Objective lens unit for a Pullin Optics film strip projector.
Pullin
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1949
Materials
Metal, Glass, Aluminium
Measurements
53 mm (Diameter); 113 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525260.6
Summary
Objective lens unit for a Pullin Optics film strip projector. The whole is constructed of aluminium and plastic. From the rear in use the first element is a screw mount that fits into the boss of the slide of film carriage. The black metal/plastic barrel of the lens has an aluminium strap with a knurled band. The lens element are all in the last third of the barrel with no focusing mechanism and the front of the lens unit is marked - *Pullin High Wycombe* Projection Pulnar f-2.8 F=4”in”(100mm) No 46412.
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
Pullin , manufacturer