In the movie, it's an Argus C2 (or it should be), produced from 1938 through
1942. The Argus C3 was produced for twenty-seven years from 1939 through
1966. The C2 & C3 are essentially identical, the only difference being that
the C2 has no flash sync, whereas the early C3 has flash sync for bulbs.
Argus offered to retrofit C2's for flash sync and many were, effectively
making them C3's. Later C3's were available with electronic sync (x-sync)
and C2's & early C3's can be modified for x-sync. The C (or C1 if you will)
is essentially the same as the C2, except that the rangefinder isn't coupled
to the lens. You adjust the rangefinder, read off the distance and then
manually adjust the lens. They ALL look like a "brick."
You cannot tell a C2 from a C3 without a close, knowledgeable look.
Regards,
Bob...
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From: "John Celio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Her camera in the movie, looks like an Argus model.
But it the movie is set in 1938 and the camera looks like a
post WWII model. Can anyone here ascertain that?
I'm pretty sure you're correct. Thing is, the movie is such a mish-mash
of 20th-century (and beyond) styles and technologies that, in my mind at
least, the age of the camera doesn't really matter. If you watch the
shorter original version of the film (assuming you got the movie on DVD),
Polly is using a very old-style 4x5 press camera. I guess they changed it
to something smaller so it'd be easier for her to carry around to all
those exotic locations she visits.
I loved that movie, too. Gotta go buy it one of these days. Watched it
twice in one weekend when I borrowed it from a coworker.
