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Soupault Paris Portrait Petzval 200mm F3

€800.00 EUR

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History: This absolute nice piece of photographic history comes from around the 1870ies. The lens is engraved on the main sleeve:


'Optique - SOUPAULT - Rue du Roi de Siecle - PARIS - PRECISION'


Soupault was an early french lensmaker located in Paris. Like E. Francaise or Millet he focused on making only a handfull of lenses instead of mass production. His lenses were well known for their optical precision as well as built quality.

This specimen is one of the very few from the fastest that Soupalt ever made. It was made for bad light situations or children photography and offers an open aperture of aprox. F3. It can be compared to Dallmeyers 2B or Ross Cabinet lenses in speed and quality.



Condition: The brass looks really nice and authentic here, there is only minimal wear (it is unpolished) if at all. The rack & pinion mechanism is complete and amazingly still working smoothly. The lens comes witha waterhouse slot but no stops. The most important thing: the glass is amazingly clean for most part, and shows only minor cleaning marks.
 
The lens has a focal lenght of 200mm (8") at a speed of F3. It will work best for the 4x5 and 5x7 formats, showing the distinct petzval characteristic on the ground glass.


Lens comes with a flange and the selfmade lenscap.



height: 16cm
width: 8.5cm
weight: 1400gr




Insured and tracked shipping cost:

Germany - 10 eur
EU* - 30 eur
Worldwide - 80 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.

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