History: The company Perken, Son & Rayment has a long history in manufacturing and reselling photographic equipment. The brand was established in 1854 and did was active up untill 1899. This Rapid Rectilinear (or Aplanat) is one good example which was probably made for the 12x15 Perken, Son & Rayment mahagoni field camera, also beeing offered in that time period.


Condition: The brass is in great shape, there is minima wear to the golden laquere at all. The lens features a waterhouse slot (no stops included). The glass is a overall good condition also, beeing  clear and without seperation or damage.

The lens was advertised to cover 30x40 format, but with its focal lenght of about 550mm and an image circle of about 700mm it will cover formats up to 40cm x 50cm (or 14"x17"). The lens is overall corrected (aplanat design) and shows a remarable sharpness all throughout the image field.

The lens comes with a fitting flange and a plastic lenscap.



height: 15cm
width: 8cm
weight: 900gr

Insured and tracked shipping cost:

Germany - 10 eur
EU* - 30 eur
Worldwide - 70 eur

*(the site offers only 2 shipping variations, DE and worldwide. buyers from EU please either contact me beforehand for a reduced EU cost, or after buying so i can send a refund over the difference)

Importent Note: This item comes from my private collection and is around 100 years old (antique). I try my best to describe all the faults and major damage which are relevant for the function of this item. But the actuall item can show signs of wear and also some cosmetic blemishes/damage which is not described in the auction text! When buying this item the buyer agrees to this terms.