No.2D De Luxe "Ensignette" folding rollfilm camera by Houghton & Sons Ltd.
Houghtons Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass
Measurements
Closed size 65 x 127 x 30 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524517.1
Summary
No.2D De Luxe "Ensignette" folding rollfilm camera by Houghton & Sons Ltd. Black coated aluminium body with chrome detailing. Focusing lever on user's right hand side. Lens is Aldis Plano Anastigmat f/6.5. Black leather bellows. Markings: on front: "Ensignette", No.2 D De Luxe
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
Houghtons Ltd, manufacturer