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Pontiac
Bakélite
Bloc Métal 41
Bloc Métal 45
Lynx
Super Lynx
Baby Lynx
Versailles

MFAP (Manufacture Française d'Appareils Photographiques, simply meaning French Camera Maker) is a French camera company that existed from 1938 to 1954 and used the Pontiac brand name. In 1951 the company moved from France to Morocco. Its logo was a lens scheme marked PONTIAC PARIS and later PONTIAC MAROC.

Contents 1 6×9cm folding cameras 2 3×4cm cameras 3 24×36mm cameras 4 70mm film cameras 5 Bibliography 6 Links

6×9cm folding cameras Edit

• Pontiac Bakélite
• Bloc Métal 41
• Bloc Métal 45
• Bloc Métal 145

3×4cm cameras Edit

• Lynx I
• Lynx II
• Lynx de Nuit
• Lynx Compur
• Lynx Standard
• Lynx Roussel

24×36mm cameras Edit

• Super Lynx I
• Super Lynx Standard
• Super Lynx II
• Super Lynx (no number)
• Baby Lynx
• Baby Standard

70mm film cameras Edit

Two projects were announced using 65mm perforated film, commonly known as 70mm film:

• Versailles (6×6)
• a 6×13 stereo camera

Bibliography Edit

• Vial, Bernard. Histoire des appareils français. Période 1940–1960. Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1980, re-impressed in 1991. ISBN 2-86941-156-1. Pp.11–26.

Links Edit

• Pontiac cameras at G. Langlois' site
• Pontiac cameras at ClicClac
• Pontiac cameras and user manuals at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
• Pontiac cameras at Collection G. Even's site