Argus Camera Argus Interchangeable Lenses C44 Manual

							
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argus c^44 interchanEea ble
lenses provide the right focal
length for every picture
rnstantly interchangeable Argus Cintagon Lenses letyou take full advantage of the versatility built, intoyour C44 Camera.
The Argus C44 35mm Wide Angle and 100mmTelephoto lenses feature rigid, bayonet-type mountslike those on the worlds most expensive cameras.You may interchange them quickly and easily.Hard-coated and color-corrected, they also boasteasy-to-read depth of field scales, click stop,,aperture settings, and the Argus Color-maticsystem of universal settings for simplified picturetaking. Built-in lens hoods keep the direct rays ofthe sun from striking the lens, and also serve asretaining rings for fi-lters and supplementary lenses.
Because Argus products are constantly beingimproved, minor changes in appearance of the productmay not be included in this instruction book.
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35mm Wide Angle Lens-Very useful for candid workbecause of its extremely great depth of field, this f:4.5Cintagon lens covers 87 % more area than the standardlens. It lets you include more scenery in your vacationslides and is just the thing where there is little room tostep back from your subject.
I OOmm Telephoto Lens-This f:3.5 Cintagon lens reachesout . . . bringing your subject twice as close. Its 100mmfocal length makes candid shots easier and permits close-
ups without standing close! ISecause it provides enlargedpictures of distant subjects, youll use it to shoot far-away wildlife and sports events.
SOmm Stondord lens-This fast, four-element Cintagonlens is capable of handling a wide variety of picture-takingsituations. Its large maximum aperture of f:2.8 allowsyou to take pictures even under very low light conditions. . . with modern high speed films, indoor photographyby existing light is a snap!
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The ease with which lensesof the Argus C44 are inter-changed will amaze you! Apush of a bulton and atwist of the wrisl. removesthe lens. . . a simple align-ment of red dots, insertionof lens, and another twislof the wrist locks the lenssecurely in place, auto-matically coupled to therangefinder.
You can change to the ap-propriate lens in seconds-
To protect the delicatemechanism of the shutter,NEVER LEAVE CAM-ERA WITHOUT A LENSON IT. Also avoid chang-ing lenses in brighl, sun-light. When lenses are not
in use, they should be
sLored in their leathercarryrng cases.
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Turn rangefinder dial so that THE DISTANCE
SCALE IS SET AT INFINITY (e). Hold camera
in left hand so that rangefinder dial and body lens
mount are free to turn during utrcoupling operation.
Hold lens barrel with right hand. While right
thumb is pushing up on lens lock release, give lens
barrel a quarter-turn to the left (counter-clockwise)
and lift lens out.
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To prepare the body lens mount to receive anyof the lenses, turn the rangefinder dial to bring thered dots in the mount opposite each other.
To prepare any of the three lenses for insertion,Iine up the red dots on the lens bayonet mountby turning the black distance scale to infinity ( o ) .
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Insert lens carefully intothe body lens mount,fitting the notch in theblack outer ring overthe square projection inthe body lens mount.(See ilIustration.) Whenlens is fully seated, turnit to the right (clock-
wise) as far as it will go
(about a quarter-turn),
allowing .rangefinderdial and body lensmount to turn freelY.
Thats all there is toit! The lens is lockedsecurely in place, and is
i, automatically couPled to the rangefinder.
; Aperture seltings and
t depth of field scale will
always be easy to read,centered on toP of thelens barrel.
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Both the Wide Angle and Telephoto accessorylenses feature ARGUS COLOR-MATIC aperturesettings that may be used with average subjectsin bright sunlight. The Wide Angle lens also has aColor-matic distance setting for universal sharpfocus. (The Telephoto lens should be focusedsharply for each picture.) Use yellow markingswith Kodachrome Daylight film, red markingswith Ektachrome or Anscoehrome Daylight colorfilms and with Plus-X, Supreme or similar black-and-white films (ASA 32-80).
Like your standard Cintagon lens, both accessorylenses have a DEPTH OF FIELD SCALEengraved on the lens barrel, showing at a glancethe range of sharp focus in your pictures. Thisrange of sharp focus in front of and beyond yourprincipal subject increases as you get farther fromyour subject or use a smaller aperture. It is alsogreater in wide angle lenses than in normal . ortelephoto lenses, because depth of field increasesas focal length decreases.
co!or-rnatic
settings C
and
depth-of-field
scale-
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Leather cases designed especially for your valu-
able C44 accessory lenses will protect them from
fingerprints and scratches. Should a lens
require cleaning, blow off the dust (or use soft
brush with light touch), breathe on lens surface,
and wipe gently with soft lens tissue.
To insert filter, grasp aperture ring and unscrewlens hood; place filter in front of lens, and
screw lens hood on again. Both accessory lenses
accept Series Vl (L% diameter) filters and
supplementary lenses. The built-in lens hoods
help to keep direct rays of the sun from strikingyour lenses.
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