Argust Day happens once a year in August, a day when Argus camera lovers throughout the world capture images with their favorite Argus cameras.
This year, 2014, Argust Day was Argust 14th.

I prepared two cameras:
A Model C44, serial number 0044050600 (mid 1950's), fitted with an Accurapid Wind accessory (for quick winding), and loaded with a roll of Fuji 200 film;
and a 1940's Postwar (coated lens) Model A2B, serial number A2B 211486, loaded with a freezer stock roll of Kodak Gold 100.
For exposure value confirmation, I packed a Gossen Pilot hand meter in the bag.

At 8:00 AM I was at the doors of the St. Louis Zoo as they opened for the day. This is the best way to ensure favorable parking. And the weather was still ideal at that early hour.
Walking the Zoo, I shot film with the two cameras back and forth for comparison.

Films were developed at St. Louis area's biggest remaining camera store.
The prints they delivered were truly hideous in my opinion, very dark with tremendous contrast, no mid tones. But the negatives looked good from both filmstrips. And their disk with digital scans were fairly high resolution. I was able to work with the scanned files to tease out some acceptable images.
Side by side, the two cameras' results compared favorably.

Please click on thumbnails to see enlarged.
All images are Copyright 2014 E.J.Kowalski.