ICA folding rollfilm camera
ICA (Internationale Camera Ag)
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1909 - 1920
Materials
Wood, Leather, Glass
Measurements
Closed 215 x 127 x 45 mm
Place of origin
Dresden
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524432
Summary
An ICA folding rollfilm camera fitted with Zeiss Protarlinse f/6.3 lens and Compur shutter. Metal body covered with black leather. Black leather bellows. Black leather handle. Metal fixings and details. Flip-up viewfinder. Markings: Lens: "Carl Zeiss Jena Nr 358457"; Shutter: "Compur".
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
ICA (Internationale Camera Ag) , manufacturer