Holy S---! I never expected this

On 2010-09-24 16:50:00 -0700, Twibil said:

On Sep 24, 4:30*pm, Savageduck wrote:


Aah! My first venture into 35mm. Dad's Argus C-3, which also led me to
the magic of the darkroom.
He must have got that sometime between 1948-1950.

No plastic there.

Sure?

If I recall, that black nubbly stuff covering most of the camera body
was Tolex: a (wait for it) plastic-impregnated cloth that in later
incarnations was used for covering guitar amps, Etc.

~Pete

Oh! Well! Then I guess there is no escape for Rich.

http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/Argus_C3.jpg

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Regards,

Savageduck

On 9/24/2010 8:23 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2010-09-24 16:50:00 -0700, Twibil said:

On Sep 24, 4:30 pm, Savageduck wrote:


Aah! My first venture into 35mm. Dad's Argus C-3, which also led me to
the magic of the darkroom.
He must have got that sometime between 1948-1950.

No plastic there.

Sure?

If I recall, that black nubbly stuff covering most of the camera body
was Tolex: a (wait for it) plastic-impregnated cloth that in later
incarnations was used for covering guitar amps, Etc.

~Pete

Oh! Well! Then I guess there is no escape for Rich.

http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/Argus_C3.jpg

I suspect that that black ring securing the lens is also some kind of
synthetic--it has remained reliably black on mine, which hit several
beaches in the Pacific during WWII.

On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:36:12 -0400, Robert Coe wrote:

On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:05:21 -0700 (PDT), Rich
wrote: : On Sep 19, 10:46Â*pm, Savageduck
: wrote:
: On 2010-09-19 19:21:50 -0700, RichA said: :
: http://dpreview.com/news/1009/10091910fujifilmx100.asp :
: Fuji, where is the DSLR with that sensor? :
: Well it isn't the Spanish Inquisition, but it is almost as appealing
: the comfy chair.
:
: This might be premature, but I like this concept. It looks like it :
could be the digital replacement for my old Yashica Electro 35 with :
its fixed 45mm f/1.7
:
: --
: Regards,
:
: Savageduck
:
: I applaud Fuji for doing this (and not sinking completely into : the
abyss of P&S Hell) and I applaud shooters with the discipline : to shoot
with a fixed focal length lens.

I still have an Argus C-3. Would you applaud my "discipline" if I went
back to using it?

Bob


I might but I don't think your wallet would.


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