Difference between revisions of "Argus C3"

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| dateProduction= 1939 - 1966
 
| dateProduction= 1939 - 1966
 
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| image_source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/zorki_2007/3490233287/in/pool-camerapedia
 
| image_text = "the brick", image by Ron (Netherlands) {{with permission}}
 
| image_text = "the brick", image by Ron (Netherlands) {{with permission}}
 
| manu = [[Argus]]
 
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| image_text=C3 with custom red covering (not original)<br /><small>image by pretorrien {{with permission}}</small>
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://www.arguscg.org/ The Argus Collector's Group]
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* [http://arguscg.tripod.com ARGUS COLLECTORS GROUP]
* [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://www.kyphoto.com/classics/instructionmanuals.html Manual for accessory lenses available on  the Favorite Classics section of .kyphoto.com]
 
* [http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/instructionmanuals.html Manual for accessory lenses available on  the Favorite Classics section of .kyphoto.com]
 
* [http://www.theothermartintaylor.com/moveabletype/archives/cameras/000009.html The Other Martin Taylor's review of the Argus C3]
 
* [http://www.theothermartintaylor.com/moveabletype/archives/cameras/000009.html The Other Martin Taylor's review of the Argus C3]
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* [http://books.google.com/patents?id=01kCAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Gustave+Fassin&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q=Gustave%20Fassin&f=false Gustave Fassin's Argus C Patent], at [http://books.google.com/ Google Books]
 
* [http://books.google.com/patents?id=01kCAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Gustave+Fassin&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q=Gustave%20Fassin&f=false Gustave Fassin's Argus C Patent], at [http://books.google.com/ Google Books]
 
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/steevithak/sets/72157624697749328/ Argus C3 and photos taken with it]
 
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/steevithak/sets/72157624697749328/ Argus C3 and photos taken with it]
* [http://sites.google.com/site/delinfinitoalplanofocal/argusc3 Argus C3], by Daniel Jiménez, at [http://sites.google.com/site/delinfinitoalplanofocal/ Del infinito al plano focal] (in Spanish)
 
  
 
=== Repairs ===
 
=== Repairs ===

Revision as of 18:38, 30 December 2010

The Argus C3 rangefinder camera followed the Argus C2 in 1939.
With the C3, the bricks[1] became America's best-sold 35mm camera series.




References

  • "the brick" was nickname for the Argus C2 and C3 rangefinder cameras

  • Links

    Repairs