This variation on the Argoflash AA is a little mysterious because it is not mentioned in Henry Gambino's 222-page book on Argus cameras, "Argomania," or in the Argus camera guide reproduced on the Argus Camera Information Reference Site.
This camera resembles closely an Argus AA Argoflash camera (
https://fourelementsinthreegroups.blogspot.com/2020/01/argus-argoflash-model-aa-1940-1942.html) without the flash connection, and has a serial number of M3435. It has the late model Argus A style back. It could have been a short, trial production run or a repair job. This example came from Goodwill in Racine, Wisconsin. I know of one other example. The other Argus model with an "M" prefix on the serial number is an 828 roll film camera with a "streamline moderne" style body (
https://fourelementsinthreegroups.blogspot.com/2021/11/argus-model-m-1938-1940.html). All three models have the same lens and shutter.
The lens is an uncoated triplet (f/6.3-f/12.7). The shutter is a single speed shutter (about 1/25 second).
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f/12.7 with Ultrafine eXtreme 400 and an ND 0.6 filter. The 4x filter factor kept the picture from being grossly overexposed.
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