An Apek miniature rollfilm camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1898
Materials
Wood, Metal, Glass, Leatherette
Measurements
56 x 115 x 93 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524666
Summary
An Apek miniature rollfilm camera. The body is wooden covered with a brown leatherette fabric. It has a simple shutter and fixed aperture. There is a folding viewinder and a film advance winder on the top. A separate control cocks the shutter. A plastic insignia reads 'Wilfred Emery The "Apek" London'
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