Sorry, didn't see the "extra 3". It was 1956, I believe.
Regards,
Bob...
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"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
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: Sky Captain
> As I said in my post, 1939.
>
> Regards,
> Bob...
>
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> > When did the Argus C33 come out?
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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