The Voigtländer & Sohn Extra Rapid Euryscope Series IV No 6. This lens comes with a focal lenght of 21 1/3" (or 540mm) and a starting aperture of F6. It will work for portraiture up to 20x24 formats.

History: A masterpiece of german lens making from the late 1880ies. The Voigtländer Extra Rapid Euryscop offers the best of the 2 worlds, its well corrected (way more then the petzval design), but also offers a quite high open aperture of F6 (way faster then the stadard aplanat).

The series number is 45.790, which dates it back to the year 1894.



Condition: The lens is in a very good condition. The brass shows only minimal sign of age. The brass comes unpolished and with the original laquere. The glass is in nice condition, there are some usuall cleaning marks here and there but besides that, it shows no seperation or any other defect. The lens has a waterhouse slot (no stops included).

The lens comes with a fitting flange.



Height: 17cm
Width: 11cm
Weight: 1800gr

Insured and tracked shipping cost:

Germany - 20 eur
EU* - 30 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)