History: A very interesting group portrait and landscape lens especially for the 4x5 and 5x7 format. Emil Suter was one of the earliest and a very reknowed optical makers in the early years of photography. He was well known and respected for his well built Aplanat series, and also for the Rapid Portrait series which had a portrait petzval layout.

This lens has a focal lenght of 250mm (or 10")at a speed of F8. I did testmount it and it covers 5x7 easily, probably even working up to fullplate formats.

This tiny lens (weight is only 220gr!) will make a great travell companien for open air group portrait and landscape work.

Condition: The brass looks quite nice with a patina and some light signs of wear. The glass shows some scleaning marks and specs but both wont affect the image quality.  The lens features a fully working iris aperture which moves smoothly.

Lens comes with a flange.

height: 6cm
width: 5cm
weight: 220gr

Insured and tracked shipping cost:

Germany - 10 eur
EU* - 20 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.