Spring operated sector camera shutter.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880
Materials
Metal, Cord
Measurements
76 x 148 x 8 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524711
Summary
Spring operated sector camera shutter. Brass and other metal construction. The mechanism is fixed to a brass plate and all the metal plates and the reverse of the plate are decorated with an abstract decorative design etched into the metal. A pivoted plate containing an aperture rotates across the lens opening. The shutter plate has to be returned to its original position after the exposure, a smaller secondary plate is present to cap the aperture. The shutter is primed by pulling a cord and released by pressing a lever on the side. Markings: stamped into the main plate and on the secondary pivoted plate: "Patent".
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