A Lens hood for Leica camera.
Leitz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1925 - 1930
Materials
Metal
Measurements
50 mm (Height); 47 mm (Diameter); 4 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
Wetzlar
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524612.3
Summary
A Lens hood for Leica camera. It is extendable for varying focal lengths and is marked 'E.Leitz Wetlar Germany' When opened the telescopic mount has a distance scale and there are two locking knobs. Markings ' Elmar 5 9 13.5cm'.
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
Leitz , manufacturer