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[[Argus]] sold over 300,000 '''Argus C4''' [[35mm]] [[rangefinder camera]]s in the 1950s. It had one of the best implementations of a viewfinder with superimposed [[rangefinder (device)|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 [[Geiss]] company of Chicago customized C4 cameras for interchangeable lenses which were made by [[Enna]] in Munich, Germany.{{br}}
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== Links ==
 
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* [http://sites.google.com/site/fromthefocalplanetoinfinity/argus Argus camera timeline]
* [http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/instructionmanuals.html Manual available on the Favorite Classics section of .kyphoto.com]
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* [http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/instructionmanuals.html Manual available on the Favorite Classics section of .kyphoto.com]
 
* [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-120.html How it Works: The Argus C4 Shutter]
 
* [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-120.html How it Works: The Argus C4 Shutter]
 
* [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-127.html C4 Repair notes]
 
* [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-127.html C4 Repair notes]
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=629 Argus C-Four] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
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* [http://www.cameraquest.com/arggeiss.htm Geiss modified C4] at cameraquest.com [http://www.cameraquest.com]
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* [http://argusinfo.net/DatingGuide/DatingYourArgus.htm When was my Argus camera made?], by Phillip G. Sterritt
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* [https://sites.google.com/site/fromthefocalplanetoinfinity/patents Argus patents]
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[[Category:35mm rangefinder]]
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[[Category:USA]]
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[[Category:Argus|C4]]
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[[Category:A]]
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[[Category:C|C4]]

Latest revision as of 11:41, 27 February 2020

Argus sold over 300,000 Argus C4 35mm rangefinder cameras 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 Geiss company of Chicago customized C4 cameras for interchangeable lenses which were made by Enna in Munich, Germany.

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