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'''Alsaphot''' is a French company that produced various camera models from 1949 to 1970.<REF> [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012052317/http://www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/appareils/alsaphot/alsaphot.html Alsaphot history] of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20041011194949/www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/ Fex-Indo website] (web archive dated Oct 12, 2004). </REF> It was a dependent of the company Société Alsacienne d'Etudes et d'Exploitation (or Alsetex), which still exists today (2006) as "SAE Alsetex".<REF> Relationship with Alsetex: [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012052317/http://www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/appareils/alsaphot/alsaphot.html Alsaphot history] of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20041011194949/www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/ Fex-Indo website] (web archive dated Oct 12, 2004). See Alsetex's [http://www.alsetex.fr/fr/divers/infos.htm current presentation page]. </REF> Its full name is said to be "Société Alsacienne d'Optique et de Photographie"<REF> [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste%20Alsaphot.html Alsaphot page] of [http://glangl1.free.fr/ Gérard Langlois' site]. </REF> (meaning "Alsatian Society of Optics and Photography"), and the logo of the society is a stork holding an ''ALSAPHOT'' pennant in its beak, the stork being a symbol of Alsace (a French region). However the addresses appearing in Alsaphot advertisements are located in Paris, and one of the company's factories was in Angers.<REF>See the [http://perso.orange.fr/photoptic/alsaphot.htm Alsaphot page] at [http://perso.orange.fr/photoptic/ Photoptic] for the Paris addresses: 177, rue de Courcelles (17<sup>e</sup>) in 1951, 63, avenue de Villiers (17<sup>e</sup>) in 1954, and 7, rue du Général Foy (8<sup>e</sup>). The three are very close together. Angers factory: [http://perso.orange.fr/jacques.labarre/appphots/alsaphot.htm Alsaphot site of Jacques Labarre], and [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012054241/www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/appareils/cyclope/cyclope.html Cyclope page] of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20041011194949/www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/ Fex-Indo website] (web archive dated Oct 12, 2004). </REF>
 
  
The company began camera production with some inexpensive medium format models, like the Dauphin pseudo TLR and the D'Assas 6&times;6 viewfinder camera. It later developed three advanced and original models: the [[Alsaphot Bioflex|Bioflex]] TLR, the [[Cyclope]] 6&times;9 camera with folded light path, and the Alsaflex, a 24&times;24 SLR camera that did not go into production. It also took over the production of the Memox 24&times;24 camera from the [[SIAP]] company, and extrapolated a 24&times;36 model. After these interesting cameras, the company made a series of unremarkable 35mm viewfinder cameras called the Maine before stopping camera production.
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'''Alsaphot''' is a French company that produced various camera models from 1949 to 1970.<REF> [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012052317/http://www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/appareils/alsaphot/alsaphot.html Alsaphot history] of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20041011194949/www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/ Fex-Indo website] (web archive dated Oct 12, 2004). </REF> It was a dependent of the company Société Alsacienne d'Etudes et d'Exploitation (or Alsetex), which still exists today (2006) as "SAE Alsetex".<REF> Relationship with Alsetex: [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012052317/http://www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/appareils/alsaphot/alsaphot.html Alsaphot history] of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20041011194949/www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/ Fex-Indo website] (web archive dated Oct 12, 2004). See Alsetex's [http://www.alsetex.fr/fr/divers/infos.htm current presentation page]. </REF> Its full name is said to be "Société Alsacienne d'Optique et de Photographie"<REF> [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste-Alsaphot.html Alsaphot page] of [http://glangl1.free.fr/ Gérard Langlois' site]. </REF> (meaning "Alsatian Society of Optics and Photography"), and the logo of the society is a stork holding an ''ALSAPHOT'' pennant in its beak, the stork being a symbol of Alsace (a French region). However the addresses appearing in Alsaphot advertisements are located in Paris, and one of the company's factories was in Angers.<REF> See the advertisements in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080314114342/http://pagesperso-orange.fr:80/photoptic/alsaphot.htm Alsaphot page] at [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/photoptic/ Photoptic] (archived) for the Paris addresses: 177, rue de Courcelles (17<sup>e</sup>) in 1951, 63, avenue de Villiers (17<sup>e</sup>) in 1954, and 7, rue du Général Foy (8<sup>e</sup>). The three are very close together. Angers factory: [http://perso.orange.fr/jacques.labarre/appphots/alsaphot.htm Alsaphot site of Jacques Labarre], and [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012054241/www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/appareils/cyclope/cyclope.html Cyclope page] of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20041011194949/www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/ Fex-Indo website] (web archive dated Oct 12, 2004). </REF>
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The company produced some inexpensive [[medium format]] models, like the Dauphin [[pseudo TLR]] and the D'Assas 6×6 viewfinder camera, but it also developed three advanced and original models: the [[Bioflex (Alsaphot)|Bioflex]] [[TLR]], the [[Cyclope]] 6×9 camera with folded light path, and the Alsaflex, a 24×24 [[SLR]] camera that did not go into production. It also took over the production of the [[Memox]] 24×24 camera from the [[SIAP]] company, and derived a 24×36 model. After these interesting cameras, the company made a series of unremarkable [[35mm]] [[viewfinder camera]]s called the Maine before stopping camera production.
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Alsaphot also sold the Soretex microfilm reader. Soretex seems to be the name of another company, that produced lifts in the Angers factory after camera production stopped, and became Thyssen Ascenseurs in 1994.<REF> Microfilm reader: advertisements in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080314114342/http://pagesperso-orange.fr:80/photoptic/alsaphot.htm Alsaphot page] at [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/photoptic/ Photoptic] (archived). Lifts: [http://perso.orange.fr/jacques.labarre/appphots/alsaphot3.htm Alsaphot site of Jacques Labarre] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20080208071701/http://www.thyssen-ascenseurs.fr/fr/thyssenkrupp/evolution.html history page of ThyssenKrupp Ascenseurs] (archived). </REF>
  
 
== 120 film ==
 
== 120 film ==
  
=== 4.5&times;6 viewfinder ===
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=== 4.5×6 viewfinder ===
 
* Cima
 
* Cima
  
=== 6&times;6 viewfinder ===
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=== 6×6 viewfinder ===
* Ajax
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* [[Ajax and D'Assas|Ajax]]
* Cady
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* [[Alsaphot Cady|Cady]]
* D'Assas
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* [[Ajax and D'Assas|D'Assas]]
* D'Assas-Lux
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* [[Ajax and D'Assas|D'Assas-Lux]]
* D'Assas 3
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* [[Ajax and D'Assas|D'Assas 3]]
* Norlin
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* [[Ajax and D'Assas|D'Assas Norlin]]
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* [[SIAP]]
  
=== 6&times;6 TLR ===
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=== 6×6 TLR ===
* [[Alsaphot Bioflex|Bioflex]]
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* [[Bioflex (Alsaphot)|Bioflex]]
  
=== 6&times;6 pseudo TLR ===
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=== 6×6 pseudo TLR ===
* Dauphin I, II, III
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* [[Dauphin]] I, IA, II, III
  
=== 6&times;9 viewfinder ===
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=== 6×9 viewfinder ===
 
* [[Cyclope]]
 
* [[Cyclope]]
  
 
== 35mm film ==
 
== 35mm film ==
=== 24&times;24 SLR ===
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=== 24×24 SLR ===
* Alsaflex
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* [[Alsaflex]]
  
=== 24&times;24 viewfinder ===
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=== 24×24 viewfinder ===
* Memox 24&times;24
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* [[Memox|Memox 24×24]]
  
=== 24&times;36 viewfinder ===
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=== 24×36 viewfinder ===
* Memox 24&times;36
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* [[Memox|Memox 24×36]]
 
* Doubs
 
* Doubs
* Maine I
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* [[Maine]]
* Maine Is
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* [[Maine|Maine Is]]
* Maine IIc
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* [[Maine|Maine IIc]]
* Maine IIIa
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* [[Maine|Maine IIIa]]
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* [[Siap Memo]]
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== Accessories ==
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Alsaphot made an auxiliary [[rangefinder (device)|rangefinder]] called Major 2.<REF> Attribution to Alsaphot confirmed by <!--Commented out link, page no longer present/available, please remove if not returned by 06/2019 [http://opl-foca.j-weber.com/viewtopic.php?t=269&view=previous&sid=52883965d9cf94f7134cc0a0fab02418 this --> a former post in [http://roland.weber4.free.fr/ Roland Weber's Foca page]. </REF>
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 
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* {{Vial}} Pp.86–90.
* {{Vial}} Pp.&nbsp;86&ndash;90.
 
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
In French:
 
In French:
* [http://perso.orange.fr/photoptic/alsaphot.htm Alsaphot page] at [http://perso.orange.fr/photoptic/ Photoptic], showing both cameras and advertisements
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* [http://perso.orange.fr/jacques.labarre/appphots/alsaphot.htm Site about Alsaphot] by [http://jacques.labarre.pagesperso-orange.fr/ Jacques Labarre]
* [http://perso.orange.fr/jacques.labarre/appphots/alsaphot.htm Site about Alsaphot] by Jacques Labarre
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeA_imagettes.php#Alsaphot Alsaphot page] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr]
* [http://photo.even.free.fr/col_app.php?type=alsaphot Alsaphot page] at [http://photo.even.free.fr/ Collection G. Even's site]
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* [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste-Alsaphot.html Alsaphot page] at [http://glangl1.free.fr/ Gérard Langlois' site]
* Alsaphot page at [http://www.collection-appareils.com/general/html/liste2_imagettes.php Sylvain Halgand's Collection]
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* [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/133 Alsaphot page] at [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/ Collection G. Even's site]
* [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste%20Alsaphot.html Alsaphot page] at [http://glangl1.free.fr/ Gérard Langlois' site]
 
 
* [http://clicclac.free.fr/clicclac.php?page=appareils_marque.php?marque=ALSAPHOT Alsaphot page] at [http://clicclac.free.fr/ ClicClac (Jacques Charrat's collection)]
 
* [http://clicclac.free.fr/clicclac.php?page=appareils_marque.php?marque=ALSAPHOT Alsaphot page] at [http://clicclac.free.fr/ ClicClac (Jacques Charrat's collection)]
* [http://sites.estvideo.net/amaryllis/alsaphot.html Alsaphot D'Assas 3] at [http://sites.estvideo.net/amaryllis/ Amaryllis]
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* [http://krg.pagesperso-orange.fr/photo/anciens.htm Major 2 auxiliary rangefinder] in [http://perso.orange.fr/krg/ Krg's website]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012052317/http://www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/appareils/alsaphot/alsaphot.html Alsaphot history], [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012054241/www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/appareils/cyclope/cyclope.html Cyclope] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012055429/www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/appareils/memo/memo.html SIAP Memo 24&times;36] at the [http://web.archive.org/web/20041011194949/www.leprogres.fr/fex-indo/ Fex-Indo website], currently offline (the links point to the web archive version dated Oct 12, 2004)
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* [http://roland.weber4.free.fr/_app/_app_acc/app_acc_txt_9non.htm Major 2 auxiliary rangefinder] in [http://roland.weber4.free.fr/ Roland Weber's Foca site]
  
 
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Alsaphot is a French company that produced various camera models from 1949 to 1970.[1] It was a dependent of the company Société Alsacienne d'Etudes et d'Exploitation (or Alsetex), which still exists today (2006) as "SAE Alsetex".[2] Its full name is said to be "Société Alsacienne d'Optique et de Photographie"[3] (meaning "Alsatian Society of Optics and Photography"), and the logo of the society is a stork holding an ALSAPHOT pennant in its beak, the stork being a symbol of Alsace (a French region). However the addresses appearing in Alsaphot advertisements are located in Paris, and one of the company's factories was in Angers.[4]

The company produced some inexpensive medium format models, like the Dauphin pseudo TLR and the D'Assas 6×6 viewfinder camera, but it also developed three advanced and original models: the Bioflex TLR, the Cyclope 6×9 camera with folded light path, and the Alsaflex, a 24×24 SLR camera that did not go into production. It also took over the production of the Memox 24×24 camera from the SIAP company, and derived a 24×36 model. After these interesting cameras, the company made a series of unremarkable 35mm viewfinder cameras called the Maine before stopping camera production.

Alsaphot also sold the Soretex microfilm reader. Soretex seems to be the name of another company, that produced lifts in the Angers factory after camera production stopped, and became Thyssen Ascenseurs in 1994.[5]

120 film

4.5×6 viewfinder

  • Cima

6×6 viewfinder

6×6 TLR

6×6 pseudo TLR

6×9 viewfinder

35mm film

24×24 SLR

24×24 viewfinder

24×36 viewfinder

Accessories

Alsaphot made an auxiliary rangefinder called Major 2.[6]

Notes

  1. Alsaphot history of the Fex-Indo website (web archive dated Oct 12, 2004).
  2. Relationship with Alsetex: Alsaphot history of the Fex-Indo website (web archive dated Oct 12, 2004). See Alsetex's current presentation page.
  3. Alsaphot page of Gérard Langlois' site.
  4. See the advertisements in the Alsaphot page at Photoptic (archived) for the Paris addresses: 177, rue de Courcelles (17e) in 1951, 63, avenue de Villiers (17e) in 1954, and 7, rue du Général Foy (8e). The three are very close together. Angers factory: Alsaphot site of Jacques Labarre, and Cyclope page of the Fex-Indo website (web archive dated Oct 12, 2004).
  5. Microfilm reader: advertisements in the Alsaphot page at Photoptic (archived). Lifts: Alsaphot site of Jacques Labarre and history page of ThyssenKrupp Ascenseurs (archived).
  6. Attribution to Alsaphot confirmed by a former post in Roland Weber's Foca page.

Bibliography

  • Vial, Bernard. Histoire des appareils français. Période 1940–1960. Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1980, re-impressed in 1991. ISBN 2-86941-156-1. Pp.86–90.

Links

In French: