Peter Yeti
6-Apr-2013, 12:07
I just picked up an Emil Busch Rapid-Aplanat f:7 F=20cm in beautiful condition, got it for a song.:) Now I'm wondering if there is any information on this lens because I'm a little puzzled (plus I'm not an expert on these old lenses). The barrel seems to be brass but the lenses are mounted in aluminum plus the whole lens is painted black. My feeling is that this must be a pretty late model, perhaps from the 1920s. I thought that rapid aplanats (or rapid rectilinears) were pretty outdated by then.
Does anyone of you experts have an idea when this was made? Was this possibly intended as portrait lens? I'm curious about it's characteristics but I still need to mount it on a lens board before I can test it. Can't wait...
Anyway, here are two pictures showing my new beauty:
https://sites.google.com/site/gourmetyeti/_/rsrc/1365273995524/photos/bucht/Busch_Aplanat1.JPG
https://sites.google.com/site/gourmetyeti/_/rsrc/1365274040077/photos/bucht/Busch_Aplanat2.JPG
Does anyone of you experts have an idea when this was made? Was this possibly intended as portrait lens? I'm curious about it's characteristics but I still need to mount it on a lens board before I can test it. Can't wait...
Anyway, here are two pictures showing my new beauty:
https://sites.google.com/site/gourmetyeti/_/rsrc/1365273995524/photos/bucht/Busch_Aplanat1.JPG
https://sites.google.com/site/gourmetyeti/_/rsrc/1365274040077/photos/bucht/Busch_Aplanat2.JPG