A cable release for a Newman and Guardia folding single lens reflex camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1921 - 1930
Materials
Metal, Fabric
Measurements
31 mm (Width) x 12 mm (Depth); 310 mm (Length)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524848.1.5
Summary
A cable release for a Newman and Guardia folding single lens reflex camera, It is a flexible metal and fabric tube structure which attaches to the shutter release. Through the tube runs a plunger which activates the shutter release. Markings: Embossed into the metal of the plunger: "Antinous Reg" Embossed into the metal of the tube: "Watson Edwards Made in England"
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