Yet Another Ebay Impulse buy

[usayit]

Just another late night impulse buy...... Well used but still in good condition. Presenting yet another Argus brick in its new home in another person's collection...

btw.. taken with a Samsung GX-1L (Pentax *ist DL2 rebrand) with a 90mm f/2.5 tamron macro adaptall on a tripod of course.

 

[alexkerhead]

Nice! I love that later C3 with the color on the wheels.

Now ya need a matchmatic.

I will post some pics of mine with it's 100MM lens some time.

Edit: You can actually put that shutter cock on the buffing wheel and make it look nice, even makes the camera look spiffier.

 

[usayit]

Cool.. thanks for the advice. I'll have to do that.

I did take a polishing cloth to spiffy up the dials, gearing, and lens body. The years left a bit of oxidation and grime.

Woohoo. got another on the way. Argus C-4 from Ebay... supposedly in working condition winning bid... $0.99 + 12 for shipping. heheh

 

[usayit]

btw.. were the two tone matchmatics original or just recovered?

oooOoooo Just saw a nice Nikon S Rangefinder.... must not bid... must not bid.... it is over $20. must not bid...

 

[Mitica100]

oooOoooo Just saw a nice Nikon S Rangefinder.... must not bid... must not bid.... it is over $20. must not bid...

Good luck w/that one... It should get up around $350-500 by the end of the bidding. Get it for any less and you're my hero!:thumbup:

 

[alexkerhead]

btw.. were the two tone matchmatics original or just recovered?

oooOoooo Just saw a nice Nikon S Rangefinder.... must not bid... must not bid.... it is over $20. must not bid...

Added hotshoe and speed system on the matchmatic. They originally came with light meters that hooked onto the shoe, but mine didn't have a lightmeter with mine.

Cool on the C-4, I love mine, and have both the early model and newer model.

Here is a pic of my newer one with the original flash unit.

 

[usayit]

HEHEHEE

complete with vintage Bell rotary phone and manual typewriter.. love em

 

[malkav41]

That is a very nice C3 Colormatic you got.

If you are interested in the year it was made, there is a site that has the info based off of the serial number. It covers all the Argus models.

The site is here:http://www.photo.net/users/philster/Argus/DatingYourArgus.htm

 

[usayit]

Thanks for the info.. I added it to the sticky thread for future reference.

My argus C4 arrived a couple days ago. Seems to work and in ok shape. Not bad for a 0.99+shipping ebay find. I'll clean it up and post a picture of it in a few days.