Ensign Commando miniature folding camera by Houghton-Butcher.
Houghton Butcher Manufacturing Co.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1949
Materials
Metal, Leatherette or leather, Glass
Measurements
closed 109 x 160 x 50 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524511
Summary
Ensign Commando miniature camera by Houghton-Butcher, rangefinder coupled to focusing mechanism which moves the film plane instead of the lens when the focusing knob on top of the camera is turned. Dual format, took 12 or 16 pictures on 120 film. Carl Zeiss Tessar 75mm lens in Epsilon shutter. Leatherette covered metal construction.
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., manufacturer