History: Clement & Gilmer were very enthusiastic early french lens manufacturers. They did offer cameras and also lenses for severall years. This lens is a good example of the Grande Angulaire layout which was adopted by many french manufacturers in the 1880s. It was developed for wide angle landscape photography and offered an imaging angle of around 90° wide open.

Condition: This impressice piece of brass and glass still looks astonishing today. The brass is very nice here, there is some wear and it shows its authentic golden patina. The glass is a great condition also, beeing clear and showing only the occasional cleaning marks and tiny specs.

Lens comes with a rotating aperture, which works fine. With its 90° imaging angle it has an image circle of about 700mm wide open, which is enaugh to cover formats of 40cm x 50cm (or 16x20). It is one of the very few wide angle lenses for ultra large formats.

The lens comes with a fitting flange.



height: 7.5cm
width: 7cm
weight: 600gr

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.