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The '''Gallus Bakélite''' was a 6x9 folding camera made by the French maker [[Gallus]] at the end of the 1930s. As its name implied, the body was made of bakelite, usually dark brown with black bellows. It had a brilliant finder. | The '''Gallus Bakélite''' was a 6x9 folding camera made by the French maker [[Gallus]] at the end of the 1930s. As its name implied, the body was made of bakelite, usually dark brown with black bellows. It had a brilliant finder. | ||
| − | The German company [[Ebner]] had developed a very similar folding bakelite camera in 1934, but went down in 1935. Some | + | The German company [[Ebner]] had developed a very similar folding bakelite camera in 1934, but went down in 1935. Some people say the tooling was ceded to Gallus. Though, the Ebner (see [http://www.ukcamera.com/classic_cameras/ebner1.html here]) had a different body, and the Gallus might as well have been a copy. (Note that at the same time Gallus took over the production of the [[Derby]] 3x4 camera from [[Foth]], another German company.) |
Later Gallus ceded the camera to the [[Pontiac]], who continued its production (see [[Pontiac Bakélite]]). | Later Gallus ceded the camera to the [[Pontiac]], who continued its production (see [[Pontiac Bakélite]]). | ||
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The Gallus is known with a 105/4.5 [[Boyer]] Topaz lens on a B-25-50-100 shutter, marked ''Gallus France''. It is reported in McKeown with an Achromat f/11 lens or a 105/6.3 [[Boyer]] Topaz lens with Pose & Instant shutter. | The Gallus is known with a 105/4.5 [[Boyer]] Topaz lens on a B-25-50-100 shutter, marked ''Gallus France''. It is reported in McKeown with an Achromat f/11 lens or a 105/6.3 [[Boyer]] Topaz lens with Pose & Instant shutter. | ||
| − | A similar body with an Achromat f/11 lens, a P&I shutter and no other marking than ''Objectif Achromatique'' is identified as a Gallus by McKeown and Sylvain Halgand. However the Photoptic site presents one with a MFAP plate [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/photoptic/manufrance.htm here], indicating a Pontiac origin. | + | A similar body with an Achromat f/11 lens, a P&I shutter and no other marking than ''Objectif Achromatique'' is identified as a Gallus by McKeown and Sylvain Halgand. However the Photoptic site presents one with a MFAP plate [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/photoptic/manufrance.htm here], indicating a Pontiac origin. On the same page, it also presents a Manufrance catalogue from 1938 listing that body with no name and an achromat f/6.3 or f/4.5 shutter. |
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://www.collection-appareils.com/gallus/html/gallus_bakelite.php The Gallus Bakélite at Sylvain Halgand site] | * [http://www.collection-appareils.com/gallus/html/gallus_bakelite.php The Gallus Bakélite at Sylvain Halgand site] | ||
| + | * [http://www.collection-appareils.com/pontiac/html/pontiac_bakelite.php The Pontiac Bakélite at Sylvain Halgand site] | ||
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/photoptic/Gallus.htm The Gallus page at Photoptic] | * [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/photoptic/Gallus.htm The Gallus page at Photoptic] | ||
| + | * [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/photoptic/Pontiac.htm The Pontiac page at Photoptic] | ||
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[[Category: 6x9cm folding cameras]] | [[Category: 6x9cm folding cameras]] | ||
[[Category: Bakelite cameras]] | [[Category: Bakelite cameras]] | ||
[[Category: French cameras]] | [[Category: French cameras]] | ||
Revision as of 00:12, 24 February 2006
The Gallus Bakélite was a 6x9 folding camera made by the French maker Gallus at the end of the 1930s. As its name implied, the body was made of bakelite, usually dark brown with black bellows. It had a brilliant finder.
The German company Ebner had developed a very similar folding bakelite camera in 1934, but went down in 1935. Some people say the tooling was ceded to Gallus. Though, the Ebner (see here) had a different body, and the Gallus might as well have been a copy. (Note that at the same time Gallus took over the production of the Derby 3x4 camera from Foth, another German company.)
Later Gallus ceded the camera to the Pontiac, who continued its production (see Pontiac Bakélite).
The Gallus is known with a 105/4.5 Boyer Topaz lens on a B-25-50-100 shutter, marked Gallus France. It is reported in McKeown with an Achromat f/11 lens or a 105/6.3 Boyer Topaz lens with Pose & Instant shutter.
A similar body with an Achromat f/11 lens, a P&I shutter and no other marking than Objectif Achromatique is identified as a Gallus by McKeown and Sylvain Halgand. However the Photoptic site presents one with a MFAP plate here, indicating a Pontiac origin. On the same page, it also presents a Manufrance catalogue from 1938 listing that body with no name and an achromat f/6.3 or f/4.5 shutter.
Bibliography
- Histoire des appareils français, B. Vial, Ed. Maeght
- Pontiac Lynx, Super Lynx, Baby Lynx, Fotofiche 15, Patrice-Hervé Pont, Ed Fotosaga
