Purma Speed rollfilm viewfinder camera.
Purma
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1936 - 1959
Materials
Chrome, Paint, Glass, Metal
Measurements
65 x 146 x 43 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524616
Summary
Purma Speed rollfilm viewfinder camera. Fixed focus Perma special acromatic focus lens. Spring loaded - the lens extends when the chrome cap is removed. Folding frame finder. Shutter tensioned by separate knob from film advance. Six-speed shutter 1/25 to 1/100. 1" x 1" exposures on 127 roll-film. Metal painted with black crackle finish on sides of camera. Chrome top, bottom, fittings and lens barrel and cap. Removable chrome lens cap with 'Purma Speed' written in relief. Markings: On top of camera - engraved instructions for shutter tension knob range and film wind knob, patent information, 'Made in Great Britain' and Purma company logo. Around lens 'Acromatic focus 2" Perma Special'
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
Purma , manufacturer