A day out with my Argus C-3

[battra92]

After just receiving my Argus C-3 and running a roll of Fuji 200 print

through it, I can say that while it has its issues (the rangefinder is

way off but I plan on adjusting that tonight, thanks to a link to the

old Army service manual provided to me.

 

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last one<div></div>

[frank.schifano]

Not bad. Not bad at all. Your's are certainly better than I've been able to do with my Argus C-3.

 

Where is this trolley museum?

[john_wire]

Your pics are great Christopher. I used Kodachrome almost exclusively in mine. I think the Cintar was designed with Kodachrome in mind and have many many hundreds taken with my C-3.<div></div>

[rjm photo]

Yes Christopher, where were the train pics taken...somewhere in Northern California...maybe an early WP caboose?

[travis m]

Two of my favorite things in one post.

Trains and classic cameras.

 

I have one of these bricks very ugly and have never used it. Not sure why as I have seen good results from them.

 

Good shots fromthat thing. Keep em coming.

[battra92]

<i>Yes Christopher, where were the train pics taken...somewhere in Northern California...maybe an early WP caboose?</i>

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Not even close. These were taken at a very small Trolley museum in Shelburne Falls Massachusetts. If you ever are in the area, it's worth a stop despite it's admitted modesty. Thought the workmen were impressed at me carrying around my many cameras and light meters. The conductor even told me he wanted a Leica 2 for many years until he bought a Russian copy.

 

I do have two rolls of Kodachrome I've been itching to use. I think once I get the brick's rangefinder adjusted (which I plan to do tonight if I can) I might use this one more regularly.

[rs1]

Nice pics! I like #1, nice colour harmony<br>

I never thought those bricks are such capable cameras (in the hands of capable photographers of course).

[profhlynnjones]

Hi Christopher,

 

I started sellingArgus C3 & Kodachromes to national magazines in 1947. When I bought my first Leica with and f 2.0 lens, I found that that my C3 was sharper! Until I could replace that lens with the Leitz Elmar and later the Nikkor f 2.0 and f 1.4.

 

The Argus C3 was the largest selling 35mm RF camera in the world, and oddly made in Ann Arbor Michigan.

 

I've been a working photographer since '47, currenty a Photo Professor, still shoot and write and probably own 17 or 18 cameras and God knows how many lenses.

 

If you need tech help, call on me.

 

Lynn

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<b>Rajiv Sankranti said:</b>

<i>I never thought those bricks are such capable cameras (in the hands of capable photographers of course)."</i>

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I'm a capable photographer? Thanks. :) Actually I find mine to be quite decent. They are full manual and thus one needs to either carry a light meter or learn the old Sunny 16. I also find that with having to manually cock the shutter and the winding being a little bit odd it really slows me down and makes me concentrate on what I'm taking.

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<b>Lynn Jones said:</b>

<i>"If you need tech help, call on me."</i>

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Thanks, I'll certainly keep that in mind. After spending nearly 15 minutes just adjusting those two rangefinder screws I wanted to throw the brick into a wall. In the end the rangefinder is as calibrated as I can get it, which is light years above what it was.