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− | + | The '''Baby Lynx''' is a 35mm viewfinder camera launched by the French maker [[Pontiac]] in 1948<ref>Both McKeown and Vial say 1950, but a Pontiac advertisement dated 1948, previously visible at [https://stereocollection.pagesperso-orange.fr/ Stereocollection], shows the Baby Lynx.</ref><!-- Deleted the original link for this ref; the website has been reordered; the document may reappear at [http://stereocollection.pagesperso-orange.fr/pubs/anosjours/pontiac.htm Pontiac advertisements]; there's a link but the page doesn't exist as at june 2012. D McA --> The camera body is cast from aluminium (McKeown notes that aluminium was one material not in short supply in France during the War<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p796.</ref>), with leatherette covering. It has a fixed lens, usually a [[Berthiot]] Flor 50 mm f/3.5 or f/2.8 with front-cell focusing, and a [[Prontor II]] leaf shutter with speeds to 1/200 or 1/250 second,<ref>[http://auktion.lpfoto.se/auk/w.MegaPic?inC=LP&inA=08-03-16&inO=150 Baby Lynx] with f/3.5 Flor and Prontor II shutter to 1/200 second, and [http://auktion.lpfoto.se/auk/w.MegaPic?inC=LP&inA=08-03-16&inO=149 Baby Lynx] with f/3.5 Flor and Prontor II shutter to 1/250 second], sold by Swedish auctioneer [http://www.lpfoto.se/ LP Foto Auktioner] in their [http://auktion.lpfoto.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inC=LP&inA=08-03-16&inPageNo=4&inPageMode=R&inScrollTop=&inSiteLang=ENGLISH&inSelectedSort=&inSearchCrit=0&inCategoryId=&inSearchText= Auction 29] in March 2008.</ref> or a Prontor S to 1/300 second. The very last bodies have the Flor 50/3.5 on an Atos 2 shutter to 1/250 with ''Pontiac Baby Lynx'' written on the shutter, and brown leather covering. One example has been observed at an eBay auction with a [[Boyer]] Saphir 50/3.5 and a Prontor II shutter with speeds 1 - 1/200 second. This lens variant is also mentioned by P-H Pont. A cheaper variant called '''Baby Standard''' is reported, with a [[Roussel]] Trylor 50/3.9 three-element lens on a [[Pronto]] shutter from 1/25 to 1/200. | |
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The lens tube collapses into the camera body when not in use. The camera was the least well-specified and least expensive of the [[Lynx]] and [[Super Lynx]] cameras; both the Lynx II (also of 1948) and the Super Lynx have a focal-plane shutter. | The lens tube collapses into the camera body when not in use. The camera was the least well-specified and least expensive of the [[Lynx]] and [[Super Lynx]] cameras; both the Lynx II (also of 1948) and the Super Lynx have a focal-plane shutter. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
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− | * | + | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11162 Red Baby Lynx] at Sylvain Halgand site |
* [http://clicclac.free.fr/clicclac.php?page=appareils_marque.php?marque=PONTIAC The Pontiac page at ClicClac] | * [http://clicclac.free.fr/clicclac.php?page=appareils_marque.php?marque=PONTIAC The Pontiac page at ClicClac] | ||
− | * [http://glangl1.free.fr/ | + | * [http://glangl1.free.fr/Photo2/Photo_P_750.html Baby Lynx] at [http://glangl1.free.fr/Photo.html the Gérard Langlois site] |
− | * [http://stereocollection.pagesperso-orange.fr/ | + | * [http://stereocollection.pagesperso-orange.fr/Appareils%20photo/marques/Pontiac.htm Pontiac cameras including the Baby Lynx] at [http://stereocollection.pagesperso-orange.fr/index.htm Stereocollection] |
− | * [ | + | * [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/pontiac/baby_lynx/baby_lynx.htm PDF scan of French instruction manual, English scan translation available] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] |
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[[Category: B]] | [[Category: B]] | ||
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[[Category: Bestiary|Lynx]] | [[Category: Bestiary|Lynx]] | ||
[[Category: Morocco]] | [[Category: Morocco]] |
Latest revision as of 07:55, 23 August 2023
Pontiac Baby Lynx image by Adrian Gee (Image rights) |
The Baby Lynx is a 35mm viewfinder camera launched by the French maker Pontiac in 1948[1] The camera body is cast from aluminium (McKeown notes that aluminium was one material not in short supply in France during the War[2]), with leatherette covering. It has a fixed lens, usually a Berthiot Flor 50 mm f/3.5 or f/2.8 with front-cell focusing, and a Prontor II leaf shutter with speeds to 1/200 or 1/250 second,[3] or a Prontor S to 1/300 second. The very last bodies have the Flor 50/3.5 on an Atos 2 shutter to 1/250 with Pontiac Baby Lynx written on the shutter, and brown leather covering. One example has been observed at an eBay auction with a Boyer Saphir 50/3.5 and a Prontor II shutter with speeds 1 - 1/200 second. This lens variant is also mentioned by P-H Pont. A cheaper variant called Baby Standard is reported, with a Roussel Trylor 50/3.9 three-element lens on a Pronto shutter from 1/25 to 1/200.
The lens tube collapses into the camera body when not in use. The camera was the least well-specified and least expensive of the Lynx and Super Lynx cameras; both the Lynx II (also of 1948) and the Super Lynx have a focal-plane shutter.
The Baby Lynx has a reverse-Galilean viewfinder built into the top housing. Also on the top is a frame counter, separate from the winding knob; advancing the film does not cock the shutter.
Production of the camera moved to Morocco in 1951 and stopped in 1954 when the Pontiac company ceased trading.
1948-54 Pontiac Baby Lynx image by Vagn Sloth-Madsen (Image rights) |
Pontiac Maroc logo image by Hans Kerensky (Image rights) |
Made in French Morocco text image by Hans Kerensky (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ Both McKeown and Vial say 1950, but a Pontiac advertisement dated 1948, previously visible at Stereocollection, shows the Baby Lynx.
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p796.
- ↑ Baby Lynx with f/3.5 Flor and Prontor II shutter to 1/200 second, and Baby Lynx with f/3.5 Flor and Prontor II shutter to 1/250 second], sold by Swedish auctioneer LP Foto Auktioner in their Auction 29 in March 2008.
Bibliography
- Vial, Bernard. Histoire des appareils français. Période 1940–1960. Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1980, re-impressed in 1991. ISBN 2-86941-156-1.
- Pontiac Lynx, Super Lynx, Baby Lynx, Fotofiche 15, Patrice-Hervé Pont, Ed Fotosaga
Links
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