New Year – New Camera – Linhof 617 90mm

January 23, 2008 6 Comments

My search for a Linhof 617 90mm is over today after months of looking. I bought it off a great guy who use to do Video Productions / Event Management and he bought one for a job many years ago and it is in mint condition (looks like I pulled it out of the box). It would have been lucky to have had 10 rolls run through it…. but I will soon fix that.

And to my mate Christian who will read this and probably rolling his eyes at me buying another film camera… sorry mate… getting one got the better of me. 🙂

Happy Shooting

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6 Responses to New Year – New Camera – Linhof 617 90mm

  1. James says:
    January 28, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    I would love to have one of those, don’t think I could ever afford one.

    I look forward to seeing your new images with the camera.

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  2. christianfletcher says:
    January 30, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    mate what are you doing????? Film….aaagggh. I was reading your post and I did feel my eyes rolling back in my head, then I read the bottom and had to laugh!! Cool, I think the Linhof will be great, should have spent a bit more though and got a Likhof, named after the great man himself. Film does have its place and when the dinosaurs return to walk the earth you will have something to shoot them on!!

    Cheers
    Digital Fletch

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  3. Rod Thomas says:
    February 4, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    MATT,
    Glad you have finally seen the light and come across to Linhof.. Happy Shooting

    Rod

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  4. Dylan Fox says:
    February 5, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    hi matt

    after hearing christian ditch film and many others, i was suprised to hear you were looking for a new film camera!

    ive only been shooting for 2 years and its always been digital for me but i would love to see the process differences between film and digital.

    http://www.dylanfox.com.au

    cheers

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  5. mattlauder says:
    February 29, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    thanks Rod, glad to be a member of the Linhof club now for the time being anyway.

    Dylan after shooting slide film for so long it is hard to give it up and go digital. Like a kid and their safety blanket I guess. But fear not I have invested in a 1ds Mark II and the 360 precision head like Christian so I guess time will tell if my film shooting will take a back seat to slide. I certainly wont miss the processing bills for my film.

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  6. Kicka says:
    June 15, 2008 at 2:50 am

    Nice! Let me know when you want to sell it! Blessings, Kicka

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