Argus C3

Argus C3

"the brick", image by Ron (Netherlands) (Image rights) Manufacturer: Argus Date of Production: 1939 - 1966 Variants: Argus C3 colormatic, Match-Matic, Standard, Golden Shield, Argus C33 Type of Camera: rangefinder Film type: 35mm Lens: Argus Coated Cintar 50mm 1:3.5 Shutter: leaf shutter Shutter speed range: Bulb, 1/10-1/300 Viewfinder: optical,with superimposed rangefinder ASA/ISO range: - Flash: Flash Sync Exposure Modes: Manual Exposure Metering: - Focusing areas: 3 ft. to infinity Continuous Shooting: - Custom WB: - Rear LCD monitor: only for customized version ;-) Image Data Recording: - Battery: - Optional Battery Packs: - Weight: 26.8 oz. (759.8 g) Dimensions: -

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

C3 with Fujitar 135mm f4.5 lens and clip-on viewfinder accessory lens image by Rick Soloway (Image rights)

C3 with custom red covering (not original) image by pretorrien (Image rights)

1941-1944 model C3 with 7-speed shutter by siimvahur (Image rights)

C3 back by siimvahur (Image rights)

References

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

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)

Repairs

• How it Works: The Argus C3 Shutter
• C3 Repair Notes
• Repairing jammed sprocket in the Argus C3
• Repairing the Argus C3, by David Gaon, on Argus Collector's Group