A No 3 lens for Hare Studio Camera
Dallmeyer
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1888 - 1890
Materials
Glass, Brass, Leather
Measurements
90 mm (Height); 66 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524927.6
Summary
A No 3 lens for Hare studio camera. The lens is mounted in brass and has an iris aperture f20-f150. The barrel has the markings ' J.H.Dallmeyer London No 3 Rectilinear Landscape Patent 1888 No 44877'. It has a red leather lens cap.
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
Dallmeyer , manufacturer