Vinten
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William Vinten Ltd of Bury St. Edmunds, England, was founded in 1910. The company made cine equipment, including Kinemacolor projectors.[1] During the First World War, the Vinten works was taken over by aircraft builders Sopwith, and Vinten began making aircraft cameras. Between the Wars, Vinten returned to cinema equipment, but again made reconnaissance cameras for the RAF in the Second World War. The firm still exists as a professional studio equipment maker and video camera distributor.
Cameras
- F.95 aerial reconnaissance camera, made in several versions from 1953.[1][2][3]
- LR-1 High-speed 35 mm camera, about 1980.[4]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vinten Timeline at Vinten.
- ↑ F95 Mark 4 with Leitz Canada 45 mm f/2.5 lens and spare film magazine, used for low-level reconnaissance from Canberra bombers, in the collection of the Imperial War Museums.
- ↑ Vinten F95 Mark 5, serial no. 109 with 4-inch f/2 Taylor Hobson Anastigmat, sold at auction by Special Auction Services in July 2014.
- ↑ Catalogue entry for a promotional film about the LR-1 camera, at the Imperial War Museum; the film is sadly not available online, nor is there a picture of the camera, said to be used by the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough.
