Bloc Métal 41
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Pontiac |
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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 a brilliant finder only, and 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:
Production stopped in 1948.
Bibliography
- Histoire des appareils français, B. Vial, Ed. Maeght
- Pontiac Lynx, Super Lynx, Baby Lynx, Fotofiche 15, Patrice-Hervé Pont, Ed Fotosaga