Argus-Mamiya SLR
In 1962 Sylvania (having merged into GTE) sold off the Argus camera and optics company to the much smaller Mansfield Industries. The combined companies adopted "Argus, Inc." as their name but were now headquartered in Chicago.
Mansfield had a relationship with Mamiya as OEM for some Mansfield electric eye cameras; and soon the new Argus would introduce its first-ever SLR model, modified from the Mamiya Prismat NP. To my knowledge the Argus model used an entirely unique bayonet mount and only the three lenses shown here were ever produced to fit this. The camera pictured also features a clip-on selenium light meter which couples to the dial for selecting shutter speeds.
Argus-Mamiya SLR
In 1962 Sylvania (having merged into GTE) sold off the Argus camera and optics company to the much smaller Mansfield Industries. The combined companies adopted "Argus, Inc." as their name but were now headquartered in Chicago.
Mansfield had a relationship with Mamiya as OEM for some Mansfield electric eye cameras; and soon the new Argus would introduce its first-ever SLR model, modified from the Mamiya Prismat NP. To my knowledge the Argus model used an entirely unique bayonet mount and only the three lenses shown here were ever produced to fit this. The camera pictured also features a clip-on selenium light meter which couples to the dial for selecting shutter speeds.