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The Argus C-3 "Brick" rangefinder. This one was made in 1953 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. The 50mm f3.5 Cintar lens is a Cooke triplet lens and takes nice photos. These cameras are easy to repair and rehab, and are quite fun to shoot with.
Buffalo Gap Historic Village, a collection of preserved and restored buildings from late 1800s west Texas. The museum gives a look at the challenges of life on the Texas frontier.
Camera: Argus C-3 35mm camera with Cintar 50mm f3.5 lens. An easily repaired, reliable camera. My copy is from 1953. www.flickr.com/photos/194048042@N06/51931932137/in/album-...
Film: Fuji Superia 200
Developing: C-41 home kit
The rendering of the Cintar lens gives the glass facade an almost metallic look.
Downtown Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2022 curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Argus C3 Match-Matic (1959)
Argus 50mm Cintar F:3.5
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mi galeria en Color www.flickr.com/photos/samycolor
Mi Galeria en B&N www.flickr.com/photos/samycollazo
Arista Edu 100
Kodak D-76
Lightroom 3
Epson Perfection V500 Scanner
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2025, curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Shot on the 21st of Argust, 2021
A typical Argus shot. The contrast is very good, so the first impression is: "Hey, not bad!". Then one might take a closer look at the details and the sharpness, and the second impression is "ouch!"
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Kodak TMAX 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Railroad car wheels/axles piled together at the site of a railroad accident. The wheels/axles were removed from the cars before the cars themselves were carted away.
Camera: Argus C-3 35mm camera with Cintar 50mm f3.5 lens. My copy is from 1953. www.flickr.com/photos/194048042@N06/51931932137/in/album-...
Film: Kentmere 100
Developing: HC-110, Dilution H, 16 min.
Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox camera right. Matte white reflector camera left. Triggered by Cybersync.
Shot on the 23nd of Argust, 2023
This is the fourth time I participated in Argus Day. As last year, no double exposures, no blank shots, no ripped film, no out-of-focus shots. Still, I don't think that the Argus will become my favourite camera any time soon.
Central train station at Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2023 curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
As always with the Argus, sharpness and detail are a bit deficient, but contrasts are strong.
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Shot on the 22nd of Argust, 2022
It took me three years, but I am beginning to get the hang of this camera. No double exposures, no blank shots, no ripped film, no out-of-focus shots this time.
"Die Welle" ("The Wave") office building, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. The entire front of the office building is made of large, reflective glass windows.
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2022 curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Seen in Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Shot on the 22nd of Argust, 2022
It took me three years, but I am beginning to get the hang of this camera. No double exposures, no blank shots, no ripped film, no out-of-focus shots this time.
Downtown Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2022 curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Shot on the 22nd of Argust, 2022
It took me three years, but I am beginning to get the hang of this camera. No double exposures, no blank shots, no ripped film, no out-of-focus shots this time.
"Die Welle" ("The Wave") office building, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2022 curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Read more about using an Argus C-3 here: randomphoto.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-argus-c-3-infamous-b...
Argus C3 Matchmatic (lens 50 mm) / expired film Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400 (exp. 2008) in spring 2022.
Office building in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. Its twin is Castor, situated a bit to the left and outside the frame of this image.
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Shot on the 22nd of Argust, 2022
It took me three years, but I am beginning to get the hang of this camera. No double exposures, no blank shots, no ripped film, no out-of-focus shots this time.
"Die Welle" ("The Wave") office building, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. The art installation resembles some kind of giant alien type of plant.
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2022 curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Very young children undergo a phase where they delight in repeating words of a scatological or otherwise gross or offensive nature that they picked up somewhere. You shouldn't worry too much - it's just a phase and they soon grow out of it.
Much in the same way, architects delight in imposing the ugliness of sheer concrete on a building that then becomes an eyesore the public has to endure for decades, until it is finally torn down. Probably the root cause is the same that motivates children - the delight in causing annoyance and outrage.
However, unlike children, architects never grow out of it, and more's the pity.
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Kodak TMAX 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
My contribution to Argus Day 2024, 24 Argust 2024.
This is the fifth time I participated in Argus Day. As last year, no double exposures, no blank shots, no ripped film, no out-of-focus shots. Still, I don't think that the Argus will become my favourite camera any time soon.
Skyline Plaza Shopping Mall , Europaviertel, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2024, curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Shot on the 22nd of Argust, 2022
It took me three years, but I am beginning to get the hang of this camera. No double exposures, no blank shots, no ripped film, no out-of-focus shots this time.
"Die Welle" ("The Wave") office building, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. The art installation resembles some kind of giant alien type of plant.
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2022 curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
I finally made it back down to Letchworth State Park last Friday.
This particular turn was easy to spot on the way back. The monster deadfall was hard to miss.
Argus C3 Brick with the 50mm lens
Ilford HP5 Plus
Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner
#blackandwhite, #ilfordhp5plus, #ilfordphoto, #argusc3, #ishootfilm, #shootfilmstaypoor, #rangefinder,
#letchworth, #letchworthstatepark,
Sad graffiti on a derailed train boxcar in Abilene, Texas, USA.
Camera: Argus C-3 35mm camera with Cintar 50mm f3.5 lens. My copy is from 1953. www.flickr.com/photos/194048042@N06/51931932137/in/album-...
Film: Kentmere 100
Developing: HC-110, Dilution H, 16 min.
Shot on the 23nd of Argust, 2023
This is the fourth time I participated in Argus Day. As last year, no double exposures, no blank shots, no ripped film, no out-of-focus shots. Still, I don't think that the Argus will become my favourite camera any time soon.
Central train station at Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2023 curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Argus C3 Match-Matic (1959)
Argus 50mm F:3.5
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mi galeria en Color www.flickr.com/photos/samycolor
Mi Galeria en B&N www.flickr.com/photos/samycollazo
Arista Edu 100 (Fomapan)
Kodak D-76 1:1
Lightroom 3
Epson Perfection V500 Scanner
(taken with) Olympus E-PL7, M.Zuiko 17mm f1.8
>Nice find at auction, CLA rebuild just done by Zacks
>Circa 1947
Tree and falls
Letchworth State Park. Walking up the the west-side path from the Lower Falls. The tree said, "Stop here." So I did.
There is a pull-off at the head of the trail along the east rim and down to the Lower Falls footbridge. I followed the trail down to and across the footbridge, up and around the short loop on the west rim, then back down and up the car.
Argus C3 Brick with the 50mm lens
Ilford HP5 Plus
Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner
#blackandwhite, #ilfordhp5plus, #ilfordphoto, #argusc3, #ishootfilm, #shootfilmstaypoor, #rangefinder,
#letchworth, #letchworthstatepark, #footbridge, #sky, #clouds, #tree, #waterfall,
The Argus C3 was a budget rangefinder camera manufactured by Argus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA between 1939 and 1966. The camera has sold around 2 million units, making it one of the most popular cameras in history. Because of its shape, size and weight, it is commonly referred to by photographers as “The Brick.” Text excerpt Wikipedia
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mi Galeria en Color www.flickr.com/photos/samycolor
Mi Nueva galeria www.flickr.com/photos/scollazo/
Kodak Trix 400
Kodak D-76 dil. 1:1
Argus C3 (c. 1955)
Argus Coated-Cintar F:3.5
Epson Perfection V500 Scanner
Lightroom 3
Nik Silver Efex Pro 2
Aviary
Another unintentional double from the first roll through my Argus. This happened on the last shot in the roll, too. Hmmmm....
Strong, clean constrasts here.
Junghofstraße, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2022 curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Shot on the 22nd of Argust, 2022
It took me three years, but I am beginning to get the hang of this camera. No double exposures, no blank shots, no ripped film, no out-of-focus shots this time.
"Die Welle" ("The Wave") office building, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2022 curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
My contribution to Argus Day 2025, 25 Argust 2025.
This is the sixth time I participated in Argus Day. As last year, no double exposures, no blank shots, no ripped film, no out-of-focus shots. Still, I don't think that the Argus will become my favourite camera any time soon. Though I must say that the Cintar lens always provides nice contrasts.
Deutsche Bank Towers, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
The submitted pictures for Argus Day 2025, curated by the Argus collectors' group can be viewed here
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de