Two yellow filters with a mounting ring for Leica camera
Leitz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1950 - 1955
Materials
Glass, Brass
Measurements
0 mm (Depth); 33 mm (Diameter); 4 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
Wetzlar
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524613.4
Summary
Two yellow filters with a mounting ring for Leica camera. They are in a cardboard box covered in a red leatherette fabric. The box has the markings (in gold letters) 'E.Leitz, Wetzlar Leica Gelbfilter 1 fur Objectiv 3.5-5-9-10,5-13.5 cm "Figro" '. Reverse side has a handwritten label 'Wanted Wratten No 85 to fit holder A. Kingston'
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