The mighty Argus C3
OK, it's not so mighty. I use the Argus once per year to shoot a roll for Argus day in Argust, and when I do, I am mostly quite happy with the results. Though of course in Argust I am likely to find sunny weather and can stop down and get sharp photos with any lens. It's photography reduced to the basics. I can't even use the rangefinder because it's seriously off at short distances, so zone focus. I do enjoy shooting that one roll, but I wouldn't want this as my everyday camera.
Incidentally, the other day I googled "America's favourite classic camera" and the first hit was this article on the "Top 5 American Cameras Worth Owning" and guess what, at the top of the list was the Argus C3. There were some serious contenders such as the Graflex Speed Graphic, which plays in a completely different league.
I attached the Canon EOS300 to the Leica Macro Elmar-r 100 on a Leica-R bellows via a Novoflex adapter and shot some close-ups of old camera gear with it. Doing macro work through that finder is not so easy. Normally. I use the bellows with a Canon EOS600D, which has a fold-out LED screen so with LiveView. focusing is a breeze. Obviously, this is not an option when using a film camera
Camera: Canon EOS300
Lens: Leica Macro Elmar-R 1:4/100
Leica R bellows
Kodak TMAX 100 black & white negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
The mighty Argus C3
OK, it's not so mighty. I use the Argus once per year to shoot a roll for Argus day in Argust, and when I do, I am mostly quite happy with the results. Though of course in Argust I am likely to find sunny weather and can stop down and get sharp photos with any lens. It's photography reduced to the basics. I can't even use the rangefinder because it's seriously off at short distances, so zone focus. I do enjoy shooting that one roll, but I wouldn't want this as my everyday camera.
Incidentally, the other day I googled "America's favourite classic camera" and the first hit was this article on the "Top 5 American Cameras Worth Owning" and guess what, at the top of the list was the Argus C3. There were some serious contenders such as the Graflex Speed Graphic, which plays in a completely different league.
I attached the Canon EOS300 to the Leica Macro Elmar-r 100 on a Leica-R bellows via a Novoflex adapter and shot some close-ups of old camera gear with it. Doing macro work through that finder is not so easy. Normally. I use the bellows with a Canon EOS600D, which has a fold-out LED screen so with LiveView. focusing is a breeze. Obviously, this is not an option when using a film camera
Camera: Canon EOS300
Lens: Leica Macro Elmar-R 1:4/100
Leica R bellows
Kodak TMAX 100 black & white negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de