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Revision as of 18:09, 3 March 2006

The Baby Lynx was a 35mm leaf shutter camera launched by the French maker Pontiac in 1950. It was a simpler and less expensive model than the focal plane shuttered Super Lynx. The body in in cast aluminium with leather covering. The lens was fixed, with front cell focusing. The lens and shutter were mounted on a telescopic tube. The film advance was not coupled to the shutter cocking. The production moved to Morocco in 1951 and stopped in 1954 when the Pontiac company disappeared.

The usual lens combinations were:

  • Berthiot Flor 50/3.5 on Prontor II shutter to 1/200
  • Berthiot Flor 50/2.8 on Prontor S shutter to 1/300

A body with the Flor 50/3.5 and a Prontor II to 1/250 instead of 1/200 has been sold on auction by lpfoto, see [1].

The very last bodies had 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 variant is reported by P-H Pont with a Boyer Saphir 50/3.5 (shutter not mentioned).

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.

Bibliography

  • Histoire des appareils français, B. Vial, Ed. Maeght
  • Pontiac Lynx, Super Lynx, Baby Lynx, Fotofiche 15, Patrice-Hervé Pont, Ed Fotosaga

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