A Leitz Chico flash gun
Leitz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1950 - 1960
Materials
Measurements
84 x 52 x 40 mm
Place of origin
Wetzlar
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524613.15.1
Summary
A Leitz Chico flash gun, the body is white plastic and the folding reflector is aluminium. It has inscribed around the hub 'Ernst Leitz GmbH Wetzlar Germany'
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