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| + | The '''Argus C-2''' was a popular, durable camera made from 1938-1942 by [[Argus]], Inc. of Ann Arbor, Michigan & Chicago, Illinois (USA). It improved on the [[Argus C]] by adding rangefinder coupling, via a simple idler gear between the lens focus ring and the rangefinder dial. Along with the [[Argus C|C]] and [[Argus C3|C3]] these cameras are sometimes dubbed "the brick." | ||
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| − | + | *[http://blog.dcview.com/article.php?a=AD5TMQxuAjI%253D Argus C: the first best-selling 135 film camera (1938)], at [http://blog.dcview.com/ckshene DCView] (in Chinese, [http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.dcview.com%2Farticle.php%3Fa%3DAD5TMQxuAjI%25253D English translation]) | |
| − | * [http://blog.dcview.com/article.php?a=AD5TMQxuAjI%253D Argus C: the first best-selling 135 film camera (1938)], at [http://blog.dcview.com/ckshene DCView] (in Chinese, [http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.dcview.com%2Farticle.php%3Fa%3DAD5TMQxuAjI%25253D English translation]) | ||
*[http://arguscg.tripod.com/id11.html "C" Series Brick Bodied Cameras] | *[http://arguscg.tripod.com/id11.html "C" Series Brick Bodied Cameras] | ||
*[http://www.photo.net/users/philster/Argus/CSurvey/survey.htm '''what type is my brick?'''] | *[http://www.photo.net/users/philster/Argus/CSurvey/survey.htm '''what type is my brick?'''] | ||
| + | *[http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/8194/camera/c2.htm C2 in SoHo Museum] | ||
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| + | |image_text= Argus C2, later | ||
| + | |image_by= Steve Harwood | ||
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[[Category:USA]] | [[Category:USA]] | ||
[[Category:Argus|C2]] | [[Category:Argus|C2]] | ||
[[Category:1938]] | [[Category:1938]] | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 16 February 2011
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The Argus C-2 was a popular, durable camera made from 1938-1942 by Argus, Inc. of Ann Arbor, Michigan & Chicago, Illinois (USA). It improved on the Argus C by adding rangefinder coupling, via a simple idler gear between the lens focus ring and the rangefinder dial. Along with the C and C3 these cameras are sometimes dubbed "the brick."
Links
- Argus C: the first best-selling 135 film camera (1938), at DCView (in Chinese, English translation)
- "C" Series Brick Bodied Cameras
- what type is my brick?
- C2 in SoHo Museum
