Flash controller for Coronet Standard Cub Flash camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1950 - 1955
Materials
Plastic, Metal
Measurements
68 x 68 x 43 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524934.2
Summary
Flash controller for Coronet Standard Cub Flash camera. This is a plastic box with a shoe mount to connect to the Coronet Cub. It has a metal back plate and a metal lever on the front to turn the unit on and off. There are three holes to take the three pin cable connector. On the top of thre unit is a view finder and a screw fit bulb holder which has a plastic and metal mount attched to form a strong spring loaded holedr for the reflector. The only markings are embossed on the front of the unit On and Off and 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