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I have an Argus AF waiting for action. Great info from the Argus A/A2 camera page including a great gallery and an extensive modern user/repair/mod guide for the a series. Anyone lese out there have an AF? Is the lens supposed to be able to spin 360s when extended?
 
I have an early, single sprocket A, an AF, and a non working A I made into a pinhole. I think the AF is my favorite. I've started using a cable release instead of the shutter release lever on the lens, which I find greatly reduces camera shake when taking a photo. You just need to make sure that the plunger on the cable release is flat, not rounded (as most modern ones are), otherwise it will slip off the internal lever it mates with and bend it to the side.

Proteus617, yes, the lens is supposed to spin all the way around, just like on the A.
 
Received my Argus A last week, the shutter needed some attention as it would only work on 1/200th, T and B settings. And the pressure plate was missing as the foam holding it in place had deteriorated and crumbled away.

I oiled all the pivot points mentioned in "35mm for the Proletariat", but after putting it together only 1/200th was still working. So I opened it up again and traced the problem back to two springs that had lost some of their tension. I bent them slightly and Presto! working shutter!

For the pressure plate I used a double layer of 0.5mm Plasticard as you can find in a shop for model trains or other scale model projects. I sanded down the edges slightly and cut the foam from some computer part packaging.

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After assembling it I painted the surface black with some acrylic paint (Citadel's Chaos Black)

Ready for use!
 
Thought i would jump on the wagon.
I recently acquired a A2B which looks to be in excellent shape. However the graphics in the manual let alone the instructions leave the untrained perplexed.

Dear Mr. Fibble
How much for a CLA.... 🙂
 
Heh, I've not opened an A2B shutter before.
CLA Cost would depend on if I could get it back together again afterwards. 😉

The results from my A weren't quite so interesting, mainly because the ILEX Shutter has a nasty tendency to increase the chance of camera shake 🙁
Tripods and stumpy release cables are the way to go with the Argus A

These are from February with some Adox 100 film
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