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[brathke at juno.com]

Ken,

Me too (being tongue-in-cheek with my comments on "Don't knock Argus..").

I'm amazed at how good those C-3  35mm images are.  They're much better
than the old 120-size negative film I took with the fixed-focus camera,
and produce close to the image quality  that I took later with the
Nikons.  The  Nikon gives much better focus and composition control, but
for $18 (what I paid for the Argus new in 1962). the C-3 isn't a bad
second choice.  The biggest complaint I had about the C-3 was lens
changing - you have to remove a threaded screw on a focusing gear, then
unscrew the lens, and repeat the process to change to the new lens. 
Meanwhile, the 1200 PCC has passed  you by on Liberty Avenue!

Actually, the current 35mm snapshot cameras (and even the disposable
models) are many times better than the 120-size snapshot cameras of the
50s and 60s.  It must be the result of better lenses and flatter film
planes.

Bob 2/21

PS - The other trick to getting good nighttime photos is to use a small
lens aperture (e.g., f/8), open the shutter with the camera on a tripod,
lock the shutter release cable, and then walk around the subject (e.g.,
trolley) and fire the electronic flash as many times as possible until
it's time to close the shutter.  With the Argus, this meant using many #5
flashbulbs; once I got the Nikon, I started to use electronic flash and
saved a bundle on flashbulbs.
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:54:20 +0000 Kenneth and Tracie Josephson
<kjosephson at sprintmail.com> writes:
>brathke at juno.com wrote:
>> 
>> Ken,
>> 
>> Don't knock Argus cameras.  I'll let you in on a little secret...ALL 
>of
>> my photos from 1962-67 were taken with an Argus C-3, and before that 
>I
>> used an old fixed-focus Brownie!   The trick is to use a tripod, a
>> relatively high-speed film, and fill-flash even in daylight (and of
>> course, at night).  I've been using Nikon equipment since 1967, but 
>I
>> still have the old Argus C-3 in the bag and it's ready to shoot if I 
>need
>> it!
>
>**I'm** not knocking them at all...I am responding to the little
>love-hate notes Roberta wrote about the Argus on the back of some of 
>her
>prints. Very little of her photography was done in 35 mm, so I suppose
>she was merely venting. I was being tongue in cheek, since some of the
>list members know about these notes. My older brother Steve used an
>older Argus from 1959 through the early seventies with outstanding
>results before getting his first SLR. Too bad he wasted film on
>aircraft, his girlfriends and family instead of Pittsburgh PCCs... ;-) 
>
>
>> Please e-mail me off-line about the 8X10 you want.
>
>Ken J.
>
>Will do!

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