Condenser lens assembly for a projector.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1850 - 1910
Materials
Metal, Glass
Measurements
200 x 170 x 55 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525229.2
Summary
Condenser lens assembly for a projector. The whole is a heavy metal cylindrical construction with a lip at the back and a screw on plate at the front. The two lens are mounted into the assembly from the front. The rear lens is concave, there is a spring between and the front lens is convex. On either side there are mounts cast into the body of the lens assembly to locate precisely over the lugs in the housing. There is a handle built into the top of the collar to aid removal of the lens assembly from the projector.
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