Argus C3 c.1950 image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights) |
Argus C3 is a 35mm film rangefinder camera manufactured by Argus and produced between 1939-1966.
The Argus C series had in been called "the brick". C3 is similar to the C2, but with flash sync attachment holes on left end.
Specifications[]
- Lens: Argus Coated Cintar 50mm f/3.5 three elements filter slip-on
- Aperture: f/3.5-f/16
- Focus range: 3–50 feet +inf
- Focusing: match the rangefinder images in the rangefinder eyepiece, rangefinder coupled to the lens with a gear
- Shutter: leaf shutter, speeds: 10-300 +B
- Setting: dial on the left front of the camera; B setting is separate from the dial, by a collar beneath the shutter release, set to B, for speeds set to I
- Shutter release: on the top plate, w/ cable release socket
- Cocking lever: on the right front of the camera
- Frame counter: manual reset, not works wo/film in the camera, on the top plate
- Winding knob: Hold down the film catch and turn the winding knob about a quarter of a turn then release film catch and continue to turn winding knob without forcing until it stops.Make sure not to hold down the film catch for more than a quarter turn, or the film may advance past one or more exposures; on the top plate
- Film catch knob: beside the film counter dial
- Viewfinder: coupled rangefinder, but separate eyepieces for reverse telescopic finder and rangefinder
- Re-windknob: on the bottom plate
- Re-wind release: no special knob, just rotate the re-wind knob; the film counter dial on top of the camera will rotate bacwards
- Flash PC socket: none-PC, two holes on the left side of the camera for dedicated flash unit
- Cold-shoe
- Self-timer: none
- Back cover: hinged
- Embossing in the film winding spirockets hole: MPC and US patent numbers
- Tripod socket: ¼"
- Body: metal; Weight: 749g
Links[]
- The Argus Collector's Group
- When was my Argus camera made?, by Phillip G. Sterritt
- Survey to enter information about your Argus C Series Camera, by Phillip G. Sterritt
- Collected results of the Argus C Series Camera survey, by Phillip G. Sterritt
- From the focal plane to infinity
- 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]
- Argus C3 Camera Manual (PDF) : Photo-Manuals.com
- manual at Michael Butkus Jr.'s [2]
- Argus C3 patents
- 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 at whitemetal.com
- 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)