Argus Super Seventy-Five

For some reason, known only unto me (and I don't know) I'm starting in reverse order.

The Argus Super Seventy-Face is my most recent purchase, for $17.

I had seen an amazing Argus camera earlier in the day, but the $250 was out of my league, so finding this one was a sign from above.



The casing is likely Bakerlite, and given the era I'm interested in, this isn't surprising.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I know nothing about cameras...

... but I keep buying them at 'antique' stores.  Why? No idea, other than they're cool.  So far, I have nine 'vintage' cameras, five of them bought just this weekend for a total of $75. That's a bargain!  You may ask, "Do they work?" and I would answer, "No idea." Right now, they look good as a collection on a shelf. So your next question should be, "Do they work?" and I would answer, "Maybe?!? We'll see."  I had a Brownie 127 when I was about 10-ish. I went to Buxton in Derbyshire, England, with my family, and we found either an antique shop or a photography shop, I'm not sure, and I was telling my Mum that 'this camera is cool', and she said that she'd owned one as a child, and proceeded to buy it for me. I used it for a while, then 'upgraded' it to other cameras, but by the time I was in my teens, I guess I lost interest.  I want to find another Brownie 127, but I live in the USA, which will ...
Read more