Pignons
Pignons was a Swiss company based in Ballaigues that began its life making parts for the watch industry. Pignons bought the rights for a 35mm SLR known as the Bolca Reflex designed by Jacques Bogopolsky, who already was the father of the Bolex movie camera (see Bolsey). Pignons released this camera under the name Alpa Reflex and made successive generations of the Alpa models until the beginning of the 1980s.
Recently the name Alpa has been revived by a company that appears to have no direct link with Pignons.
Links
- Alpa Reflex Cameras from Switzerland at alpareflex.com
- Alpa page at Collection G. Even's site
- Alpa Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
