Merlin sub-miniature rollfilm camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1936
Materials
Metal, Glass
Measurements
40 x 50 x 47 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524660.1
Summary
Merlin sub-miniature rollfilm camera by United Optical Instruments of Southend-on-Sea, England. Cast metal body finished in black crackle effect paint. For 20 mm film - 18 x 18 mm negatives. Single speed shutter, fixed focus lens (f/16). Flip-up viewfinder. Orange label on base: "The Merlin. Regd Design No. 651489. Made in Gt Britain."
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