Post your Argus C-3 Shots ! [Archive]

Austintatious

01-15-2007, 10:41

After a little cleaning and a small amount of oil in certin spots, it was time for a test roll of film in my newly aquired Argus C-3. I like to use Fuji Reala asa100/ 12 exposure for testing cameras. These are not very artistic, just wanted to see if the thing worked at all. I was pleasently surprised to see that they were'nt too bad. The rangefinder did need a bit of verticle adjusting, but now looks to be right on.Now for the next roll !
The Argus Colectors Group has a very helpful website for info on these cameras.
http://arguscg.tripod.com/index.html

Anyone got some C-3 photos to share?

Charles

Wimpler

01-15-2007, 10:52

Latest roll. Fuji sensia 100 slide film, took a long while to finish the roll and I forgot what film was in the camera.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/357250671_98dddf3e39.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/357250113_2df9cc0b3a.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/357250108_e3d3e33eeb.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/357250099_38654bf80d.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/357250104_ad3668bcaf.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/357250112_3e960663b5.jpg

Austintatious

01-15-2007, 12:15

Wimpler, those look great! Gives me the urge to put some film in and go shooting!
Thanks for sharing them.
Charles

Stephanie Brim

01-15-2007, 12:37

I love the C3, but now I have two that don't quite work. One has light leaks, the other one works on only one speed. I'll get the energy to work on both of them sometime.

jlw

01-15-2007, 12:55

I love the C3, but now I have two that don't quite work. One has light leaks, the other one works on only one speed. I'll get the energy to work on both of them sometime.

The speed timer is a neat little module under the front plate, so it shouldn't be much trouble to take the timer out of the leaky one and put it in the light-tight one. Then you'd have one fully-working C3 and one "parts" C3 (which could be fixed later when you've got some spare time... which, now that you're going to have a baby, should be in about 21 years.)

The only other reason I can think of that only one speed would work would be the little cam behind the shutter-speed dial or the selector rod that runs from the cam down to the timer, but again, those parts are easy to switch. The C3 may be crudely engineered, but it's crudely engineered in a very intelligent way...

richiedcruz

01-15-2007, 20:08

Here are some pictures I took with Tri X. This is the first roll that I ever developed with rodinal, so don't mind the grain. :D

Richie

BillRogers

01-15-2007, 20:36

This is the first time I've uploaded a photo, so I'm not sure how to link it to this message. At any rate, I took it in 1966 with an Argus C-3. It should be easy to find because it's the only photo in my gallery!

ppro

03-03-2007, 20:58

My Dad's. back in 1951 - probably one of his first - scanned from a Kodachrome print that spent the next 40 years in his wallet...

http://whitemetal.com/argus/c-3/leo_radio.jpg

radiocemetery

03-04-2007, 05:21

COLLINS!

Steve at the radiocemetery

ppro

03-05-2007, 06:47

COLLINS!

Steve at the radiocemetery

No, not Collins, and I guess really, he wasn't supposed to take those pictures. Figures someone here might be able to recognize the racks, guess again... :)

radiocemetery

03-05-2007, 07:20

Hmmm, I'll check my spotters guide when I get home and try again.

Steve

Will V.

03-20-2007, 19:48

Latest roll. Fuji sensia 100 slide film, took a long while to finish the roll and I forgot what film was in the camera.

Wimpler, those are really amazing photos! I love them.

DeeCee3

04-19-2007, 13:45

The gear on the desk is, indeed, by Collins...a 75A2, I think, is one and the other's a 32V3, I believe. Sitting on the floor on the left is a BC610 which passed through many incarnations and built (on contract for the armed forces) by a number of manufacturers including Hallicrafters. The 75A2 was a receiver, the 32V3 a 100-watt class transmitter and the BC610 a final amplifer capable of AT LEAST a full kilowatt output at a 100% duty cycle (AM, in other words). 73 de K4KSY

DeeCee3

04-20-2007, 05:31

I've thought about it ovenight and hereby withdraw my ID of the big rig as a BC610...could have been as a number of companies built them during the war years and each added its own "touch" making them all...essentially...slightly different from each other. It also might have been the venerable Collins Kilowatt which was within the 610's parameters but slightly larger and taller.

landsknechte

05-03-2007, 19:22

I haven't yet had a chance to shoot with the 1941 C3 that I recently found, but here's my favorite from the 1956 vintage version I've had for a while:

http://www.chromatic-aberration.com/gal-rural/images/argus_c3_2.jpg

murrayatuptown

06-16-2007, 22:25

I thought Collins too, but ppro says 'no'...what then?

I don't know if the 32/75 pair model numbers tracked among multiple mfrs, but the R390 did (analogous to BC610).

Mr_Flibble

08-01-2007, 03:32

"Back to the Bocage"-Tour 2006, on our way to a place called Isigny-sur-Mer.
I snapped this shot of one of the American participant with my C-3 as we halted to releave some stressed bladders.....unfortunately I forgot about the top-cover of the never-ready case, hence the lovely fuzzy object on the left side :(. The blueish stripes on the left side are from my decade old scanner (got a better one now)

http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/bttb02046a.jpg

Nikon Bob

09-10-2007, 04:20

A friend of mine gave me an Argus C3 so I could satisfy my curiosity about them. These are the result of my test roll so nothing artys. It seems to work just fine.

Bob

Owen Coors

09-17-2007, 13:48

All of these were shot with Argus C3 and either 50mm Cintar or soligor 135.. f4.5

http://www.ohio.net/~owencoors/argusc3/no1.jpg

http://www.ohio.net/~owencoors/argusc3/no2.jpg

http://www.ohio.net/~owencoors/argusc3/no3.jpg

http://www.ohio.net/~owencoors/argusc3/no4.jpg

http://www.ohio.net/~owencoors/argusc3/no5.jpg

http://www.ohio.net/~owencoors/argusc3/no6.jpg

http://www.ohio.net/~owencoors/argusc3/no7.jpg

http://www.ohio.net/~owencoors/argusc3/no8.jpg

http://www.ohio.net/~owencoors/argusc3/no9.jpg

Sorry that these are all family snaps, pretty much... but that's all I ever do.

Owen

radiocemetery

09-17-2007, 19:54

Owen, These are great. Who says you need expensive equipment for excellent pictures? I have run about 3 rolls thru my C4, but haven't used either C3 after their cleaning yet, need to do that.

Steve

Mr_Flibble

08-05-2009, 03:20

Some more recent ones.. The dark edge is probably because the pressure plate spring is not pushing the film back onto the film plane after it has gone over the frame-counter sprocket wheel.

http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/ArH10.jpg
British Sports Car Meet, Waalwijk (NL) 2009

http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/ArH11.jpg
In my backyard

http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/ArH16.jpg
out of my backyard

http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/ArH17.jpg
The beaten path

http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/normal_ArH14.jpg

Film was Spector 200 Colour

narsuitus

08-05-2009, 12:58

Most recent shot of my C3.

http://www.photochimps.com/pp/data/500/medium/Great_DOF_f16.JPG

J.Ed

08-06-2009, 15:29

The Argus Collectors Groups' annual Argust Day is this Sunday Aug. 9. More info at http://www.flickr.com/people/argus_day/ .

rya

08-06-2009, 15:37

Owen Coors - I like your photos.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3508/3795940831_14a8a42d0b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3535/3796759510_e3e9d20270.jpg

coelacanth

08-06-2009, 15:55

Haven't finished the roll just yet so let me post a pic OF C-3 for now.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3542/3324593799_df370c683f.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/guruguru/3324593799/in/set-72157614667458495/)

raid

08-06-2009, 18:10

We had one day a foggy morning, so I picked up my Argus.

camera.bear

08-07-2009, 04:48

I am looking forward to seeing more of peoples pictures after the upcoming Argus Day on Sunday.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerabear/sets/72157621970651490/

raid

08-07-2009, 05:19

Most recent shot of my C3.

http://www.photochimps.com/pp/data/500/medium/Great_DOF_f16.JPG

A brick standing on a brick! What a suitable set-up you have here.

camera.bear

08-08-2009, 22:51

Getting my Argus C3 "Brick" ready for Argus day August 9, 2009. I am going to be shooting it with Kodak Ektar 100 and see what I get.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/3802572895_063ba7f8fa.jpg

camera.bear

08-10-2009, 00:21

I went out shooting with my C3 on Argus day and came back with a few decent pics.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3551/3806990722_1333804f1d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2479/3806989214_4b3fb47259.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3806989768_1f4e0b13bc.jpg

I took these on Kodak Ektar 100. I have a few more on Flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerabear/sets/72157621970651490/

Mr_Flibble

08-10-2009, 11:19

Some nice subjects there. Hope you had a good Argus Day, I only shot 4 frames with my digital camera on Sunday....

Dave Wilkinson

08-10-2009, 11:29

Not too many made it across the 'pond'...I'm begining to see why!:D

naql

08-10-2009, 12:03

Great pictures. I love the swirly bokeh. I've been convinced and won one on eBay that looks to be in good shape.

Mr_Flibble

08-10-2009, 12:06

Not too many made it across the 'pond'...I'm begining to see why!:D

Errr...is that because we Europeans consider them rubbish or the Yanks consider them so good that they keep them all themselves? ;)

Importing one from the US shouldn't cost too much. All of mine came from Ebay for less then $10 a piece.

nzeeman

08-10-2009, 23:19

julio1fer

08-15-2009, 17:15

Argus are rare down here, but I was sent one by a friendly soul. This is one from the first roll.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/julio1fer/Argus%20C3/000001.jpg

Film was Kodak Gold 100 film, scanned by a Fuji minilab. The camera may be quaint and quirky but it delivers.

FramerKat

11-13-2009, 14:48

Got some shots on "Argust" 9, 2009 myself. It was the first run out for my camera which needed some tlc after I received it (rf adjustment, etc.). I was pretty impressed by this old "brick!"

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2540/3860839104_efdda26252.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2671/3860842356_5766945ec5.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2434/3860882780_b7debc6070.jpg

FramerKat

11-13-2009, 14:51

And here's all of my C3 stuff on flickr including "portraits" of the camera itself.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/framerkat/sets/72157622154357914/

I was lucky enough to get a super clean model...I believe it's the Color Matic version.