







Voigtländer Heliar 420mm F4.5
€1300.00
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If you ask seasoned shooters what favourite lens they would name, many would say a Heliar. Those are masterpieces of german optical design and famous in the Large format community for their smooth portrait rendering and absolute stunning bokeh. Just google up the internet for sample images shot with Heliar.
I had a couple of 360mm F4.5 Heliars in my life, but this is only the third 420mm version in 5 years so far.
Its
been tested by me up to 12" x 15" plates. Wonderfull portrait lens, if
you want you can ask me for pictures of the plates, i can send them to
you.
This fantastic piece of optical history comes in near collectors condition. The black laquere looks good and shows only minimal wear, it seems the lens was stored very carefully over the deacades. The aperture is complete and mooves smoothly forth and back. The
glass
is in an stunning condition, i cant event see the usually cleaning marks, if there are any, only a couple of air bubles are present (sign of quality glass!). I
rarely seen a Heliar with a clearer glass then that. There is no fungus,
haze or any chips there. The image
on the groundglass
is outstanding.
The lens comes with a fitting flange.
height: 13cm
width: 12cm
weight: 4200gr
Insured and tracked shipping cost:
Germany - 20 eur
EU* - 40 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)