Importent Notice: I will be travelling through Europe starting from September. The shop will be open for orders in the meantime. Just take into account that i shipping will not be possible untill late fall.

Last shipping window before we leave is 03.09.2024.

History: The Hugo Meyer workshop is a well known german lens manufacturer who was famous for the 'Schnellarbeiter' portrait petzval series. The Rapid Universal Aristoscop series is a agroup lens series, featuring the Aplanat layout. As far as my information goes, it was later renamed to Aristoplanat.

The No. 8 of the C series offers a focal lenght of 650mm at an open aperture of F7.5. It is a true ULF lens and will cover formats up to 14x17, maybe even slightly larger.


Condition: This impressive piece of brass and glass still looks very nice today. The condition of the golder laquere is good here, there is minimal to no wear, and it shows its authentic patina. The glass is a good condition also, there is some wear in form of cleaning marks, but that wont affect image quality. There is no haze, speration or fungus. The lens comes with a waterhouse slot and one stop is still present.



The lens comes with a fitting flange.



height: 16cm
width: 12cm
weight: 3100gr

Insured and tracked shipping cost:

Germany - 20 eur
EU* - 40 eur
Worldwide - 90 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.