonged.
Porollox Correction. The viewfinder eye'
piece
(B)con be pushed diogonollyuPword to
fhe righl to correcf
for porollox; vorious dis-
toncesore colibroied beneofh
fhe eyepiece
(C)
for settings
from infinity
to 3ff. (1 m.).

TO CHANGE LENSES,
proceed
os
follows:
1. Push
up lock bor (A) qnd lift ouf lens ond
lensboord
;
2. Push lens sfondord oll the \yoy into the
comero body so fhqt rongefinder feeler
cleorscom disk;
3. Roise
hingedC-ring of disk locking cop(B);
turn counter clockwise (see orrow) fwo or
fhreelurns;
4. Pushejecfor
button
(C) to liff com disk;
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6.
Turn disk(E)
unfil
the
slot
mqrked
with the
desired
focql
lengthond lensseriol
number
engoges
the key stud.Tighien
locking
cqp
(B);
folddown C-ring.
Pull
out lens
stondord
untilit
clicks
into
the
proper infinity
stop
(D) on the upper
trqck.
Stops
ond lensmorkings
onthe
tri-com
disk
ore color coded
for convenienl
motching:
lnsert
new lens
by seoting
lower edge
of its
lens
boord in bottom groove of lens
stond-
ord; lift lock bor (A)to odmit
top edge
of
lens
boord
;
BLACK stops qnd lens morkings: Wide-
Ang
le Lens.
RED
stops
ond lens
mqrkings:Normol Lens.
GREEN
stopsond lens morkings:
Telephoto
Lens.
lf more
thqnthree
lenses
ore coupled
to fhe
comero, <r
second
com disk must be used.
Com d
isks
qre reod
ilyinferchongeoble
qfter
the locking cqp hqs been loosenedond
com
pletelypu
lledoff.
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Removelens
from lensstondord
;
Push lens sfondqrd oll the woy .inlo the
comero bod)r;
Turn com diskfo 53 mm. or 65 tntn.,resPec-
fively (2 ond 3 opply only if rongefinder is
to be used);
4. Pullout lens stondordto wide-ongle infinity
stop(block);
1.
2.
3.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Inserl
wide-qngle lensin lens
Pressdown on bed struts(D)
inlo second
nolches;
Turn milled
filting knob (A)
wiseoll the woy;
Press
down lrock releqse
(B)ond push
uPPer
trock fowords cqmero body until it clicks
into o secondory
fixed position.
The comero is now reody for operofion wifh
fhewide-ongle
lens.
To bring the comero bock to normol position,
first depress
lrock releose
(B) ond pull uPPer
frock forword until it clicks into normol posi-
tion. Turn tilfing knob (A) clockwise ol
I the
\yoy. Press
down bed slruts ond relurn fo firsi
(lower) nolches.
stondord;
unf
ilthey
click
counfer clock-
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After pressing down trock releose (B), the
upper frock (D) con be pulled ouf fo qnother
click slop. By using the focusing knob (C) o
tofol exlension of 280mm. (11 inches) con be
utilized;wifh fhe swing bock pulled out, fhe
exlension
is increosedto 300
mm. (12 inches).
Thus, telephoto lenses up fo 360mm. focql
length moy be used (ground gloss focusing
only). Also, by using wide-ongle lenses
with
triple extension,
mocrophoiogrophs
with o re-
production rotio of opproximotely 3.5: 1 mo)t
be obfoined.

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o) Aufomofic
distonce
scole;
operotes
with oll
lenses
which ore coupledto rongefinder;
b) Revolving
bockwith clickstops
for horizon-
tol or verticol piclures.
CAUTION: Before
revolving the bqck, push viewfinder eye-
piece
tube(h)
oll
f
hewoy in;
G
roundg
loss
springbock;
Hinged
focusing
hood
frome,permifting
use
of mognifier
for criticqlgroundgloss
obser-
vqtion;
Focusing
hood(open);
Locking lever for interchongeoble
g
rou
nd-
gloss
bockond Rollex
roll
film holder;
g) Accessory
shoeforfloshgun,
exposure
meter,
or spirit
level
;
h) Adiustoble
viewfinder
eyepiece
with porollox
correction;
i) Adjustoble
swingbqckfrome.
t
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c)
d)
e)
f)
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Looding the
LINHOF double film/plote holder:
1
. Pulf up dqrk slide
i the spring-tensioned
hinged
endopens
outomqticoily;
2. Insert
film or plcte; film sheoth
is not F€-
q
u
ired,see
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llustrotion
;
3. Hold
down hinged
end
ond
insert
dqrk slide
qll
the
woy;
4. Follow the some procedure
for other side
of holder;
5. The ejector
lever
(A)connot
bemoved
when
the hofder islooded.
Thus
it is
eosy
to check
if o hof
der isloqded
or not.
To UN-LOAD: Pull
out
dqrk
slide
obout
1
inch
to releose
hingedend; pushup ejector
fever.
Film
or plote
is pushed
out
ond conreodily
be
wifhdrown without donger of touching
emut-
sion
side
with
thumb.
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exPosu
re
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1. Cockthe shutter;
2. Insert holder ond wilhdrow dork slide in
one motion (illustrotion
1 ond 2).
CAUTION: Be sure shutter
is closed
when in-
serting
holder.
operotes.
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After exposure, re-inserf dork slide. To with-
drow holder from cqmero, pull bockwqrd (to
releqse holder from tighi lock) onq out. (See
illuslrolion 3.) Reversehorder ond insert for
next o(posure. (see illusfrofion 4.) The fobs of
fhe
dork slides
on Linhof
holders
ore numbered.
Numbers of unexposed negotive moteriol
should foce OUT; when re-inserling
the dork
sfide ofter exposure, foce the numbers lN.
Thiswill tell you ot o glonce
fhot
film hosbeen
exposed,
ond prevents
errors. In oddilion eqch
hinged end of the LINHOF doubte hotder
feolures o built-in numbering tob which cor-
responds to fhe number on the dork slide.
During the exposurethe number is outomofi-
colly printed on the negotive. This hepls con-
siderobly in identifying negolives
qfler develop-
menl.
By using
double holders,
il is possible
to odopf
the besi possible
type of film or plote lo eoch
photog
rophic siiuolion. Thus, ponch
romqf
ic,
infro-red, ond color emulsionscon be usedin
succession,
if desired.

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Looding fhe ROLLEX f20 Rollfilm Bqck:
Moke sure frome counter window (B)
shows "0". lf it does noi, lurn film tronsport
knob (E) clockwise
until ii stops.
Then releose
butfon (D) in direction of orrow, wind knob fo
next sfop, releose
ogoin ond repeot until you
come
fo o stop
ond "0" oppeors
in the window.
With RoIlex floi side down, winding knob
focing IoU, open cover by releosing
lock (F)
in
direclion of orrow. Lift out film corrioge ofter
hoving pulled
film tronsport knob (E)
outword.
Inserl
toke-up spool in right comportmenfond
put new film roll in leftcomporiment.
Connecf
poper leoder oround ond under floi side of
corrioge ond over the idler rollersfo the toke-
upspool
(A),
block
side
oulword. Threod leoder
first through long slit of foke-up spool. Turn
toke-up spool in the direction of the orrow
morked on side of corrioge, unfil morker
(eifher (-> or ( ) oPPeorsin fhe film
window df the corrioge.The window is locofed
belween fhe cenler poriition ond the toke-u
P
spool. Now reinsert looded corrioge into the
holder by pulling out film lronsport knob (E)
ogoin,ond fhen plocing
it bockinto posilion,
so
f
hot it engoges
lqke-up spool.
At this point the frqme counfer window sfill
shows"0". Now push
film releose
butfon(D).
With your fingers keep the feed spool from
turning ond qt the some
time turn fhewinding
knob (E) slighfly
fotoke up
ihe slack.
Now close
the coverond continue
winding. When fhe
first
exposure is in ploce,
the film will come to on
outomotic
stop
qnd
"1" will oppeor
inthe
frome
counler window (B).
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Afler eoch exposu
re push releose bufton (D),
let if refurn ond wind film untir if stops.
After
the lost exposure,
continue
winding unlil ,,0"
oppeors in fhe frome counter window (B), of
which time the exposed
film cqn be token out.
L film speed reminder is incorporofed in the
film winding knob (E) ond con be set by o
downword p-ressure
ond lurn ofits
blockcenfer.
The Ro
llex mqy remoin
on
the
comero
during
loading;
lhe dork slide
need
nor be inserted
if
lhe comero shufter
remqins
closed.
The Ro
llex, like f
he double cut film/plote
holders' con be used
in the horizoniol or yer-
ticol posifion,
oDd is provided with crick
stops.
For verticql exposures,
the slide fqb is of ihe
lop, covering the viewfinder eyepiece qs o
reminder
fhot
the
dork slide
musf
be
pulred
ouf
before exposu
re. Similorly, for horizonfol ex-
posures,
the tob is of lhe lefl,prevenling
use
of
the comero leofher
hondle; ogoin o reminder
to pull
out
the
slide!
The dork slide MUST be inserled when the
Rollex isdeloched
from lhe comero.
The qufomolic
film slopof fhe Ro
llex permits
operotion
wif
houl reference
to o film window -
on obvious
odvonfoge
in dim lighl or complete
dorkness.
in reqdiness for insfont insertion into fhe
Rollex; inserls
qre ovoiloble
ihrough your
LINHOF
deqler.
For conven
ienf inferchonge
from block-qnd-
white fo color film, ,r" oTo second
or third
Ro
llex will be
found
very helpful.

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The quick chonge mechonism of ihe comerq
bock permits
the chonge
of holders
in-o molter
ofseconds:
A single
motior - swillging
lhe lever
to the left
- untocks o fully or porlly exposed
Rotlex ond onother looded Rollex con be
otfoched,
ond locked in, instontly;
this chonge
moy even be modewith the comero hond-held
to sove votuoble time. This ropid inferchonge
offers o wide choice of film ond film holders:
RoIf
ex 2r laXStlo" (6x 9 cm.) or 2tlexzt lo"
(6
x 6 cm.), for block-ond-white or color;
double holders2tlaxS'lo" (6'lrx 9 cm.)for cut
film ond plotes,
olso block'ond-white or color;
film pock odopters 2tlexSt
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Whilethe swinging
ond
filting
bockis
normolly
locked in the focol plone for occurole ronge.
finder operotion, il moy be releosed for use
with the ground gloss
when the useof swings
ond lilts is desired. Horizonlol, verticol, or
d
iogonol movemenls permit consideroble
control of perspective,
depth offield,disfortion,
or speciol effecfs. Complefe informotion on
fhis subject will be found in the LINHOF
TECHNIQUE Doto Sheets
ovoiloble through
your Linhofdeoler.
To operole swinging bock:
Loosen lock knobs (B) on oll fou
r corners;
press
on cotchlocks
(A) while pulling out bock
(C) which con now be tilted or swung in ony
direclion. When the desired positionhos been
estoblished,
fhe bock con be locked in thot
posilion by meonsof the four lock knobs (B),
qnd is reody to receivelhe film holder for ex-
POsure:
NOTE:Alwoysplocethe comero on o fripod
for focusing
ond toking subjeclsinvolving bock
movemenls.