Objective lens associated with a W Butcher Empire No.00 35mm hand driven cine projector.
Butcher’s
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Glass
Measurements
70 x 75 mm; 82 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525271.3
Summary
Objective lens associated with a W Butcher Empire No.00 35mm hand driven cine projector - Lamp house and base board. The whole is a compound objective lens with brass barrel, brass bezel and a brass collar which screws into the lens mount and contains a rack and pinion focusing system which is controlled be a brass knurled knob.
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
Butcher’s, manufacturer