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* Gitzo 2R T-B-25-50-100-150 shutter, ''AG'' marking, not marked ''Pontiac'' | * 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'') | ** 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]) | + | ** Boyer Topaz 105/4.5 (see [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste%20Pontiac.html here] and [http://mgroleau.com/photo/france/pontiac_bm41.html here]) |
** Reported [http://clicclac.free.fr/unappareil.php?numero=912. here] with a Kodak Anastigmat Spécial 105/4.5 (mistake?) | ** 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. | 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. | ||
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* [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste%20Pontiac.html The Pontiac page at Gérard Langlois site] | * [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste%20Pontiac.html The Pontiac page at Gérard Langlois 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://sites.estvideo.net/amaryllis/pontiac01.html | + | * [http://sites.estvideo.net/amaryllis/pontiac01.html A Bloc Métal 41 at Amaryllis] |
+ | * [http://photo.even.free.fr/Photos/_ColApp/APP0660.php A Bloc Métal 41 at Gérard Even's site] | ||
+ | * [http://mgroleau.com/photo/france/pontiac_bm41.html A Bloc Métal 41 at Mario Groleau's site] | ||
+ | * [http://yannbreizh.tripod.com/id49.html A Bloc Métal 41 at yannbreizh] | ||
[[Category: 6x9 folding]] | [[Category: 6x9 folding]] |
Revision as of 15:32, 16 March 2006
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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 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