This allows for rangefinder focusing and thus, handheld shooting. For the super Technikas, a rangefinder cam, engraved with the serial number of the lens, couples the rangefinder to the lens-to-film-distance. Some have been engraved by Linhof, indicating they are up to their standards (and raising their price). High quality large format lenses, made by renowned producers, can be used on the Technikas.
This rather large camera folds up to a self-contained package, thus protecting the lens. For example, they offer a limited amount of view camera movements, allowing for perspective corrections. The Technikas are heavy, ruggedly-built cameras with technical possibilities not easily found on other cameras. The company is located in Münich, Germany. Today the company is known as Linhof Präzisions Systemtechnik GmbH. Linhof is credited with introducing the first all-metal technical field camera. It is equivalent in features to a Linhof Master Technika IV and build quality was very high.Image by Dries van den Elzen ( Image rights)
The Mark VIII was the final model, produced by MPP from 1963 until the 1980s when the company ceased. It is a metal bodied large format 5x4 (9x12cm) technical view camera with rising front, rear and front tilt and swing, cross front, 15° and 30° drop baseboard for wide angle lenses, coupled rangefinder, triple extension bellows and rotating back. MPP Micro-Technical Mark VIII 5x4 large format film camera, serial number 5X 8988229, and Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 150mm f/4.5 lens with matching serial number 8988229, all in good cosmetic condition but untested, complete with 16 plate holders, leather case, photocopied user manual, Weston Master V exposure meter, two boxes of unexposed Fujichrome RTP II 64T film (expired in 2004) containing 20 sheets in totalQty: (1)NOTESThe Micro Technical Camera by Micro Precision Products was manufactured in the UK from the 1950s to the 1980s.
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