Of all the Argus cameras that I own, one particular model still gets used by me a few times a year -- the Argus C-4. Despite the lack of removable lenses (not necessarily a deteriment, and the Geiss-modified C-4 did allow that), and a limited range of shutter speeds (only B, 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100 and 1/300) - the C-4 is a very usable camera, and looks quite elegant compared to the old workhorse, the Argus C-3.


The camera pictured above is one that I bought about 8 years ago, and was one of my very first Argus camera purchases. I have shot with it in quite a few places, and it is a pretty reliable camera. Of course, I have more than one -- my other user C-4 was purchased a few years ago at an estate sale in Ann Arbor. It was given to the owner by his wife as a Christmas gift, and she worked for Argus. So, that makes that particular camera a little special in terms of history. A few weeks ago, I packed the first camera for a trip to Munising, and then to Burt Lake and to Cross Village for Photostock 2008 (see previous post). There was a roll of TechPan in it - at least that was what the label on the top of the camera indicated. ...

I'm sitting in a hotel room in Chicago resting up for my wedding tomorrow. I scoped out the area: the mom's house, the church, downtown for some portraits, and the reception site... it's gonna be a good day:0

Thought I'd catch up on the last few weddings:

A year or two ago I shot a wedding at the Falkner Winery in Temecula- the owners loved my shots and put a link to my slideshow on their site... that's how Tonya and Greg found me. I'm so glad they did because they are two very cool, very fun, and just great to work with!

Did I say stylish too??? ...With her Choo shoe's and his Zegna suit.
Getting ready is one of my favorite times of the day. The girl's room was buzzing with flower-in-the-hair issues, champagne corks flyin' and lots of laughter!



love this- full, high sun.. who'd of thought??

Gotta love the D3 (my Nikon), just dial up the ISO and you can shoot in the darkest stairway in the vineyard.Click to continue reading "Greg and Tonya- Vineyard Sunset"

Written by Joel Eckman Maus on July 5th, 2008 with no comments.
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