Can anyone identify this camera?
Oct 6, 2015 10:01:27 #
I was watching a Colombo episode and he used to this camera that he had borrowed from his cousin.
I was just wondering what it was.
I was just wondering what it was.
Oct 6, 2015 10:03:12 #
Oct 6, 2015 10:04:50 #
Oct 6, 2015 10:10:47 #
Seadog80 wrote:
Argus C3, circa 1950,s
*I've still got the one my dad used, brown leather case and all. At least I think it's that model?
Oct 6, 2015 10:16:57 #
The Argus C3 was colloquially referred to as "the Brick". See Google for more details/history.
Oct 6, 2015 10:59:55 #
Oct 6, 2015 14:11:09 #
Oct 6, 2015 14:17:20 #
Beowulf
Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI
One is the rangefinder window. These are ubiquitous at yard/garage sales and antique/consignment stores for a very reasonable price since these were made and incrementally upgraded for a couple of decades until the mid-60s.
Oct 6, 2015 14:18:49 #
Yes, the brick it is. And it reminds me to check if I have already bought one for my collection. I recall to have plans to get one ;)
Oct 6, 2015 14:27:32 #
I thought I had one but I was thinking of my mother's Agfa but I had to dig through all her old Kodak bellows cameras to find it!!
Oct 6, 2015 15:39:27 #
My brother had one while used a Kodak Pony. Then I used the school's Argus C4 as my HS Photographer. All fixed, fairly slow 40-44mm lenses. But high flash sync because of the leaf shutter. I miss those Blue Bulbs and it worked with an over the shoulder battery pack strobe. :>)
Good for their time and certainly demanded exposure knowledge and some skill.
No wonder I fell in love with the EOS system!
Good for their time and certainly demanded exposure knowledge and some skill.
No wonder I fell in love with the EOS system!
Oct 6, 2015 15:52:37 #
It looks like an Argus C3 (35mm film), My dad showed my how to use his in the early 60's. Note you have to have an external photometer to set the coreect time and f/stop. It was a very good camera for the time, notice the external gear drive used to focus. War corraspondents used them, often refered to as "The Brick" For you Harry Potter fans, Colin Cravey used a modified one in several of the HP movies.
Oct 6, 2015 18:46:23 #
Produced 1939 - 1956. One of the tan models was in a Harry Potter Movie. Most go for under $10 on eBay. The "Potter" model sent up to about $35. - Dave
Oct 6, 2015 20:50:37 #
That was my first 35mm camera. I still have it complete with telephoto lens. Built my own enlarger and used the camera lens in it. Was slow, but it worked.
Oct 6, 2015 21:00:33 #
GHS58 wrote:
That was my first 35mm camera. I still have it complete with telephoto lens. Built my own enlarger and used the camera lens in it. Was slow, but it worked.
I didn't know you could change the lenses on these.
Behind the lens leaf shutter, like my Topcon SLR.
Interesting!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlQqghdeMfY
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