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| image_text = "the Brick" by heritagefutures {{with permission}} | | image_text = "the Brick" by heritagefutures {{with permission}} | ||
| manu = [[Argus]] | | manu = [[Argus]] | ||
| − | | film = [[35mm|135 (35mm)]] | + | | film = [[35mm film|135 (35mm film)]] |
| − | | type = rangefinder | + | | type = [[rangefinder camera]] |
| − | | emode= | + | | emode= manual |
| metering= - | | metering= - | ||
| − | | farea= | + | | farea= split image |
| − | | finder= optical,with | + | | finder= optical, with built-in rangefinder |
| mmode= - | | mmode= - | ||
| fmode= rangefinder is coupled to distance control | | fmode= rangefinder is coupled to distance control | ||
| − | | shutter= leaf shutter | + | | shutter= [[leaf shutter]] |
| shutterRange = Bulb, 1/10-1/300 | | shutterRange = Bulb, 1/10-1/300 | ||
| lens = Argus Coated Cintar 50mm 1:3.5 | | lens = Argus Coated Cintar 50mm 1:3.5 | ||
| variants= [[Argus C3 colormatic]], [[Argus Match-Matic C3|Match-Matic]],<br/>Standard, Golden Shield, Argus C33 | | variants= [[Argus C3 colormatic]], [[Argus Match-Matic C3|Match-Matic]],<br/>Standard, Golden Shield, Argus C33 | ||
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| weight = 26.8 oz. (759.8 g) | | weight = 26.8 oz. (759.8 g) | ||
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Revision as of 12:19, 27 February 2011
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Manufacturer: Argus
Film type: 135 (35mm film)
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The Argus C3 rangefinder camera was introduced by Argus in 1939. It was a minor revision of the Argus C2, adding flash sync sockets to the side of the camera. However this model became Argus's runaway success story, staying in production through 1966 with only minor changes. Fondly known as "the Brick," the camera brought 35mm rangefinder photography down to a price affordable by amateurs who could not dream of owning a Leica or Contax.
Contents
Construction
The C3 is made of bakelite and metal framings and is of simple design. It has a diaphragm shutter built into the body of the camera so that it could utilize interchangeable lenses without the need for a regular, and more complex, focal plane shutter.
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| The Argus C2, left, lacked the flash-sync sockets of the C3, right image by Rick Oleson (Image rights) |
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| 1941-1944 model C3 with 7-speed shutter by siimvahur (Image rights) |
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| C3 back by siimvahur (Image rights) |
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| C3 with Fujitar 135mm f4.5 lens and clip-on viewfinder accessory lens image by Rick Soloway (Image rights) |
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| Inside construction image by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson (Image rights) |
References
Links
- The Argus Collector's Group
- Argus C: the first best-selling 135 film camera (1938), at DCView (in Chinese, English translation)
- Manual for accessory lenses available on the Favorite Classics section of .kyphoto.com
- The Other Martin Taylor's review of the Argus C3
- about Argus C3 at www.reference.com [1]
- manual at Michael Butkus Jr.'s [2]
- Argus C3 at www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- C3 user manual at www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- another user manual at www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- history of the C3 at surprenantphoto.com [3]
- changes of the C3 from 1939 to 1957 at photo.net [4]
- serial numbers of C3 types at vieilalbum.com [5]
- Argus C3 User's manual at www.copweb.be [6]
- [7] Ken.Lyndrup.dk English version [8]
- [9] Ken.Lyndrup.dk Dansk udgave [10]
- Argus C3 Camera Manual : Photo-Manuals.com by Ben Squire
- Argus C3 at whitemetal.com
- When was my Argus camera made?, by Phillip G. Sterritt, at Photo.net
- Gustave Fassin's Argus C Patent, at Google Books
- Argus C3 and photos taken with it
- Argus C3, by Daniel Jiménez, at Del infinito al plano focal (in Spanish)
