Argus Camera ARGUS A2 manual Argus a, Lens Speed f/4.5

Argus A

Focus Type: 2 Position (6ft - 12ft and 12ft - Infinity, later 6ft - 18ft and 18ft - Infinity)

Years Manufactured: 1936 - 1941

Introductory Price: $12.50

Approximate Introductory Price in 2003 Dollars: $160.00

Serial Number Range: 1037 - 211589

Shutter Type: Pre-war Ilex Precise

Lens Speed: f/4.5

Aperture Settings: f/4.5, 5.6, 8, 11 (later f/4.5, 6.3, 9, 12.7, 18)

Shutter Speeds: 1/200th sec, 1/100, 1/50, 1/25, B(ulb), T(ime), (top speed later dropped to 1/150th sec)

Extinction Meter/Calculator: No

Flash Synch Tubes: No

Pressure Plate: Fixed

The original model of the camera as envisioned by its creators. The first 30,000 –

35,000 models had no Tripod Socket and had a thinner Rewind Knob. Early models also had only an upper Sprocket Wheel, not both. This camera primarily had two Face Plates throughout its lifetime; an all black one, and a black and brass one. A third Face Plate, identical to that of the pre-war A2B and A2F, was also used on some of the very late models.

As other models were introduced, the price dropped from $12.50 to $10.00. Most of the colored models are early Argus As, probably to test the consumer market for interest when they were first introduced.

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