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FAP made the Rapid-Synchro synced shutter from 1s to 1/500 for the Norca B and C, according to Vial they sold it to other companies as well, and this shutter is mentioned in an ad shown [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/photoptic/FAP.htm here]. It is unknown on which other cameras it was mounted. | FAP made the Rapid-Synchro synced shutter from 1s to 1/500 for the Norca B and C, according to Vial they sold it to other companies as well, and this shutter is mentioned in an ad shown [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/photoptic/FAP.htm here]. It is unknown on which other cameras it was mounted. | ||
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== 35mm viewfinder == | == 35mm viewfinder == | ||
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* [[Norca Pin-Up]] | * [[Norca Pin-Up]] | ||
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| + | * [[Rower]] | ||
| + | * [[Longchamp]] | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
Revision as of 21:07, 20 April 2006
FAP was a French camera maker from 1938 to the end of the 1940s. It was based in Suresnes near Paris and its full name was Fabrique d'Appareils Photographiques (simply means "camera maker"). Its first model was the Norca A, that was the first 24x36 camera made in France, inspired by the Argus A.
After the war, FAP produced other Norca models and the small Norca Pin-Up, an evolution of the Rower, inspired by the Univex A. Many people say that the Rower was also made by FAP from 1936, this is discussed in the Rower page.
FAP made the Rapid-Synchro synced shutter from 1s to 1/500 for the Norca B and C, according to Vial they sold it to other companies as well, and this shutter is mentioned in an ad shown here. It is unknown on which other cameras it was mounted.
Vial suggests that the Longchamp and Auteuil 3x4 pseudo TLR cameras sold by Boumsell were made by FAP. McKeown says the Longchamp is very similar to the Metropolitan Clix-O-Flex. It looks like FAP had made a speciality to copy American designs.
Contents
35mm viewfinder
Normal film cartridge:
- Norca A
- Norca B
- Norca Cmt
- Norca IIIA (prototype)
Special rolls:
See also
Bibliography
- Histoire des appareils français, B. Vial, Ed. Maeght
