A Leitz filter in mounting ring for Leica camera
Leitz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1950 - 1955
Materials
Glass, Metal
Measurements
0 mm (Depth); 39 mm (Diameter); 10 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
Wetzlar
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524613.5
Summary
A Leitz filter equivalent to a Wratten 85 filter in a mounting ring for a Leica camera. In a cardboard box covered in a red cloth. The box has the markings (in gold letters) 'E.Leitz, Wetzlar Leica Gelbfilter 2 fur Objectiv 3.5-5-9-10,5-13.5 cm "Figam" '. The box lid has handwritten 'Wratten 85'. The black mount has engraved '2 E.Leitz 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