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The '''Argus Model M''' is a small [[bakelite]] camera, manufactured from 1939-1940. It has a 47mm f6.3 lens in a collapsible mount, and the option to take full-frame or half-frame pictures on [[828 film]].
 
Argus later used the same body style for another camera, the Model 19, also known as the Minca 28.
 
 
Argus likely sold the dies at some point, and the camera was later produced by other companies as a premium, under the names Delco 828 and Camro 28.
 
 
 
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The '''Argus Model M''' is a small [[bakelite]] camera, manufactured from 1939-1940. It has a 47mm f6.3 lens in a collapsible mount, and the option to take full-frame or half-frame pictures on [[828 film]].
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[[Argus]] later used the same body style for another camera, the '''Model 19''', also known as the '''Minca 28'''.
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Argus likely sold the dies at some point, and the camera was later produced by other companies as a premium, under the names ''''Delco 828''' and '''Camro 28'''.
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|image_text= Argus Minca 28 <br><small>image by eBayer fotosapien</small>
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|image_text= Delco 828
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|image_rights= with permission
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==Links==
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*[https://www.arguscg.org/manuals/model_m.pdf Argus Model M user manual (pdf)] at the [https://www.arguscg.org/ Argus Collectors Group]
  
 
[[Category: A]]
 
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[[Category: Argus|Model M]]
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[[Category:M|Model M Argus]]
 
[[Category: Bakelite]]
 
[[Category: Bakelite]]
 
[[Category: 828 film]]
 
[[Category: 828 film]]
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[[Category:1939]]

Latest revision as of 04:36, 24 July 2023

The Argus Model M is a small bakelite camera, manufactured from 1939-1940. It has a 47mm f6.3 lens in a collapsible mount, and the option to take full-frame or half-frame pictures on 828 film. Argus later used the same body style for another camera, the Model 19, also known as the Minca 28.

Argus likely sold the dies at some point, and the camera was later produced by other companies as a premium, under the names 'Delco 828 and Camro 28.


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