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==Cameras== | ==Cameras== | ||
===GAF-branded SLRs=== | ===GAF-branded SLRs=== | ||
| − | * GAF L-14 | + | |
| − | * [[Chinon_M-1|GAF L-17]] | + | * GAF L-14 - Rebranded [[Chinon_M-1|Chinon M-1]] sold with an f/1.4 standard lens |
| + | * [[Chinon_M-1|GAF L-17]] - Rebranded [[Chinon_M-1|Chinon M-1]] sold with an f/1.7 standard lens | ||
* GAF L-CM | * GAF L-CM | ||
| − | * GAF L-CS | + | * GAF L-CS - Rebranded [[Chinon_CS|Chinon CS]] |
| − | * GAF | + | * GAF L-CX - Rebranded [[Chinon_CX|Chinon CX]] |
| − | * GAF L-ES | + | * [[GAF L-ES]] - Rebranded [[Chinon CE Memotron]] |
| − | + | * GAF L-ES/2 - Rebranded [[Chinon CE II Memotron]] | |
| − | * GAF L-ES/2 | ||
===GAF-branded 35mm cameras=== | ===GAF-branded 35mm cameras=== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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* [http://butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_l-cs/gaf_l-cs.htm GAF L-CS PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | * [http://butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_l-cs/gaf_l-cs.htm GAF L-CS PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | ||
* [http://butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_l-es_2/gaf_l-es_2.htm GAF L-ES 2 PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | * [http://butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_l-es_2/gaf_l-es_2.htm GAF L-ES 2 PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | ||
* [http://butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_l-17/gaf_l-17.htm GAF L-17 PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | * [http://butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_l-17/gaf_l-17.htm GAF L-17 PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | ||
* [http://butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_l-es/gaf_l-es.htm GAF L-ES PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | * [http://butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_l-es/gaf_l-es.htm GAF L-ES PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | ||
| + | * [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_l-es_2/gaf_l-es_2.htm GAF L-ESII PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | ||
* [http://butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_l-cm/gaf_l-cm.htm GAF L-CM PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | * [http://butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_l-cm/gaf_l-cm.htm GAF L-CM PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | ||
| − | * [http://butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_memo_35_et/gaf_memo_35_et.htm GAF Memo | + | * [http://butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_memo_35_et/gaf_memo_35_et.htm GAF Memo 35ET PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] |
| + | * [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/gaf/gaf_memo_35ee/gaf_memo_35ee.htm GAF 35EE PDF manual] from [http://butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com] | ||
| + | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=1152 GAF 220] at www.collection-appareils.fr (in French) | ||
| − | [[Category: Camera makers | + | [[Category:Camera makers]] |
| − | [[Category: USA | + | [[Category:USA]] |
| + | [[Category:Ansco]] | ||
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GAF is the camera brand name adopted by Ansco after 1967. (This was an acronym for General Aniline & Film, which had been the parent corporation's name for decades.) Some GAF cameras were also branded Anscomatic. GAF was also the corporate owner of Lenco Photo Products, Inc., a company that distributed photographic gear under the brand name of Lentar.
GAF was not a major manufacturer as such, but became the brand used in the US and UK for marketing cameras (including cine cameras) built by other companies to their specifications. GAF bought the View-Master stereo viewer line and continued it under their own brand.
GAF sold several 35mm SLRs, rangefinders and viewfinder cameras. The SLRs and rangefinders were made by Chinon or Cosina, and were functionally the same as Chinon models. Other formats may have been made by Petri, but the cheapest models typically came from Haking in Hong Kong. Haking finally bought the company (and the Ansco brand) in 1978.
Contents
Cameras
GAF-branded SLRs
- GAF L-14 - Rebranded Chinon M-1 sold with an f/1.4 standard lens
- GAF L-17 - Rebranded Chinon M-1 sold with an f/1.7 standard lens
- GAF L-CM
- GAF L-CS - Rebranded Chinon CS
- GAF L-CX - Rebranded Chinon CX
- GAF L-ES - Rebranded Chinon CE Memotron
- GAF L-ES/2 - Rebranded Chinon CE II Memotron
GAF-branded 35mm cameras
- GAF Ansco Autoset CdS
- GAF Memo 35 EE (a clone of the Vivitar 35ES and also rebranded by Dixons in the UK as the Prinz 35EE, with all of them being based on the Konica 35 and Minolta Hi-Matic rangefinders.)
- GAF Memo 35 ET (similar to 35 EE, but with the slower f/2.8 lens, making it comparable to the Vivitar 35EE and Chinon 35EE)
- GAF Point Five (by Chinon)
- GAF Ansco Memo II (rebadged Ricoh Auto Half)
GAF-branded 110, 126, and 127 cameras
- 126 film
- GAF 100 XF
- GAF 136 XF (126, cartridge camera, clone of Halina Signal Flash).
- GAF 200 XF
- GAF Anscomatic 126
- GAF Anscomatic 326
- GAF Anscomatic 626
- GAF Anscomatic 726 (a rebadged Petri rangefinder)
- GAF Anscomatic Cadet
- Anscomatic Cadet Flash
- GAF Seventy Six instant load
- 110 film
- GAF 220 Instant Load
- GAF Personal Camera
- GAF Personal 2
GAF movie cameras
Section under construction
See Also
- Lenco Photo Products, Inc. - A GAF subsidiary that distributed Lentar branded products
Links
- GAF L-CS PDF manual from OrphanCameras.com
- GAF L-ES 2 PDF manual from OrphanCameras.com
- GAF L-17 PDF manual from OrphanCameras.com
- GAF L-ES PDF manual from OrphanCameras.com
- GAF L-ESII PDF manual from OrphanCameras.com
- GAF L-CM PDF manual from OrphanCameras.com
- GAF Memo 35ET PDF manual from OrphanCameras.com
- GAF 35EE PDF manual from OrphanCameras.com
- GAF 220 at www.collection-appareils.fr (in French)
