Argus Cintar 50mm C2 brick camera
Pre-war 1941-1942
$20.00 or Best Offer
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Lens: Argus Cintar 50mm f 3.5, 4.5, 6.3, 9, 12.7, 18 apertures
Range Finder: 3, 3.5, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 25, 50, 100, infinity .
Film Speed: 1/10, 1/20, 1/30, 1/50, 1/100, 1/200, 1/300 Weston
Serial no: 21195
Paper Label inside: Argus Incorported, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Des. Pat. 110,516 for Part LA-103
Embeded mark under film roller: P 2
Condition: good condition. No scratchmarks on the body, very clean inside, lens nice. Small corner top right missing vinyl cover. Stainless steel ring around lens has dark scuffs here and there.
Range finder button has glass in the middle, which is cracked
When cocking the lever it and releasing shutter, the lever moves slowly up as if programmed on a timer. I don't know if that's how it was manufactured to be. It's not sticking or anything.
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Argus Cintar 50mm C3 brick camera
circa 1949-1950
$60.00 or Best Offer
Lens: Argus Coated Cintar 50mm f 3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16 apertures
Range Finder: 3, 3.5, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 25, 50, 100, infinity
Film Speed: 1/10, 1/20, 1/30, 1/50, 1/100, 1/200, 1/300 ASA
Serial no: 304619
Paper Label inside: Argus, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S Pat 2,298,107, U.S. Pat 2,298,787
Embeded mark under film roller: MPC
Condition: great condition. No scratchmarks on the body, very clean inside, lens nice
Case: Argus, made by Rowlik; very little wear around some edges; back, there is a partial label (did not take it off) and some dirt marks around top of the snap. Screw on bottom of case outside tigthens to the camera inside.
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Information from the net:
Pre-war - 10 shutter marked shutter speeds, changed to 7 about 1941. Earliest ones had a paper label inside for the serial number, before about 1939.
1942-1943 - chrome wing shaped cocking lever changed to black (wartime material shortage?)
1944-1945 - Old aperture series (3.5, 4.5, 6.3...) changed to modern series (3.5, 4, 5.6, 8)
Around 1945, coated lenses.
Around 1949-1950, Weston Film speed reminder dial changed to ASA.
Around 1950 the lower half of the RF changed from blue to yellow, though earlier cameras may have been updated. Really early ones were clear on both top and bottom of the RF.
Around 1950-1951, 10 hinge screws (5 on body, 5 on back door) changed to 8 (4 and 4).
Around 1952, Argus nameplate first appeared on camera front. About this same time the frame counter changed from a chrome or silver painted metal one to a black plastic one.
Around 1953, colormatic settings appeared on lens, shutter speed and focusing dial.
Around 1954, first accessory shoe, held on with three mounting screws.
By around 1955, the marked shutter speeds had been reduced from 7 to just 5 and the film speed reminder dial had disappeared.
Around 1956, accessory shoe changed to one mounting screw in the middle.
1958 until the end of production in 1966 or 1967, C3 Standard, with more modern styling. Shutter button changed from a stovepipe to a button shape, cocking lever changed to a teardrop shape, aperture ring changed to a funnel shape around the lens front instead of on the very front.
