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Aren't these C3s just swell? Personally, I love mine and have used it quite a bit. I tend to take it to car shows and all over but lately I've been more into folders so the brick doesn't get as much use.

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As far as repair, the first thing you'll want to do is get that rangefinder fixed. They are a pain in the ass to calibrate but it must by done unless you want to use an external rangefinder or something.

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They are great cameras and their scant three element lenses are really fantastic. I took <a href="http://www.cbphotoworks.com/images/ferris_wm.jpg">this shot</a> with a C-3 and it remains one of my favorite pictures.

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Well considering that 110 came out in 1972, I'm going to assume we have more than one format there.

 

Anyway, I hope you still have the negatives. While scanning the photos and restoring them can be done (I am currently restoring family photos that are over 100 years old so it's not impossible) it is much easier if you have the negatives. I understand not everyone kept them but thank goodness my mom did. We found a box in our attic of the negatives from the 70s and early 80s (mostly 126 and 110) and I've been scanning them off and on but if there was anything particularly important to save, I could take the film to the lab and have them print it.

I really don't see the issue over gelatin. Of course being a near carnivore I never understood the vegetarian side.

Gene, you sure remind me why I don't go to Holyoke anymore. Pittsfield is in much of the same shape as Holyoke I'm afraid so I don't venture too far into Mass.

<b>Jordan W. said</b>

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On my webpage (click on my name), in the "Articles" section, there's a summary of methods for producing B&W slides. Most of these are 2nd-generation, but there are DIY options as well.</i></p>

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I wanted to try Scala since I still do get the slide projector out for various events and at my college photo club I wanted to have something like that. Since Scala is gonesville I got some Kodak 5302 film and plan to play around with that.

In checking out the envelope a little better, it had ads about Konica processing so it looks like Konica does it.

Don't expect anyone to mount the slides for you, however.

 

Yeah, Of course once I bought a box of 1000 NOS 127 slide mounts the slide film was discontinued. I still need to build that film slitter.

I always felt Adoramapix.com did great work with my scanned negatives. You can mail them negatives through their order form you download but I have never done this.

 

I've yet to see a minilab do great quality (passable, sure but not great)

Reminds me I have a little bit of a Brownie to use someday as well.

 

By the way, Gene, did you ever try to develop that 616 film I sent you?

<i>I beleive that the confusion is arising from the fact that in the US, Wal-Mart sells a brand of 35mm film labeled with the Polaroid name. The word on the street is that this 35mm film is made by Agfa.</i><p>

Well, it is indeed made by Agfa. In fact to quote the bottom of the box, "Distributed and sold by Agfa Corporation. Film made in Germany ... Polaroid does not manufacture this product or provide any warranty or support.

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So there you have it. I wonder if Agfa, which has been around for decades, felt that the Polaroid name was more marketable than their Agfa name considering they no longer had use of the name Ansco as far as I know. I asked my dad if he remembered the Agfa brand and he said all he remembered was Kodak and Ansco films plus the store brands.

 

Of course as far as the film itself is concerned, it's generally a crap film that's impossible to scan well. My sister uses it in her P&S for snapshots and for that it's an okay cheap film.

I use my local supermarket. They charge $7.50 or so for the service of them mailing it to Dwaynes for me.

<b>John Shriver said:</b><br>

<i>That's a fine price for Kodachrome processing -- it's gotten expensive, and of course Dwayne's did it.</i>

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I agree. My guess is that Dwayne's must charge the consumer quite a bit more than what they charge other labs who send them their Kodachrome. To save a few dollars, I'll definately use the supermarket to mail them to Dwayne's for me for Kodachrome. :)

 

<i>Find out where the local pros go.</i>

I do know that the local pros go to a place that's in the county but a pain in the butt to get to. They charge, I believe, around $7.00 for a roll of E-6. While I don't mind paying this for decent fast service, I hate driving over a half hour into the middle of the city and then having to come back the next couple days to get it.

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<b>R.T. Dowling said:</b><br>

<i>Assuming you're in New England, it might have been Konica. They have a large processing plant in Maine that has several big supermarket customers, including Shaw's and Hannaford. The last time I had slide film processed by Konica, the slide mounts were as you described them.</i>

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It could very well be. The black and white mounts have actually sort of grown on me. I think for the most part I will stick with them for my own personal slide work that I don't need back this instant. Alas, I am but a poor college student who can't always afford his own photo work after the class work is done.

After my local lab (Vermont Color) royally screwed up some slides that

I had taken by mounting them wrong, I went looking for a new lab. My

dad told me to give Stop and Shop a try because as he said, "They all

send them out to the same place anyway." While I know that's not true,

I decided to humor the old man and brought them two rolls of slides I

had shot that week. One was a 24 exp. roll of Elite Chrome and the

other was a 36 exp. roll of Kodachrome. While I have no doubt the

Kodachrome was sent to Dwayne's, the other one I'm not so sure of.

 

Stop & Shop now has a new processing service called "PicturePros" and

after a short Google search it appears that they are in some other

grocery chains as well. Any idea as to who this is? I assume it's

entirely possible it's not a major lab but I am curious as to who did

my slides.

 

The Kodachromes came back in a black plastic box with the classic red

lettered cardboard mounts that you get with Kodachrome. The E-6 slides

on the other hand were in plastic mounts with one side of the mount

being white and the other being black.

 

The unfortunate part was that it took two weeks. The fortunate part

was that the E-6 cost under $3 while the Kodachrome rang in at $7.50

or so. It's a nice cheap way to get slides developed should I ever

decide to photograph like mad, though the two weeks is a bit of a long

wait if I ever shoot for anything but myself.

Well, what I would suggest is scanning the negative with a negative scanned (I personally use an Epson 4990) and then go into photo shop and paste the two halves together and restore it. The answer is, yes you can save it. There are some labs out there that could do this service as well if you're not comfortable with it.

Hey this is cool news. I hope that Kodak releases this here in the States or at least we can import it if it's any good.

Personally I seem to love the odd color look of the 50s and I've never been able to reproduce that. It just looks different in a way.

 

I have a bunch of 126 negatives and slides my dad shot back in the 70s and none look like that.

 

Perhaps going with an older emulsion type like Kodachrome or perhaps a less "punchy" slide film.

Well outside of the usual consistancy everyone is saying, I'd say that it allows for more freedom. I mean, I use HC-110 dil. B almost exclusively and I always know it's good.

I took this with the Argus C-3. Not my best work and it's not technically a barn but close enough.

The C3 is by far my favorite classic. Save for the Canonet GIII, it's my most used rangefinder. While it's certainly not a Leica, it's a wonderful rangefinder that commands respect.

For most color print jobs I use Fujicolor Super HQ which is the big box version of Superia, as far as I can tell. You can get it here in the states at the big blue box in a four pack for a little over a dollar a roll.

 

A couple weeks ago I bought a roll of Konica Minolta 200 film (I forget the actual emulsion name) for a dollar at my local Dollar Tree. I took it to the museum yesterday and had Wal*Mart develop it and got fairly decent snapshot quality. I'll probably pick up another couple rolls for taking snapshots as it's hard to beat the price.

 

I would avoid the cheap Agfa line sold at Wal*Mart as Polaroid. My brother gave me some after he decided taking photos wasn't for him and I found the negatives near impossible to scan and the colors all wrong.

 

I've never used "Lucky" film but supposedly since Kodak has taken over about 20% of them, they have gotten a little better. Solaris (Ferrania) is supposed to be crap but cheap. I think the best thing to do would be to buy a roll of each and shoot wa wide variety of scenes and decide for yourself.

Well first off, you're going on the once in a lifetime trip so I will say to do three things. The first is to purchase fresh film of your liking. Second would be to pick up some negative film as well just for the latitude differences (I don't know if you want to shoot two cameras on a trip but it is an option) and finally, bracket like there's no tomorrow!

 

As for the expired slide film, I would save that for taking pictures of the firetrucks driving by or your day trip to the park with the young folk.

 

Speaking of expired slide, I recently found in a drawer a roll of slide that expired in 2000. I'm tempted to use it but I'll wait until I have a real need.

<i>James C. Turner said<br>

I love this thread, where it went, not where it started!!! Lets compare the Brownie against the D1 next.</i><p>

I agree. Maybe how digital beats the pants off of the wet plate process. Matthew Brady was such a hack as he didn't have a Canon DSLR.

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In all seriousness, and back on topic, the 110 format is unique and I see no reason why not to play with it. Unless of course one feels that using a 110 camera will threaten their manliness or they'll be less of a photographer.</p><p>

Personally I've had the urge to pick up a 110 SLR just for kicks. The format is generally cheap to play with since film can be had for $1.59 a cartridge at JandCphoto.com and you can spool you own. Of course it is work but if you want to do it, it can make for a neat side part of the hobby.

I love the Ritz crackers shot. It would almost be cool for Nabisco (or whomever makes Ritz) to use in like an advertising thing showing Ritz crackers being a favorite ... or something like that.

 

Either way, fun times. I occasionally get some negatives from a guy who cleans out houses and scan them to see if there is anything good. Most of the time it's just "kid looking this way and kid looking another." Nothing interesting like these.

The Argus C-3 is, dare I say, the best used camera you can buy for under $20. I have one and use it as a regular shooter. I took it to a classic car show and many of the old men with their classic cars were just as wowed to see my brick being used as I was of their old cars.

 

By the way, the C-3 loves Kodachrome. Be sure to feed it lots of Kodachrome. ;)

<i>Buy or borrow a lightmeter, because no two camera meters are alike.

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Shoot 100% manual. </i><br>

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I agree, Robbie. Plus don't forget to bracket, bracket, bracket!

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And as they say, shoot what you want and what works best for you. It's no skin off my back if you use photo paper and an oatmeal box to make your images. I mean, some critisize my using Elite Chrome 100 but I get great results when using it. I've also made some pretty darn good prints from it and projected the sildes themselves.