An Ensign Selfix 20, self-erecting folding rollfilm camera
Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1933 - 1937
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass
Measurements
Open 148 x 73 x 120 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524501
Summary
An Ensign Selfix 20, self-erecting folding rollfilm camera. Ensar f4.5 Prontor Anastigmat lens and takes 120 film with the ability to expose either eight 6×9 or sixteen 6x4.5 frames. Black metal with textured finish. Black leather bellows and black leather handle. Chrome coloured details. Markings: Manufacturers plate below lens 'Ensign Selfix 20' in chrome coloured lettering on black background with 'G6114' in smaller script below. On lens '105 "Ensar" f77 Amasticnat made by H.B.M. Co. Ltd.' On bottom of cover plate hand written in black ink on oblong white label 'c.1935 C/110'
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
Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co. Ltd., manufacturer