Instruction leaflet for Busch Vademecum combination lens set.
Emil Busch (1820 - 1888)
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1899
Materials
Card
Measurements
91 x 124 mm
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525086.6
Summary
Instruction leaflet for Busch Vademecum combination lens set. Recto: grey gloss card printed in black ink with instructions for use of the Vademecum set, including use for Landscape, Wide Angle and Ordinary Angle combinations. Handwritten in red ink on the top: "Do not forget betwen lens. Put in for focusing then remove". Handwritten in black ink at bottom: "Pale filter 3 times = Medium filter 5½ times =" Verso: uncoated buff card printed in black ink with table of combination and table of working apertures. Handwritten in black ink at bottom: "8" lens sharp at No.4".
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
Emil Busch (1820 - 1888), manufacturer