A set of metal vanes for Al-Vista Panoramic camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1900
Materials
Metal
Measurements
Largest: 58 x 32 x 1 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524898.2
Summary
Four rectangular metal vanes for Al-Vista Panoramic camera, with a stem attached which appear to connect to a shaft on the base of the body and rotate as the lens panel is in motion, although the purpose of this is not entirely clear but probably some form of speed control. They are each stamped with a number 6, 8, 10 &12 respectively.
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.