2" Cooke Speed Panchro f/2 cine camera lens
Taylor-Hobson
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920 - 1930
Materials
Metal, Glass, Brass, Aluminium
Measurements
63 x 134 x 102 mm
Place of origin
Leicester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525099.1
Summary
2" Cooke Speed Panchro f/2 cine camera lens Consists of an aluminium standard, attached is the metal tube of the lens assembly which is cut away to reveal the graduations for distance from 0 to infinity in yards. Through the barrel of the lens is the control for f stop, the graduations from 2 to 32 are engraved on a knurled brass collar which connects to a filter holder and lens hood of unknown metal. The front of the lens is engraved "Cooke Speed Panchro Lens no 258823 50mm f/2"
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
Taylor-Hobson, manufacturer