An Omag sliding yellow graduated filter
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1930 - 1940
Materials
Glass, Metal
Measurements
40 x 22 x 11 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525068.1
Summary
An Omag sliding yellow graduated filter made by Ramstein in Switzterland. The filter is an oblong glass plate which slides into a one piece metal holder. The filter holder has a sprung channel for the filter to move through and an open three slot design enabling it to be pushed over a lens of 19mm in diameter or into an orifice of 21mm in diameter.
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.