Argus Camera ARGUS A - Manual (Page 14)

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