This body is the ideal camera for traveling. As small and as light as possible while offering full integration into the modular ALPA 12 camera platform. All current digital backs fit the ALPA 12 TC (Travel Compact) with the correct adapter. The more traditionally inclined can also make use of roll film backs up to 6x9 cm format, allowing genuinely “unplugged” operation. Many lenses from Schneider-Kreuznach, Rodenstock, and Zeiss with an ALPA adapter fit the ALPA 12 TC and most other ALPA 12 cameras. The ALPA lens adapter is available in different versions: “long barrel,” “short barrel 17 mm,” and “short barrel 34 mm”; adapters are also available with and without an integrated tilt/swing mechanism. One option for a viewfinder is the iPhone with ALPA SDH Smart Device Holder (and the ALPA eFinder App), which was used for this purpose for the first time by ALPA. Or the classic optical ALPA 120° viewfinder. Or many products from third-party manufacturers. The ALPA 12 TC is the right choice for the creative photographer who likes to travel light. The photographer who likes to have full manual control of his or her camera at all times and looking for a style and a quality that is merely impossible to find in large-scale produced cameras.

Schneider/ALPA Apo-Helvetar 5.6/120 mm asph, SB34. This is a special edition of the new Schneider ALPA Apo-Helvetar 5.6/120 mm aspheric N *Short Barrel*. It is one of the highest resolving lenses Schneider ever did.