An Ernemann Ermanox miniature camera with detachable 16mm film adapter back
Ernemann
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1924 - 1926
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome, Leather
Measurements
90 x 110 x 115 mm
Place of origin
Dresden
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524682.1
Summary
An Ernemann Ermanox miniature camera with a detachable 16mm film adapter. The Ernostar lens is held in a helical focusing mount. It has a folding optical frame viewfinder with yellow filter. The camera is made of metal covered in black leather. The focal plane shutter gives speeds of 1/20 and 1/1000 per second. Markings include Ernemann stamped around the lens, Ernemann-werke and A-G Dresden on the light meter. Also a BFI label with 1924 and c/147.
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
Ernemann , manufacturer