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ABOUT
ARGUS
Argus,
and its famous Model C3 35mm camera, has had considerable historical
influence on the photographic industry. A 1945 Fortune Magazine stated
that Argus Cameras "overnight changed candid camera photography
in the U.S. from a class hobby to a mass pastime." |
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Argus
has produced many different camera models over the years and even
expanded into movie cameras, movie projectors, and 35mm slide projectors.
During World War II and the Korean War, Argus was also a leading supplier
of military cameras, binoculars, periscopes, and gun sights. |
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The
first Argus camera, known as the Model A, was manufactured in Ann
Arbor, Michigan in 1936. It was an immediate success as the first
low-cost, easy-to-use 35mm film camera in the world. Thirty thousand
cameras were sold in the first week at $12.50 each! Worldwide sales
of this model continued until 1950. The popularity of the Model A
strongly influenced Kodak to switch their film manufacturing from
a 126 to a 35mm format, which remains the dominant film in use today. |
Argus products now include a wide variety of digital
imaging cameras and video products. Today, Argus
continues its long tradition in the industry and is
proud to present its newest member of the Argus
family the QC8340 8MP.
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The
next Argus camera was the Model C2. It was manufactured in 1938 and
was the first of the distinctively shaped, square-cornered, range
finder cameras which were popularly referred to as the "Brick."
The Argus Model C3, also of the "Brick" design, followed
in 1939 and remained the best-selling 35mm camera in the world for
almost three decades. |
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