page_title: Argus (camera company)
section_title: Autronic
hierarchical_section_title: Argus (camera company) / Historic models / Autronic
caption_attribution_description: English: Another funky camera from Argus, made from 1960-62. This camera is larger than I expected it to be -- like the "brick", but with that block on top which houses the meter and view/rangefinder. I'm pretty sure if you dropped this camera onto the sidewalk, you'd crack the concrete.Polski: aparat fotograficzny Argus Autronic 35
context_page_description: Argus was an American maker of cameras and photographic products, founded in 1936 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Argus originated as a subsidiary of the International Radio Corporation, founded by Charles Verschoor. Its best-known product was the C3 rangefinder camera, which enjoyed a 27-year production run and became one of the top-selling cameras in history. The company's Model A was the first low-cost 35 mm camera in the United States. Sylvania acquired Argus in 1959 and sold it in 1969, by which time it had ceased camera production. More recently, the Argus brand has been reestablished and is used on a variety of inexpensive digital cameras made by Argus Camera Company, LLC., located in Inverness, Illinois. Argus had two cameras for children developed in partnership with TEAMS Design. The cameras, the Bean and Sprout, won a Bronze 2009 IDEA award from Bloomberg BusinessWeek and the Industrial Designers Society of America in addition to an Appliance Design 2009 EID award.
context_section_description: Autronic 35 (1960–1962)
  Autronic C3 (1960–1962)
  Autronic I (1962–1965)
  Autronic II (1962–1965)
caption: Argus Autronic 35
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