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E Suter Portrait Petzval 300mm F3.75

€1200.00 EUR

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History: A very interesting Portrait petzval especially for the 8x10 format. E Suter was one of the earliest and most 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.


Condition: The lens is in very nice and authentic condition. The brass of the lens comes with a golden patina, showing only minimal wear and a fantastic golden patina. The glass is in a really good condition, there are some cleaning marks here and there, but overall nothing that would affect the image quality the slightest.


This lens has about 300mm focal lenght (12") and an open aperture of F3.75. It will cover 5x7 and 8x10 format with a nice petzval character especially at portrait distance.


Lens comes with the fitting flange, and also a fitting waterhouse stop (aprox. F6).





height: 19cm
width: 10cm
weight: 1900gr





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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