A Finelux Flashgun
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1950
Materials
Metal, Plastic
Measurements
230 x 115 x 40 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525015.1
Summary
A Finelux Flash Gun. The unit is mainly chrome and expands as a fan, the extent of expansion varies acording to the subject distance as determined from a scale etched on the unit. Also marked are lamp powers and film speed conversion tables. On the front of the unit is engraved 'Finelux'. The rear is marked 'Made in Germany Patented'
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