A red filter in a metal mount for Leica camera together with a blue filter (no mount).
Leitz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1950 - 1955
Materials
Glass, Metal
Measurements
0 mm (Depth); 36 mm (Diameter); 4 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
Wetzlar
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524613.6
Summary
A red filter in a metal mount for Leica camera together with a blue filter (no mount). They are in a cardboard box covered in a red leatherette fabric. The box has the markings (in gold letters) 'E.Leitz, Wetzlar Leica fur Objectiv 3.5-5-9-10,5-13.5 cm "Fihel" '. Part of the legend is hidden by a handwritten label 'Rex p.x-xx 15' Engraved on the mount is 'R.h 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