Argus STL 1000
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| The late-version STL 1000 made by Petri; photographed at the Argus Museum in Ann Arbor image by Voxphoto (Image rights) |
After Argus Camera found it impossible to compete in the market with its US-built cameras, the company decided to offer SLR cameras made for them by Japanese manufacturers; but confusingly, changed plans several times. Argus STL 1000 was the branding briefly used on two models, which bracket the more successful Argus/Cosina STL 1000.
The first was evidently a rebadging of the Cosina Hi-Lite; but the Cosina branding only appears on the lenses and not the body.[1] The second was a Petri FTX (aka Petri TTL) a camera introduced in 1974. Both use 42mm screwmount lenses; but otherwise look quite different from each other or the Argus/Cosina versions.
Notes
- ↑ The Hi-Lite appeared circa 1968, and versions of this were rebadged by a number of companies.
Links
- Object records for the "Hi-Lite" STL 1000 in silver and in black at the Argus Museum collection database
- An object record for a variant of the Petri-made STL 1000 but labeled TTL; from the Argus Museum collection database
- The "Hi-Lite" Argus STL 1000 pictured at Matt's Classic Cameras (note that the Petri version is actually last in the chronology).
- eBay auction 265102648883 shows the Hi-Lite version with its 50mm f/1.8 Cosinon lens.
