Brass rapid rectilinear lens, f/8 to f/44.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1900
Materials
Brass, Metal, Glass, Cardboard, Velvet
Measurements
70 mm (Height); 50 mm (Diameter)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524723.2
Summary
A brass rapid rectilinear lens, f/8 adjusting to f/44 by means of an internal diaphragm with leather velvet lined lens cap in canvas carrying bag
Full description
Brass lens
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