ART & DECOR CAMERA                            
Shutter NOT WORKING 
Aperture OK
Foucs Not Working
Need Light Sealing 
 
This is a Clarus MS-35 camera made by the Clarus Camera Manufacturing Co. based out of Minneapolis, MN.  This was the first and only camera made by Clarus and was sold between the years of 1946 and 1952.  The Clarus MS-35 was an ambitious 35mm rangefinder that bore a striking resemblance to the Leica rangefinder of the same era, and included several competitive features such as a coupled rangefinder, interchangeable lens mount, and top 1/1000 second focal plane shutter.  The camera has a solid all metal body, and typically came equipped with a very capable Wollensak f/2.8 lens.  Early Clarus models were notorious for failing even when new.  Despite several improvements to the design by 1948, the camera could not escape it’s extremely poor reputation.  As a result, this would be the only model ever made by Clarus, and after it’s discontinuation in 1952, the company closed it’s doors, never to be heard from again.