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− | The '''[[Bloc Métal 41]]''' was released in 1941 by the French maker [[Pontiac]]. It was a 6x9 folding camera with an aluminium body, and replaced the [[Pontiac Bakélite]] camera. It was a simple camera, with | + | The '''[[Bloc Métal 41]]''' was released in 1941 by the French maker [[Pontiac]]. It was a 6x9 folding camera with an aluminium body, and replaced the [[Pontiac Bakélite]] camera. It was a simple camera, with film advance by knob and red window. The aluminium body was not leather covered, but black painted, a characteristic of many later Pontiac cameras. |
The lens and shutter combinations were: | The lens and shutter combinations were: | ||
+ | * early model: Pontiac B-25-50-100 shutter, most marked ''Pontiac'' and ''MFAP'', with or without frame finder | ||
+ | ** Pontiac Anastigmat 102/4.5 (advertised with no frame finder as type '''75''') | ||
+ | ** Berhiot Spécial 105/4.5 (advertised with frame finder as type '''75 bis''') | ||
+ | *** exists with shutter unmarked (see [http://www.collection-appareils.com/pontiac/html/pontiac_bloc_metal_41.php here] and [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste%20Pontiac.html here]) | ||
+ | *** exists with shutter only marked ''PH Paris'' (see [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste%20Pontiac.html here], meaning unknown) | ||
+ | * normal model: Pontiac T-P-25-50-100-150 shutter, marked ''Pontiac'' only, with frame finder | ||
+ | ** Pontiac Anastigmat 102/4.5 or 105/4.5 | ||
+ | *** exists with black trim (see [http://clicclac.free.fr/unappareil.php?numero=1475. here]) | ||
+ | ** Berthiot Spécial 105/4.5 (advertised as type '''75 ter''') | ||
+ | *** exists with pod marked ''Pontiac'' (see [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste%20Pontiac.html here]) | ||
+ | ** Boyer Topaz 105/4.5 (see [http://www.collection-appareils.com/pontiac/html/pontiac_bloc_metal_41.php here]) | ||
+ | ** Roussel Trylor 105/4.5 (see [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/photoptic/Pontiac.htm], barely readable) | ||
+ | * Prontor model: Prontor II shutter from 1s to 1/150, self timer, ''Gauthier GmbH'' marking, not marked ''Pontiac'' | ||
+ | ** Berthiot Spécial 105/4.5, shown in Vial | ||
+ | * Gitzo 2R T-B-25-50-100-150 shutter, ''AG'' marking, not marked ''Pontiac'' | ||
+ | ** Berthiot Spécial 105/4.5 (see [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste%20Pontiac.html here], pod marked ''Pontiac'') | ||
+ | ** Boyer Topaz 105/4.5 (see [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste%20Pontiac.html here]) | ||
+ | ** Reported [http://clicclac.free.fr/unappareil.php?numero=912. here] with a Kodak Anastigmat Spécial 105/4.5 (mistake?) | ||
+ | Most had a brilliant finder and a folding frame finder, metal or black. Some early models were sold without the frame finder. Most metals have a metal trimming, but on some bodies it is painted black. Some late models have a Pontiac engraving on the vertical support pod. | ||
Production stopped in 1948. | Production stopped in 1948. | ||
− | A Pontiac ad, visible for example [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/photoptic/Pontiac.htm here], shows a '''Bloc Métal 44''', announced for 1948. It seems to be based on the body of the Bloc Métal 41, with at least | + | The same ad showing the types 75, 75 bis and 75 ter, reproduced in Vial, announced a type '''750''' with body release and folding optical finder. A later Pontiac ad, visible for example [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/photoptic/Pontiac.htm here], shows a '''Bloc Métal 44''', announced for 1948. It seems to be based on the body of the Bloc Métal 41, with at least an optical finder added. Maybe it is the same project as the type 750. None of them has surfaced since. |
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == |
Revision as of 10:46, 16 March 2006
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Bakélite |
Bloc Métal 41 |
Bloc Métal 45 |
Lynx |
Super Lynx |
Baby Lynx |
Versailles |
The Bloc Métal 41 was released in 1941 by the French maker Pontiac. It was a 6x9 folding camera with an aluminium body, and replaced the Pontiac Bakélite camera. It was a simple camera, with film advance by knob and red window. The aluminium body was not leather covered, but black painted, a characteristic of many later Pontiac cameras.
The lens and shutter combinations were:
- early model: Pontiac B-25-50-100 shutter, most marked Pontiac and MFAP, with or without frame finder
- normal model: Pontiac T-P-25-50-100-150 shutter, marked Pontiac only, with frame finder
- Prontor model: Prontor II shutter from 1s to 1/150, self timer, Gauthier GmbH marking, not marked Pontiac
- Berthiot Spécial 105/4.5, shown in Vial
- Gitzo 2R T-B-25-50-100-150 shutter, AG marking, not marked Pontiac
Most had a brilliant finder and a folding frame finder, metal or black. Some early models were sold without the frame finder. Most metals have a metal trimming, but on some bodies it is painted black. Some late models have a Pontiac engraving on the vertical support pod.
Production stopped in 1948.
The same ad showing the types 75, 75 bis and 75 ter, reproduced in Vial, announced a type 750 with body release and folding optical finder. A later Pontiac ad, visible for example here, shows a Bloc Métal 44, announced for 1948. It seems to be based on the body of the Bloc Métal 41, with at least an optical finder added. Maybe it is the same project as the type 750. None of them has surfaced since.
Bibliography
- Histoire des appareils français, B. Vial, Ed. Maeght
- Pontiac Lynx, Super Lynx, Baby Lynx, Fotofiche 15, Patrice-Hervé Pont, Ed Fotosaga