Argus Super Seventy-Five (1954-1958)

The Argus Super Seventy-Five is a version of the Argus Seventy-five with a focusing lens, three aperture stops and a single speed shutter. It is similar to a Kodak Duaflex camera with a Kodar lens. Argus made the Super Seventy-Five from 1954 through 1958.  The Super Seventy-Five was a successor to the Argus 40 (https://fourelementsinthreegroups.blogspot.com/2019/02/argus-40-1950-1954.html).

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Exposure Guide

The body of the camera is molded phenolic resin with metal trim and a metal back. The bottom has a tripod socket and an Argus 76 flasholder can plug into the left side. The inside of the viewfinder hood has an exposure guide with camera setting instructions. The body is nearly the same as the Argus 40 and the Argus 75.

The lens is an f/8, front cell focusing triplet with a 65 mm focal length. The closest focusing distance is 3-1/2 ft. The aperture stops are round openings in a revolving plate that can be set only at f/8, f/11 or f/16. You can't set the aperture to intermediate values. The distance scale on the front lens cell is color coded for flash settings. From 6 ft. to 9 ft. you want to set the aperture at f/16 (yellow), from 9 ft. to about 13 ft. f/11 (red) and from about 13 ft. to 18 ft. f/8 (green).

The shutter can be set for "Instantaneous" (about 1/50 of a second) or "Time" (the shutter stays open as long as the shutter button is pressed).

The camera takes twelve 2-1/4" square pictures on size 620 film. The film advance knob is on the right side of the camera. You control the film spacing by looking through the little red window at the numbers on the backing paper. The shutter and film advance are interlocked to prevent you from pressing the shutter button until you have advanced the film.