The Argus was my dad's good camera. I shot and developed a little bit in High School with it.
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Mike Sloane <mikeslo...@verizon.net> wrote: > Yes, back in the '50s, I ran a lot of B&W pan film through a C3 and > developed it myself (I still have the negatives and prints somewhere...). > Then I went to a Kodak Retina, which was "advanced" by comparison. The next > was Pentax K1000 with a large bag full of lenses and accessories. When I > retired, the company gave me a Minolta "Supreme" (point & shoot + zoom) > which ended up taking the place of the Pentax 90% of the time. Now, of > course, I use a digital camera (currently a Kodak Z710, which is a little > bulky and slow, but has an excellent Schneider Varigon lens). That reminds > me that I still have a half exposed roll of film in the Minolta... > > I have not been at all tempted to spend Big Bucks on a DSLR with > interchangeable lenses. I am sure that, in the hands of a talented > professional, they take great pictures, but I suspect that most of them are > sold to yuppies who want to show off their disposable income. I also suspect > that many of those never get taken out of the box. > > Mike > > > Marcio wrote: > >> I started with the Argus C3. Anyone remember? >> >> Marcio >> >> > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
