FAP

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FAP was a French camera maker from 1938 to the beginning of the 1950s. 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, it produced variants of this camera, as well as the small Norca Pin-Up, an evolution of the Rower, inspired by the Univex A. Many people say that FAP also made the Rower from 1936, but a FAP ad shown here at Sylvain Halgand's site says that the company was founded in 1938.

35mm viewfinder

Bibliography

  • Histoire des appareils français, B. Vial, Ed. Maeght

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