Christian, I hate you. You lucky dog! Now I will have to change my name to greenwolf <g>.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Christian Skofteland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 4:41 PM Subject: OT: Can I join the brotherhood now? > Oh, Medium Formatters! > > A co-worker friend of mine dropped two large cases at my feet (well not > really dropped more like placed gently) last Saturday. The outside of both > cases said something like "Linhof" > > Inside the first one I discoverd a rather large camera with a lensboard that > had the word "Technika" on it. "hmmmmmmm" says I.... "What is this all > about?" > > "Well," he said, "I know you are a camera person and as I was cleaning out my > mom's basement I found this stuff and thought you might want it." > > It turns out that his father was big into photography before he died a few > years ago. So, I've just acquired a Linhof Technika IV 4x5 camera with three > lensboards (90, 100 or 120 and 150 or 180, I don't have it in front of me > right now to verify). Also included are various finders, filters and backs, > including 2 autografik and 2 roll backs. > > The thing is ultra clean, beautiful and, well, neat-o! I'm already > conspiring to get film and try it out! My father has already claimed it for > himself (I knew I should have kept it a secret!) but I'm sure he'll be able > to share. > > Wanting to get the most out of it I'm lokking for a manual (there's one on > e-Bay that I'm watching) but if anyone would like to give me some pointers or > advice I'd appreciate it. > > Thanks > > Christian. > PS: Apparently my friend's mother is cleaning out the complete custom > darkroom that he built too and I'm hiring a truk to cart all the equipment to > my parent's house. I'll keep the list informed on what I score! > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
