Important Notice: i will be at the storage untill February the 25th. If you want to order a lens or camera, please use this time window. Starting from March i will be travelling again for at least 1-2 months and wont be able to ship any items during that time period.

History: The Dallmeyer lens making company is one of the most famous and most renowed from the first era of photography. The most saught after series of lenses Dallmeyer produces was for sure the famous 'B' series. With its open aperture of F3 and genuine image quality it is a no brainer why the B series lenses are so rarely seen on the free market. But was it the fastest Dallmeyer series out there? What only a few know, is that Dallmeyer also made a very small batch of super fast petzval lenses with a whooping open aperture of F2.2!

They called this very explusive lenses the C series. It did consist of only two lenses, the 2C and the 3C for small formats small children photography.

This is a very special 2C, since only a handfull were ever made, and even less suirvived to this day. The Serial number (17.550) which dates the lens in the year 1870.

Condition: This brass beauty comes in a good condition woth any collection. The brass shows quite a patina, and also the nice golden laquere. The rack & pinion is complete and moving, though a bit jumpy. The glass on the other hand is in really good condition, there are some cleaning marks here and there, but otherwise its crispy clear and shows no seperation or chips. The lens comes with a waterhouse slot.

The 2C offers a focal lengh of 150mm and a starting aperture of F2.2. It will work best for 4x5 portraiture work. With its razor sharp DOF and a nice petzval character it will offer stunning image quality to anyone, who dares to use it.

It comes with a fitting flange.



height: 14.5cm
width: 8cm
weight: 1200gr

Insured and tracked shipping cost:

Germany - 20 eur
EU* - 50 eur
Worldwide - 100 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.