Voigtlander Petzval lens # 611 Come take a look

[CCHarrison]

My newest blog post features an 1842 Voigtlander Petzval Lens

Please see http://antiquecameras.net/blog.html

Thanks
Dan

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Dan, what a find! Congrat's and thanks for the great info! How does one find a #611? Man I'd love to be able to do that.

[Peter Yeti]

That's a beautiful find! But it looks like you have to lock it up in a bank's safe.

[SergeiR]

and race to find one begins

[Amedeus]

Dan ... thanks for sharing ... beautiful ...

[jodyake]

hey Dan,
do you know anything about scovill lens? i have one with the SN 666.
i never see anything about them

[CCHarrison]

Jodyake,

I do know a fair amount about Scovill's Waterbury lens. Glad you are holding the devil's landscape lens !

What would you like to know?

Dan

[goamules]

Nice early one. My earliest Voigtlander is 1855. I like Voigtlanders because of their history of making the first Petzval commercially.

[jodyake]

Dan,
well i dont know anything about so any info would be great. its a petzval around 10 inch focal length.
do you have a date for it? do you know where it was made?

[CCHarrison]

If its a Petzval by Scovill, its probably their Peerless Portrait Lens, but I would need a photo for a good ID.

Dan