Watson Binocular miniature camera.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1900 - 1930
Materials
Metal, Textile, Glass
Measurements
60 x 120 x 117 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524665
Summary
Watson Binocular miniature camera. Lens: c. f13, 2 ¼" landscape, fixed aperture. Fixed focusing. Shutter: Cylindrical, spring powered and regulated, speeds 1/15, 1/25, T. Not capping. Cloth covered metal body. Format: 4.5 x 6 cm plates held in single metal slides. Hinged "eyepiece" on right provides access to plates. View-finder is left "eyepiece" and consists of two mirrors at 45 degrees. The shutter is powered by a coiled spring bent around a wheel.
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