Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > >A LUGER recently wrote that someone confused his Leica IIIf for an Argus >camera. >I know virtually nothing about Argus cameras and this note ignited my >curiosity. >I realize that Argus cameras were not in the league of our beloved Leicas (I >have two), but would someone please comment on the quality, >functionality, and >lenses of the better Argus cameras. > >Glen Robinson > > Argus C-3 and C-4's were my first cameras, provided by my dad almost 30 years ago. What a wonderful way to learn photography! Completely manual, you had to think for yourself. The C-3 didn't have double exposure prevention, providing all kinds of (unintentional) artistic effects. The C-4 is a much nicer, looks kinda like a Leica screwmount instead of a brick, and the 50/2.8 lens is much better then the C-3's Cintar 50/3.5. When I got my first SLR, a Nikon F(T), I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Stephen Gandy's marvelous site has more info on Argus. http://www.cameraQuest.com/ Don McClure Abingdon, MD