On 3/8/14, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed:
The Fujis are indeed wonderful cameras, so I'm told. I'm seriously
considering buying one. But we aren't talking about a superannuated
old fart on the wrong side of 65 here. John wants a camera for a
modern young lady of the
What I didn't know about the Argus C3 until relatively recently is that it also
has interchangeable lenses.
I think they made three lenses for it.
Mine was made of bakelight and was black with chrome and faux leather trim. It
looked just like this:
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 2:23 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
When I was 12, I took a photography class in summer school, and my first
camera was an Argus C3.
Mine was a small chisel and a slate rock/
Dve
a
--
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est)
--
PDML
Using the interchangeable lenses on the Argus, made using
interchangeable lenses on Kodak Retina IIc and IIIc cameras look
simple. Well that's not exactly true changing lenses on the Retinas was
a relative snap, using them was something of a PITA. Changeing lenses on
the Argus was a major
really got the hang of RF focus.
On 8/3/14, 2:34 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
Message: 10 Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 11:55:40 -0700 From: Larry Colen
l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject:
Re: Camera for a 13-year old? Message-ID: 53de85ac.1050...@red4est.com
Content
On 4 Aug 2014, at 15:57, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 2:23 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
When I was 12, I took a photography class in summer school, and my first
camera was an Argus C3.
Mine was a small chisel and a slate rock/
Bob W-PDML wrote:
On 4 Aug 2014, at 15:57, David J Brookspentko...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 2:23 AM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote:
When I was 12, I took a photography class in summer school, and my first
camera was an Argus C3.
Mine was a small chisel and a slate
Thanks Bipin - and to any others I might have missed. I'm now inclining to
gifting my *ist-D,
together with a new or second-hand Pentax standard zoom, as I know she will get
good results, all
else being equal (won't avoid poor framing, optimistic exposure settings, or
shooting while running,
I just found something scarier than agreeing with Godfrey, having him
start a reply almost word for word with what I was about to write.
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
It depends on the child.
When I was 12, my mom gave me her Argus C3 (my father bought her a new Kodak
Retina IIIc). When I was 13,
I was going to suggest a used K-r.
Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 2/8/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
The Fujis are very amenable to using manual focus lenses, though their X
series lenses are every bit as good as Pentax lenses.
Something like the X-E1 might make a very nice starter
I think a lot of us started with the Argus C-3. I wrote this about it
in 2010 http://georgesinos.com/blog/first-camera
It would be hard to imagine a more basic design.
gs
George Sinos
www.GeorgesPhotos.net
www.GeorgeSinos.com
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 1:23 AM, Larry Colen
Is that the one that looks like a blue brick?
jco
On 8/3/2014 9:52 AM, George Sinos wrote:
I think a lot of us started with the Argus C-3. I wrote this about it
in 2010 http://georgesinos.com/blog/first-camera
It would be hard to imagine a more basic design.
gs
George Sinos
usually black metal or imitation leather, gs
George Sinos
www.GeorgesPhotos.net
www.GeorgeSinos.com
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 11:02 AM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
Is that the one that looks like a blue brick?
jco
On 8/3/2014 9:52 AM, George Sinos wrote:
I
I always thought that calling the Argus C-3 the brick was an insult to
bricks...
On 8/3/2014 12:02 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
Is that the one that looks like a blue brick?
jco
On 8/3/2014 9:52 AM, George Sinos wrote:
I think a lot of us started with the Argus C-3. I wrote this about it
in
P.J. Alling wrote:
I always thought that calling the Argus C-3 the brick was an insult to
bricks...
The C3 has slightly better optical qualities, and is a little sturdier, without
weighing much more.
On 8/3/2014 12:02 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
Is that the one that looks like a blue
On Aug 1, 2014, at 9:50 PM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Thanks Brian, Darren, and John for thoughts. Larry, I just think that an SLR
might be daunting for
a youngster, although I am sometimes inclined to give an older SLR (like an
SV with the accessory
meter) so that the basics
I would agree, get a basic DSLR and a manual focus lens (used if cost is
an issue) and go from there.
jco
On 8/2/2014 7:41 AM, Stan Halpin wrote:
On Aug 1, 2014, at 9:50 PM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Thanks Brian, Darren, and John for thoughts. Larry, I just think that an SLR
On Aug 1, 2014, at 9:50 PM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Thanks Brian, Darren, and John for thoughts. Larry, I just think
that an SLR might be daunting for
a youngster, although I am sometimes inclined to give an older SLR
(like an SV with the accessory
meter) so that the basics can
On 2/8/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
The Fujis are very amenable to using manual focus lenses, though their X
series lenses are every bit as good as Pentax lenses.
Something like the X-E1 might make a very nice starter camera, and Fuji
has an excellent upgrade path.
I was going to
-
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell
Sent: Sunday, 3 August 2014 7:07 AM
To: pentax list
Subject: Re: Camera for a 13-year old?
On 2/8/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
The Fujis are very amenable to using manual focus lenses, though their
X series lenses
Quoting Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv:
On 2/8/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
The Fujis are very amenable to using manual focus lenses, though their X
series lenses are every bit as good as Pentax lenses.
Something like the X-E1 might make a very nice starter camera, and Fuji
has
Quoting John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au:
Looking to tap the collective wisdom of the list, as I'm a bit out
of touch with the equipment area.
One of my granddaughters is showing an increasing interest in
photography, and is outgrowing the
compact digital and the iPad gear she has been using,
John Coyle wrote:
Looking to tap the collective wisdom of the list, as I'm a bit out of
touch with the equipment area.
One of my granddaughters is showing an increasing interest in
photography, and is outgrowing the
compact digital and the iPad gear she has been using, and will
probably be
You may think me crazy, but I think a superb camera for a 13 year old
would be one of the original Pentax Q or Q10s.
Their image quality will surprise you, they are now FAR less expensive
NEW than even a used a APS-C DSLR, they have interchangable lenses and
they are a BLAST to use.
You can get a
On 8/1/2014 2:10 AM, John Coyle wrote:
Looking to tap the collective wisdom of the list, as I'm a bit out of touch
with the equipment area.
One of my granddaughters is showing an increasing interest in photography, and
is outgrowing the
compact digital and the iPad gear she has been using, and
Thanks Bipin - your message arrived seconds after I sent my response to Larry,
etc!
The K500 sounds like a good suggestion
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
-Original Message-
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bipin Gupta
Sent: Saturday, 2 August 2014 11:02 AM
for a 13-year old?
On 8/1/2014 2:10 AM, John Coyle wrote:
Looking to tap the collective wisdom of the list, as I'm a bit out of touch
with the equipment
area.
One of my granddaughters is showing an increasing interest in
photography, and is outgrowing the compact digital and the iPad gear
she
It depends on the child.
When I was 12, my mom gave me her Argus C3 (my father bought her a new Kodak
Retina IIIc). When I was 13, my grandfather loaned me his Rolleiflex Automat.
That was at the start of High School. The following Summer, I took all the
money I'd saved over the course of the
28 matches
Mail list logo
