Re: [Leica] Argus Cameras

["R. Saylor" <rlsaylor@ix.netcom.com>]

When I was a little kid, a neighbor came home from US military 
service in WWII with a Leica. He had lots of slides he had taken in 
Germany and invited us over for several slide shows. This stimulated 
my father's interest in 35mm photography (he had been using a box 
camera). He couldn't afford a Leica, so he bought an Argus C3. It 
was a brick-shaped rangefinder with a 50mm lens. He later gave the 
camera to me, and I used it until it got stolen (car was broken into in 
Manhattan). The pictures were not bad but nothing to rave about 
compared to modern point & shoot cameras. However, it forced me 
to learn the basics of exposure and focus, which people who start 
out with auto-everything SLRs may miss. There is a web page with 
info and pictures of the Argus (and other "classic" cameras), but I 
don't have the URL handy.

Richard

From:           	"Glen M. Robinson" <gmrobinson@imation.com>
To:             	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Date sent:      	Mon, 4 Oct 1999 21:20:02 -0500
Subject:        	[Leica] Argus Cameras
Send reply to:  	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us

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> 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
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