Argus Minca 28

Photos by Sylvain Halgand text by Sylvain Halgand. From the collection of Sylvain Halgand. Last update 2023-10-17 par Sylvain Halgand.

Manufactured or assembled in USA from 1947 to (After) 1947.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 1490

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Chronology of cameras Argus

Patent number 2,358,321, filed in 1940 and published in 1944 by Gustave Fassin, protects a camera with a retractable lens mounted on a spring.
The silhouette resembles that of the Argus M, and you can even see the two rivets on the front face.

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After the war, Argus reused the base of the Argus M to release a "new" camera. However, the new camera differed from the old one in many ways.
The general shape remained the same, but the lens was no longer mounted on a retracting tube. The tube became fixed and much bulkier. The lens was less luminous, now being a 9.7/47mm. However, there were three apertures with settings indicated by "weather": Bright, Cloudy, Color. There was still a single instant speed in addition to the Bulb mode.

At the back, there was only one green window, as the camera became single-format.

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