| French companies () | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alsaphot | Angénieux | Arca Swiss | As de Trèfle | Atoms | Aubertin | Balcar | Bardin | Bauchet | Baudry | Bellieni | Berthiot | Boumsell | Boyer | Bronzavia | Cord | Cornu | Coronet | Darlot | DeMaria-Lapierre | FAP | Fex | Compagnie Française de Photographie | Gallus | Gaumont | Georges Paris | Girard | Gitzo | Goldstein | Héard & Mallinjod | Hermagis | Idam | Itier | Kafta | Kinax | Krauss | Lumière | Mackenstein | Manufrance | Mazo | MFAP | MIOM | Mollier | Mundus | Olbia | Omega | OPL | Pierrat | Précidès | Richard | Roussel | Royer | SEM | Secam | SIAP | Spirotechnique | Tiranty | Vergne | Zion (France) | ||
| 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.
6×9cm folding cameras[]
- Pontiac Bakélite
- Bloc Métal 41
- Bloc Métal 45
- Bloc Métal 145
3×4cm cameras[]
24×36mm cameras[]
70mm film cameras[]
Two projects were announced using 65mm perforated film, commonly known as 70mm film:
- Versailles (6×6)
- a 6×13 stereo camera
Bibliography[]
- 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.