Importent Notice: I will be travelling through Europe during the next couple of months. The shop will be open for orders in the meantime. The coming shipping window will be Dez the 15th to 20th. There i will be able to proccess any orders.

This will be the last shipping window in 2024. The next shipping window will be somewhen around March 2025. So if you want your lens sooner then later, order in the coming two weeks.

This is a very massive and impressive lens made by Krauss Paris. Krauss was the french brand of the more famous Zeiss lens makers from Germany. This specimen features an impressive focal lenght of about 840mm (or about 33") at a max. aperture of F10.5. The image circle of this beast is gigantic and over 1 meter in diameter. It will work very well for Ultra Large Format projects with formats up to 24x24 and even larger, probably up to 1m x 1m plates.

The most interesting part here, is that this one comes as a full set, as it was beeing sold back then, about 100 years ago. The lens comes with an iris aperture, flange as well as a full set of filter stops and even the wooden box it was sold in.

The condition of the lens is really good and worthy of any collection. The most important thing: the glass is in a mostly good condition, showing only minimal cleaning markss, there is no haze and no fungus here. 

The APO Quatryl is a rather a very rare lens, since it was a competitor with the in house produced Zeiss APO Tessar back then. Thats why it is really a rare sight, which makes it an even more desireable lens today.


The lens comes with a fitting flange, set of filter stops and the authentic wooden box.





height: 12cm
width: 12cm
weight: 2200gr

Insured and tracked shipping cost:

Germany - 10 eur
EU* - 30 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.