A Zeiss Minimum Palmos collapsing strut plate camera
Carl Zeiss AG
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1902 - 1910
Materials
Leather cloth, Metal, Glass, Wood
Measurements
180 x 120 x 160 mm
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524803.1
Summary
A Zeiss Minimum Palmos collapsing strut plate camera with fast focul plane shutter. The wooden body is covered in black leather. At the rear, a black leather folding hood over a glass focusing screen. Leather handle on lefthand side. Glass folding viewfinder, encased in metal, is detached from the top of the camera. Winding knob and mechanisms on righthand side. The mounted lens extends out on 4 metal struts and can rotate for portrait or landscape. Lens: Tessar 1:6,3 F.1.55mm DRP 142294. Carl Zeiss Jena no. 71535 Markings: Minimum CarlZeissJena Palmos no.7421 engraved on metal. Small white label on bottom of camera, handwritten in ink 1906, C/85
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
Carl Zeiss AG, manufacturer