gene m Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Inspired by others here.<a href="http://westfordcomp.com/classics/argusc3/index.htm">The brick.</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_baker6 Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Very, very nice set of photos. Good to see what a C3 can still do in really capable hands. Wish I had your eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay_capodiferro Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 There are some really nice shots there Gene!!!! I'm always surprise when I see a shot I like and find out it's from a Brick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesged Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Great photos! Not only kudos to the C3, but how bout the guy holding the brick? Also done with standard Kodak Gold, not a designer color film. Bravo Gene! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew in Austin Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 I always knew that you of all folks could get the most out of the Cintar. Excellent work. Bakelite rules! Best Regards - Andrew in Austin, TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdanger Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Respectable results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenelsonfoto Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Rock on! Gotta get my Brick out for some more action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_fromm1 Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 If ever there was a triumph of mind over matter, this is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean_matsueda Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 wow. wooow. super impressive. damn. i'm almost speechlesss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene m Posted June 2, 2005 Author Share Posted June 2, 2005 You guys are too kind. Keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connealy Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Sharp work with that Cintar. You and CE are making me feel guilty about relegating my C3 to the shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tito sobrinho Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Fantastic! Gene... Excellent pictures! The Argus from Ann Arbor, the humble camera which saved the 35mm film cassette, as we know it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean_williams Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Yeah. If I had neat stuff to take pictures of where I live, I could be good too. All I've got is these old barns an' churches an' farms an' stuff. I'm gettin' a brick and moovin' ta Mass. Nice, Gene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_wilson4 Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Those green doors against the red bricks are something else again, aren't they? Nice shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evgenys Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Nice pictures, Gene! I should try my own "brick" which is now staying unused among my Zorki cameras :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybee Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Gene, that's one camera I don't want in my collection, but I admit it sure makes nice, sharp and colourful pictures. And so do you :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_gallus Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Gene, Those are terrific shots. You've got a good Cintar there, but moreover you have mastered all the C-3 quirks and gone beyond the limitations to produce superb photos. There are so few American-made classic 35s, I'm glad that contributors to this forum exercise theirs and post pictures. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulh Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Nice shots again. Perhaps if you got enough of those bricks, you could build yerself a barn with them :-) Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahams Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Bravo, Gene, as usual. You sure live in a lovely place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_jeanette Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Amazing shots. What was more amazing to me was the time line caption on the photo of the camera. 1939 to 1966!!!!?? Was it really in production through 1966. By that time, surely Japanese and German cameras had far more features. I don't doubt your information, I'm just amazed at the length of time it was in production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis m Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Very nice Gene. You get very good results with your old timers. Hats off to the operator! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskovacs Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Goes to show that its the person BEHIND the camera that matters the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent1 Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Yes, Ken, you could in fact still buy a brand new Brick after I started grade school. My brother owned one about that vintage in the early 1970s, shot some nice stuff and then sold/traded it for I don't remember what (might have been for his first clarinet -- he's now a music teacher). And pardon my nitpicking, but I don't think the Brick was bakelite -- though the A was -- I recall my brother's C-3 being much too heavy for plastic, it had to be at least mostly metal (which, along with its price relative to other RF cameras, might have contributed to its long run). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgh Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Fine work as usual Gene. Donald's right. About the only thing plastic on a C3 was the frame counter dial on models after around 1952. They did snazz the design up a little around 1958 when the shutter cocking lever changed shape and the aperture ring changed to a funnel shaped ring around the lens front instead of being inset into the front of the lens. From what I can see of Gene's example, it probably was made in the late 1940's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.ed_baker Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Regarding the construction of a C3, the main body is bakelite. The front and rear plates are metal castings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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