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I'm slowly but surely picking away at iconic WW2 era film cameras, so it was only a matter of time before I came across The Brick ok, technically a post-war Colormatic, but who's counting. Since paying someone to CLA it would cost more than the camera itself, I did it myself. Before:  After:  Fired a few shots after refurbishing it. This camera was not intended for human hands. The shutter cocking lever hits your finger when you shoot, which keeps the shutter open. The winding knob is very difficult to use with the flash attachment on. It's very annoying to have a separate button for disengaging the film lock, and half the time I get a nice crunching sound when winding, alerting me that I forgot to press it. Also despite my efforts I couldn't get the shutter to fire slower than 1/10 or faster than 1/240, although from reading the internet it seems that no Argus C3 was actually capable of 1/300 as advertised. I'm going to carry it around with me and hand it to people who want to get their hands on my FED.
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Like a macro extension?
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Feb 5, 2024 03:55
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I'm perfectly capable of taking out of focus pictures even with autofocus, so a manual everything camera isn't particularly intimidating. Rangefinders are definitely more convenient, but a laser rangefinder is like $10.
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Feb 8, 2024 18:30
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You can always use an Argus C3 which is simple as, well, a brick and can be repaired using stuff from your kitchen drawer.
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