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| − | '''Geiss''' was a company in Chicago that | + | '''Geiss America''' was a company in Chicago that offered accessories for [[Argus]] cameras. In the early 1950s they offered lenses under the Sandmar brand for the [[Argus C3]] camera<ref>[http://www.arguscg.org/manuals/sandmar/blacksandmar.pdf Sandmar interchangeable lenses] PDF manual, from [http://www.arguscg.org/ the Argus Collectors Group] </ref>. Later, Geiss offered a [[Argus C4 Geiss|modified version of the Argus C4]] using their own proprietary lens mount, for which a series of Enna Lithagon lenses were made. |
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Geiss America was a company in Chicago that offered accessories for Argus cameras. In the early 1950s they offered lenses under the Sandmar brand for the Argus C3 camera[1]. Later, Geiss offered a modified version of the Argus C4 using their own proprietary lens mount, for which a series of Enna Lithagon lenses were made.
Notes & References
- ↑ Sandmar interchangeable lenses PDF manual, from the Argus Collectors Group
