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* [[Berthiot]] Flor 50/2.8 on Prontor S shutter to 1/300
 
* [[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 [http://www.lpfoto.se lpfoto], see [http://www.lpfoto.se/swe/auktioner/objectWinInfo.asp?auktionsnamn=Auktion%2018%20den%2027%20april%202003&objektnr=147].
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Two bodies with the Flor 50/3.5 and a Prontor II to 1/250 instead of 1/200 have been sold on auction by [http://www.lpfoto.se lpfoto], see [http://www.lpfoto.se/swe/auktioner/objectWinInfo.asp?auktionsnamn=Auktion%2018%20den%2027%20april%202003&objektnr=147] and [http://www.lpfoto.se/eng/auktioner/objectwinInfo.asp?auktionsnamn=Auktion%2020%20S%F6ndagen%20den%2016%20maj%202004&objektnr=113].
  
 
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.
 
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.

Revision as of 21:46, 15 March 2006

Pontiac
Bakélite
Bloc Métal 41
Bloc Métal 45
Lynx
Super Lynx
Baby Lynx
Versailles

The Baby Lynx was a 35mm leaf shutter camera launched by the French maker Pontiac in 1948 (Vial says 1950, but a Pontiac ad, visible here, shows the Baby Lynx with the date 1948). 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

Two bodies with the Flor 50/3.5 and a Prontor II to 1/250 instead of 1/200 have been sold on auction by lpfoto, see [1] and [2].

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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