GAF
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GAF is an acronym for General Aniline & Film, the new name of Ansco after 1967.
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| GAF SC/100 Cine camera image by Terri Monahan (Image rights) |
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| GAF 136 XF image by John Kratz (Image rights) |
It was not a major manufacturer as such, but a brand name used in the US and UK for cameras (including cine cameras) built by other companies according to their own 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 Haking, which bought the company (and the Ansco brand) in 1978.
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GAF-branded SLRs
- GAF L-14
- GAF L-17 (has double exposure capability).
- GAF L-CM
- GAF L-CS
- GAF LC-X (a rebadged Chinon CX)
- GAF L-ES
- GAF L-ES a
- GAF L-ES/2 (a rebadged Chinon CE II Memotron)
GAF-branded viewfinder and rangefinder cameras
- 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 Anscomatic 726 (a rebadged Petri rangefinder).
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| GAF Memo 35 EE image by bomobob (Image rights) |
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| GAF Anscomatic 126 image by Matt Jones (Image rights) |
GAF-branded non-35mm cameras
- GAF 136 XF (126, cartridge camera, clone of Halina Signal Flash).
- GAF 220 Instant Load (A 110 pocket camera)
Links
- GAF 220 at www.collection-appareils.fr
