+ waterhouse stops. The ultimate (and 1st, c.1896) soft-focus lens. Much rarer than the Dallmeyer ‘Patent’ A, B & D series Soft-Focus Portrait lenses. Truly superb condition. ‘This lens received numerous favourable reviews and is illustrated in many period books but is incredibly rare today (I would dearly love to examine one)’. Russ Young, Photographica World (No.103, 2003)
