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Linhof M679cc digital camera
The Linhof M679cc camera is well designed and ideal to hold medium-format 1-shot, 4-shot digital scan backs, 16-shot multi-scan backs. But the Linhof M679cc camera image area is 6 x 9 cm. The image area of a large format scanning back is slightly more than 7 x 9 cm, so you lose more than 10% off the top or bottom of your image with a large format scanning back.
Thus the Linhof M679cc is most appropriate for the smaller CCD chips used in 1-shot and 4-shot (multi-shot) cameras such as MegaVision, Leaf, Sinarback, Imacon, or Jenoptik Eyelike. You can also use the Linhof M679cc digital for PhaseOne StudioKit (but not the PhaseOne PowerPhase).
Anagramm is teamed with Linhof; even has headquarters themselves within the Linhof area outside Munich. But the Anagramm, Kigamo, and BetterLight scanning backs are all larger than 7 x 9 cm in size. Yes those backs may fit on the Linhof M 679cc, but according to the specs you do not get the entire image area.
An alternative for medium format camera would be the Rollei X-Act 2 .
If you wish the full size of your large format tri-linear scanning back such as BetterLight, then you need an Arca-Swiss or Cambo Ultima. There is no other Linhof camera made for scanning backs (trust us, we have several Linhof cameras; all are L-shaped and hence sag from the weight of a scanning back). But the Linhof M679cc does not sag and would be a valid solution for a medium format back.
We have more experience with a Cambo Ultima or Sinar X, since these cameras have been provided to us by their manufacturers, though these are rather large for carrying out on location if you have to hike your camera in.
Most recently updated August 3, 2005.
First posted August 12, 2001. Design updated 9/4/2001
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