Emil Busch Rapid Rectilinear 500mm F8 (Aplanat)
€500.00 EUR
History: Emil Busch was one of the early optical makers in Germany. He was well known and respected for his well built Aplanat Portrait lenses, and later also for the extra Rapid Portrait series which had a petzval layout.
The Aplanat or also Rapid Rectilinear lens layout is one of the most succesfull lens layouts
in the early lens history. With its overall corrrected image field and
beeing lightweight it offered an alternative to the larger lenses that
were dominating the studios up untill then.
Condition:
The brass is in good shape, there is some wear but also an authentic golden patina. The glass is in a quite good condition and shows cleaning marks here and there, but besides
that the glass is clear and without any haze or fungus. The image is overall sharp and corrected on the groundglass. A nice inexpensive lens for ULF landscape work.
The focal lenght is 500mm and an image circle of about 650mm it will easily cover formats up
to 30cm x 40cm (or 12"x15") and very likely up to 14"x17". The lens is overall corrected (aplanat
design) and shows a remarable sharpness all throughout the image field.
The lens comes with a fitting flange and a working iris aperture.
height: 12cm
width: 7.5cm
weight: 1300gr
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.