Soupault Petzval "optique de précision" - 36cm f4

Soupault was a more confidential lens maker from the end of XIXth.

Hera a very late petzval handmarked 1896 on glasses. It’s called “optique de précision” because Soupault Petzval had increased sharpness and a little less of spherical aberration.

It’s a lens dedicated to portraiture work on 8x10 or 10x12 plates.

Glasses are in beautiful condition (a dent on rear element) and rack’n pinions are working well. Flange is include (see 10x10 Ruckhert camera … flange is still on lensboard).

Ready to use

Tall : 21cm

Width : 9cm

weight : 1,9kg

Please note you’re buying 100 to 150 years old items. Patina, scratches on barell etc. are signs of their previous lifes. I try to be as precise as possible so feel free to ask more picture (daylight pictures for example) via messenger or mail