When did the Argus C33 come out? Jim A.
> 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... > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose > as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers > with the smallest possible amount of hissing." > - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, > minister of finance to French King Louis XIV > > 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. > >
