This lens is the crown jewel of any brass lens collector. The Voigtländer & Sohn Extra Rapid Euryscope Series IV is very well known and loved by the wetplate community. You will find the smaller version of this lens up to No. 5 quite often beeing offered on the internet. The No. 6 and 7 are quite rare on the other hand and show up only once every couple of years. But a No. 8 is the first and only that i had in my hands for the last 10 yeras now! So far i know only of 2 other beeing sold in that time period worldwide.

This lens comes with a massive focal lenght of 33.5" (or 852mm) and a starting aperture of F6. According to the catalouge it could be used wide open up to 20"x24" In reality it will cover even more. I would guess you can easily use for formats up to 30" (or 80cm), maybe even larger.


History: A masterpiece of german lens making from the early 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 F5.6 (way faster then the stadard aplanat). The series number is 39.120, which dates it back to the year 1891.



Condition: The lens is in absolute collectors condition. The brass shows some character and was not polished, overall it shows a fantastic patina. The glass is in great condition also, it shows only very very minimal specs and maybe a cleaning mark here ot there. Otherwise it is really clear and free of haze or fungus. A stunning beauty from 1890ies which you wont find very often, if at all, on the market.

The very best about this lens is that it comes as a complete time capsule: it features not only the original flange, and the original leather lenscap, but it also comes with a full set of original waterhouse stops in the original leather case! Sure the case shows quite some wear, and i would really use it for transportation, but the fact that every part of this set is still together after over 130 years, is an amazing fact.



Height: 26cm
Width: 15cm
Weight: 7500gr

Insured and tracked shipping cost:

EU* - 50 eur
Worldwide - 200 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)