a strange little camera using unperforated 35mm (?) film – seen at the fall 1995 fair
Toronto. … from a fair nearly three decades ago. The photographs and text by Bob Lnsdale appear in issue 21-4.
The writing for this camera says, “Mystery ‘Argus’ camera which has brevittato stamped on the front (Italian for patented). With an Equator anastigmat f/6.3 50 mm Koristka lens, used unperforated film. Chris Hale thinks it might have been made by Kraus.”
Unfortunately, McKeowns do not list the little camera as an Argus model. Since Koristka is an Italian lens, the cameras is likely Italian as the patent stamp suggests. the small image is from issue 21-4 while the large image is the journal photo upscaled in Topaz Photo AI which has a ways to go. It’s getting there … slowly (some upscales are extraordinarily well done).
Check out our events for this or other unusual cameras. Dates and locations are posted at right. Closer to each date I will pin a special post to the front page of this site.
