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.