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Argus A2F
Focus Type: Variable from 1¼ to Infinity ft
Years Manufactured: 1939 - 1941
Introductory Price: $15.00
Approximate Introductory Price in 2003 Dollars: $200.00
Serial Number Range: 22760 - 39031
Shutter Type: Pre-war Ilex Precise
Lens Speed: f/4.5
Aperture Settings: f/4.5, 6.3, 9, 12.7, 18
Shutter Speeds: 1/200
th
sec, 1/100, 1/50, 1/25, B(ulb), T(ime)
Extinction Meter/Calculator: Yes
Flash Synch Tubes: No
Pressure Plate: Fixed
The A2F was the most feature-laden version of the Argus. In addition to the
integral extinction meter/calculator of the A2B, it offered the variable focusing distance
of the AF. It shared the black and chrome faceplate with the A2B, as well as its
precarious Shutter Plunger.