This image is released under a Case for Watson Model 75 Zoom Lens
Case for Watson Model 75 Television Zoom Lens, No. 117, 1949-52. Labelled 'Mr. Martin Bell. Tel. OBs. Kendal Avenue'. Case contains one lens cap, one lens attachment, and three film canisters.
BBC Television Outside Broadcasts acquired their first zoom lens in 1949, designed around a Watson lens, but with a zoom ratio of only 2:1. Soon more compact and adaptable lenses were introduced with a better ratio, like this 5:1 lens.
- Measurements:
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overall: 345 mm x 620 mm x 345 mm, 13.16 kg
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) , steel (metal) and rubber (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- 2012-5118/738/1
- type:
- case
