A film magazine for use with the Biokam unit.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1899
Materials
Mahogany, Brass, Metal
Measurements
112 x 58 x 40 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524743.2
Summary
A film magazine for use with the Biokam unit. The magazine/cartridge is rectangular and is mahogany with two brass film spools marked 'Positive Film' and 'Negative Film' respectively. There is a sliding wooden cover and the cartridge clips on to the camera unit. Manufactured in Brighton , designed by Alfred Darling.
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