Marcy's Argoflex E :
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The Argoflex E takes 12 ,6x6cm, images on 120 roll film. The shutter has "T" and "B" settings as well as 1/10th through 1/200th (no self timer). The aperture is f4.5 to f18. It focuses from 3.5 feet to infinity. It's got a wildly fun viewfinder hood complete with fold down flap so it become a sports finder ... there's even a little pop-up magnifier for fine focus - just like a real camera.
The fine focus magnifier.
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Looking across my slide tray trellis.
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Gettysburg, PA.
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Camden, ME
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Bob & HJ, St. Louis.
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The Colonel, original KFC, Corbin, KY.
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Original Kentucky Fried Chicken, Corbin, KY.
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The Colonel's head in a case.
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VA Memorial, Ofallon, MO. |
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When I got this camera, the shutter didn't work. I made it into a pinhole camera. I attached a store bought pinhole to the taking lens. The viewing lens actually came close to what I ended up with on the film.
Here are a few images I took with this camera as a pinhole:
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The shutter has since been repaired by Jaye Waas, otherwise known to me as the Camera Whisperer.
McKeown's PRICE GUIDE TO ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CAMERAS (2001-2002) states, "1940-1948. Focusing three element f4.5/75mm Varex Anastigmat; shutter T,B, 10-200. $20-30."
Silly Argus movies to watch:
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Check out: "ARGUS : THE MUSICAL #1" & "ARGUS : THE MUSICAL #2 " |
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Shutter guts:
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Shutter guts. |
Just another view of the spring arrangement. |
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