Plavic
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A Plavic Pliant IB image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
Plavic [PLAnchon VICtor] is a brand name under which Victor Planchon, owner of the Planchon Cellulose Corporation in Lyon (France) distributed cameras (made by other manufacturers) to augment his own business of cellulose films (and possibly also printing papers and photographic chemicals). The company, which operated from 1919 to about 1930,[1] used the brand names of
- Plavic for its
- films
- cameras, usually manufactured by Héard & Mallinjod
- Plavicos for its
- shutters, usually manufactured by Gitzo
Cameras
Plate Cameras
- Plavic 6.5x9 plate folding bed
- Plavic 9x12 plate folding bed, manufactured by Héard & Mallinjod
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A Plavic 9x12 folding bed plate camera (c.1930) image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights) |
Rollfilm cameras
- Série A30 ( 6x9)
- Série B
- Série C
- Série E
- Plavic folder E38
- Plavico box
- Plavic Passe Partout 5x7.5 folder
- Plavic Pliant IB
- Plavic Pliant 6.5x11 116 roll film folder
- Plavic Pliant 6x9 roll film folder
Links
In French :
- Plavic folder made by Gitzo, at Sylvain Halgand's collection [1]
- Plavic page at *Collection G. Even's site
Notes & References
- ↑ Catalogue Photo-Plait 1919