A Leitz Fokos Rangefinder for use with Leica camera
Leitz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1933 - 1966
Materials
Chrome, Glass
Measurements
20 x 76 x 27 mm
Place of origin
Wetzlar
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524613.7
Summary
A Leitz Fokos Rangefinder for use with Leica camera. The unit is chrome with black lettering 'E.Leitz Wetzlar Germany' The distance scale is in feet. The unit is in a cardboard box covered in a red leatherette fabric. Gold lettering reads 'Leitz Germany Entfernungsmesser "Fokos" '.
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