Ensign 'Auto Range' rollfilm camera, c 1936

Ensign 'Auto Range' roll film camera, Model AR/21P by Houghton-Butcher Mfg. Co., London, with f4.5 100mm lens by Houghton & Co. and 'Prontor' shutter by Gauthier GmbH, Calmback, c.1936.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Object Number:
1978-502
type:
rollfilm camera
credit:
HMSO

Parts

Ensign 'Auto Range' Rollfilm Camera, c 1936

Ensign 'Auto Range' Rollfilm Camera, c 1936

Main part of Ensign 'Auto Range' rollfilm camera, Model AR/21P by Houghton-Butcher Mfg. Co., London, with f4.5 100mm lens by Houghton & Co., c. 1936. English patent no. 345719.

Measurements:
overall: 120 mm x 200 mm x 55 mm, 879 kg
Materials:
glass , leather and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1978-502/1
type:
rollfilm camera
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Leather Case for Ensign 'Auto Range' Camera, c 1936

Leather Case for Ensign 'Auto Range' Camera, c 1936

Leather case for Ensign 'Auto Range' roll film camera, Model AR/21P by Houghton-Butcher Mfg. Co., London, with instructions by Ensign Limited, London, England, c 1936.

Measurements:
overall: 50 mm x 200 mm x 120 mm, 1.206 kg
Materials:
leather , velvet , cotton thread , steel (metal) and nickel plated
Object Number:
1978-502/2
type:
camera case
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum