Argus C4
two outfits, with fixed lens (left) and customized for exchangeable lenses (right) |
with Enna 45mm f1.9 |
The Argus C4 35mm rangefinder camera was sold 300.000 times in the 1950s. It had one of the best implementations of a viewfinder with superimposed rangefinder, an easy film load concept and a hot shoe for attaching and connecting a flash without cable. It had a modern design, but no interchangeable lenses. But the company Geiss of Chicago customized C4 cameras for interchangeable lenses which were made by Enna in Munich, Germany.
Links
- Manual available on the Favorite Classics section of .kyphoto.com
- How it Works: The Argus C4 Shutter
- C4 Repair notes
- Argus 4 at www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- Geiss modified C4 at cameraquest.com [1]