Argus c3
Sep 21, 2015 09:55:32 #
What is an Argus C3 worth? I had heard sometime ago they might be a bit of a collectors item,but don't really know.
Sep 21, 2015 10:15:06 #
FWIW. I doubt that an Argus C3 is worth very much even if it is near pristine condition UNLESS someone is having a rosebud moment and just has to have a particular C3 camera which they are looking at ...
.....I would figure on buying-or-selling one for MUCH LESS THAN $15 ...
Of course, OTHERS may disagree with my opinion.
.....I would figure on buying-or-selling one for MUCH LESS THAN $15 ...
Of course, OTHERS may disagree with my opinion.
Sep 21, 2015 10:16:07 #
I did a quick search on E Bay and Amazon and the price range seems to be between $10.00 to $130.00
Sep 21, 2015 10:18:05 #
jiminnee wrote:
What is an Argus C3 worth? I had heard sometime ago they might be a bit of a collectors item,but don't really know.
I can buy these at my flea market for about $8. as there are plenty available for $10.
Sep 21, 2015 10:43:55 #
Beowulf
Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI
Exactly what blacks2 said is true for flea markets and consignment shops here in southern New England. A pristine unit with its various accessories does bring more, but most are considered collectible shelf art items.
Sep 22, 2015 06:53:24 #
jiminnee wrote:
What is an Argus C3 worth? I had heard sometime ago they might be a bit of a collectors item,but don't really know.
It was the biggest-selling 35mm camera in the world for years, so there were million of them made. It was called "The Brick." I got one for $20 and used it for a lamp.
Sep 22, 2015 08:20:43 #
jiminnee wrote:
What is an Argus C3 worth? I had heard sometime ago they might be a bit of a collectors item,but don't really know.
check this out
http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Argus/Argus-C3.html
Sep 22, 2015 09:35:21 #
When I hear Argus C-3 I think of the ca-chin sound that shutter made! I think that camera was archaic when it was introduced.....
Sep 22, 2015 09:36:34 #
Jerry, what is that twin lens camera on your lamp? Don't think I've ever seen one of those before.
Sep 22, 2015 10:09:36 #
JohnK wrote:
... what is that twin lens camera on your lamp? Don't think I've ever seen one of those before.
LUBITEL
Sep 22, 2015 10:15:55 #
Sep 22, 2015 10:38:51 #
OldEarl
Loc: Northeast Kansas
jerryc41 wrote:
It was the biggest-selling 35mm camera in the world for years, so there were million of them made. It was called "The Brick." I got one for $20 and used it for a lamp.
The C3 is the one that looks like a brick. I carried its predecessor for awhile and actually had a C-4. The C-4 was an attempt to get away from the bakelite body and did not live up to the reputation.
Sep 22, 2015 11:16:34 #
13oct1931
Loc: Lebanon, Indiana
Whatever you can get for it ! C-3 was the worlds first 35mm. Check the serial number. The lower the better.
My eldest bro' had one when I was 9-10 years old; I'm now 83 years old.
(Can you still buy 35mm film?) ALYN
My eldest bro' had one when I was 9-10 years old; I'm now 83 years old.
(Can you still buy 35mm film?) ALYN
Sep 22, 2015 11:22:45 #
Sep 22, 2015 12:35:48 #
I am a camera collector with about 50 cameras from Minox
ultra-miniature to various 4x5 bellows cameras. I select cameras for their historical significance. The Argus C-3 was an inferior camera mechanically and optically during the entire period of its production. Its significance historically is that it was in production without modification for longer than any other camera in the history of photography and for that reason I own one of them. For those interested in a great film SLR with a longer un-modified period of production than any other SLR you can find the Pentax K-1000 for sale on ebay, usually with a 50mm f2 SMC Pentax-A lens. I have a pristine version of that camera and mechanically and optically it is as good as any other SLR of the era in which it came out (early 1970's). I had one of these in the early 1970's with a
35mm wide angle lens and the image quality was good enough for me to have a 16x24 inch dye-transfer image made of one of my landscape photographs. The dye transfer was made by a lab in Los Angeles that did all the dye transfers of historical images for Time-Life magazines. Although that
16x24 image should have cost $400 (in 1975) the director of the lab made a copy of it for me for free with the agreement that he could keep one copy for his personal collection of images. For those who don't know what dye transfer process is suffice it to say it is the only true archival process for color photo reproduction that has ever existed and had a broader gamut of colors than any digital process (see Wikipedia). For a camera (the K-1000) that cost me about $125 (body and lens)in the early 1970's to be able to produce images of a quality that could make great dye transfers is quite extraordinary.
It was stated above by one responder that the Argus C3 was the first 35mm camera. That is not anywhere near correct. There were numerous 35mm cameras before the C3. The first true 35mm camera was made in the early
1920's by Leica. It was called a miniature camera back then and not 35mm. I don't own one of those because if you could afford it you would be spending greater than $10,000 if you could even find one.
ultra-miniature to various 4x5 bellows cameras. I select cameras for their historical significance. The Argus C-3 was an inferior camera mechanically and optically during the entire period of its production. Its significance historically is that it was in production without modification for longer than any other camera in the history of photography and for that reason I own one of them. For those interested in a great film SLR with a longer un-modified period of production than any other SLR you can find the Pentax K-1000 for sale on ebay, usually with a 50mm f2 SMC Pentax-A lens. I have a pristine version of that camera and mechanically and optically it is as good as any other SLR of the era in which it came out (early 1970's). I had one of these in the early 1970's with a
35mm wide angle lens and the image quality was good enough for me to have a 16x24 inch dye-transfer image made of one of my landscape photographs. The dye transfer was made by a lab in Los Angeles that did all the dye transfers of historical images for Time-Life magazines. Although that
16x24 image should have cost $400 (in 1975) the director of the lab made a copy of it for me for free with the agreement that he could keep one copy for his personal collection of images. For those who don't know what dye transfer process is suffice it to say it is the only true archival process for color photo reproduction that has ever existed and had a broader gamut of colors than any digital process (see Wikipedia). For a camera (the K-1000) that cost me about $125 (body and lens)in the early 1970's to be able to produce images of a quality that could make great dye transfers is quite extraordinary.
It was stated above by one responder that the Argus C3 was the first 35mm camera. That is not anywhere near correct. There were numerous 35mm cameras before the C3. The first true 35mm camera was made in the early
1920's by Leica. It was called a miniature camera back then and not 35mm. I don't own one of those because if you could afford it you would be spending greater than $10,000 if you could even find one.
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