Close up of my grandfather's Argus C3 rangefinder camera.
According to the serial number, this was manufactured in the 2nd quarter on 1958.
This would be from my father's father. yesterday's engineering books were from my mother's father. I'd like to say he inspired my interest in photography, but that would be an overstatement. Regardless, it's a cool camera.
Aside: I was really unhappy about the dust on the glass, and was going to reshoot it. But my (20 y/o) son felt strongly that I should keep it like this. So, was he right??
Does sort of add to the antiquing feeling. I have had problems when shooting a picture of a camera. I found it easier to use the healing brush because there always seemed to be dust.
The dust is part of it. What do you want to show.. as is or in pristine condition? If the latter get out the cleaning kit! I imagine it has lots of fungus inside in which case you are unlikely to get a decent shot from, it. And the fungus will grow.
@joansmor@lostphojo Thanks both! This has been sitting on my shelf for over 40 years, Don't think it had been used in a while prior to that. I doesn't have "green goo" in it, but I can't imagine it works, At least there's no electronics...
April 1st, 2020
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