Argus K Parts list manual

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR

OPERATING

•

argus

W

Model K

ClIMERlI

•

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH

CORPORATION

Ann

Arbor

.

Michigan.

U.S.A.

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and

workman

ship for 90

days

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ter shipme

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.

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s

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nt

ee

is lim-

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to th

e re

turn

of the camera to the fac-

tor

y with

tran

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charges

pr

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where

any

defects will be corrected

and

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camera

re

turned

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ansportat

ion charges

pr

epaid.

In order

that

A

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US

owners may be as-

s

ur

ed of low

upk

ee

p cost

of

our cameras

after

ex

piration

of the above guarantee, the

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ry w

ill

put

in

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st cla

ss

condition

any

ARGUS

Model "K" Camera shipped

to

them, with

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portation

charg

es

prepaid

to th

e owner

for

th

e s

um

of

2.00.

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ctive for one

year

from

date

of

pur

chase.

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s does n

ot

cover replacement

of

camera cases broken

through

misu

se

or

cameras w

hi

ch have been abu

se

d.

NOTICE TO ARGUS CAMERA OWNERS

In

order

that

you mig

ht

insure

yo

ur

camera

aga

in

st defective m

ate

ri

al and work-

manship

for

90

days

after

shipme

nt

,

it

is

necessary

that

yo

u

fi

ll

out

the

r

eg

is

tration

card

supp

li

ed with

your

camera and

return

it

to

our factory within

15

day

s a

fter

pur-

chase.

When

writing

the

factory, please

mention

th

e model

and

se

ri

al

number

of

yo

ur

camera.

ARGUS INSTRUCTIONS

FI

GURE

I

I.

Cartridge

Chamber

Cover

5.

Focusing

Rin

g

2.. Sh

utter

Lever 6.

Co

unt

er

Dia

l

3· Sh u

tter

Speed

Ring

7.

Win

ding

Knob

4.

Cable Release

Socket

8. Exposure

Meter

Exit

9. Vi

ew

Finder Wi

ndow

IMPORTANT

Th

e Argus candid camera is a

preCISIOn

ins

trument.

The

ultim

ate

success

of

pictures

made with a mini

at

ure

camera

depends

lar

ge

ly upon the inte

ll

i

ge

nt

use of

th

e cam

era

and

the

careful handling of

35

mm

. negatives.

Thi

s

in

s

truction

book should be read care-

3

fully

and

the user should be

familiar

with

every

part

of

the

camera

together

with an

understanding

of

its function. It

is

recom-

mended

that

the descriptions relative

to

ex-

posure

and

the

general handling of the cam-

era

be

studied carefu

ll

y before loading the

camera with film.

There

are

many

excellent

35

mm. films on

the market. Some films are best when used

outdoors, and

others

are more

suitab

le

for

indoor

or

night

photography.

The

slower

or

medium speed films are noted

for

fine grain

and

full color renditions.

The

faster

films

have a s

li

ghtly

larger grain size with less color

rendition,

but

are ideal

for

use in night pho-

tography

or

whenever

li

ght

conditions

are

unsatisfactory.

35

mm. film

may

be purchased

either

in

daylight loading cartridges,

or

in bulk lengths.

Film

manufacturers

furnish bulk film in

lengths

from

25

foot

to

100

foot

rolls. Some

films

are

notched

and

cut

into

36

exposure

lengths which assists

greatly

in

darkroom

loading

into

cartridges.

Eastman

or

Agfa

Cartridges are ideal

for

loading with

bulk

film.

Your

local

photo

finisher should be able

to

supply these

empty

magazines.

The

ARGUS

camera

is

so

constructed

that

all

types of

daylight

loading

35

mm. magazines

may

be used.

Daylight

loading cartridges

are

usually fil-

led with 36 exposures

of

35

mm. double

per-

forated

film.

4

The

success

of

miniature

negatives depends

largely upon fine grain

development

and

careful handling. Careful developing in such

solutions as

ARGUS

AR-I will result in beau-

tiful grainless negatives.

If

fine grain develop-

ing

is

not

available locally forward

your

films

to

one

of

the

many

laboratories which spec-

ialize in wnrk of

this

type.

LOADING

THE

CAMERA

It

is

always advisable to load

the

camera

in subdued

li

ght.

Never

expose the

cartridge

to

bright

sunlight.

Open the back

by

pushing

the

catch

but-

ton (18, Fig. 3) up,

and

pulling

it

open

by

means of the

button

on the end.

Figure 2 shows a

standard

35

mm. day-

light loading

cartridge

being inserted

into

the

camera.

This

is

accomplished

by

pulling

off

the

cartridge

chamber

cover

(I,

Fig. I),

and

dropping

in the

cartr

id

ge

with the

round

spacer bushing up.

The

projecting end

of

the film should be held back

in

the opposite

direction from which

the

film

is

wound, as

shown,

so

that

when

the

cartridge

is

in the

case, the end will

not

be hidden behind

the

cartridge

.

Drop

the cartridge down

over

the

rewind shaft (12) engaging the slot on the

shaft

with the tongue

in

the

cartridge

and

compressing the

cartridge

ejector

spring. Re-

place the

cartr

id

ge

chamber

cover

taking

care

that

the round spacer bushing on

the

5

F

IGUR

E 2

top

of

the ca

rtri

dge goes up

int

o

th

e hole in

th

e

ce

nt

er of

th

e bo

tt

om of

th

e cove

r.

T he film must n

ex

t be

thr

eaded into

th

e

camera as shown in

Fi

g

ur

e

3.

Dr

aw o

ut

enough film to reach

th

e winding sha

ft

(17).

Slip

th

e end of

th

e film

und

er

th

e film

hold

in

g spring

(1

9)

far

enough

so

that it is

sec

ur

ely held.

If

th

e

pr

ojecting end

of

th

e

film is

trimm

ed

int

o a tongue which

li

es e

ith

er

at the

top

or bo

tt

om

of

th

e film strip, so

th

at it does not engage

th

e hold

in

g spring,

this will have to be torn or

trimm

ed off so

6

FI

GURE

3

th

at

th

e longest po

int

of

the

film

li

es in

th

e

ce

nt

er where

it

can slip

und

er

th

e holding

sprin

g.

Wind

one

turn

of film o

nt

o

th

e sha

ft

for sec

urit

y while holding down release

but-

ton (

15

, Fig. 2). Be s

ur

e

that

th

e s

pr

ocket

is engaged with

th

e perforations of

th

e film.

Push

th

e latch

butt

on

up

toward

th

e top of

th

e camera,

cl

ose

th

e back

and

th

en pe

rm

it

th

e latch to spring back a

nd

lock. A

lw

ays

tr

y

th

e back

and

be s

ur

e it is completely

locked.

7

A

ft

er

th

e back is in place, the film

mu

st

be advan

ce

d

unti

l a new expos

ur

e is in cor-

rect place beh

in

d the len

s.

T his is accom-

plished by

turni

ng the winding k

nob

(7, Fig.

I)

in t he direction

of

the arrow until a click is

he

ar

d or

th

e

fi

lm counter dial (6, Fi

g.

I)

stops

rot

at

in

g.

De

pr

ess

th

e co

unt

er dial re-

lease

(1

5, Fig 2) mome

nt

ar

il

y while

ad

vanc-

ing t he

fi

lm a

nd

a

dvance

one fu

ll

rotation of

the co

unt

er dia

l.

Repeat

th

is operation twice.

At

this point unexposed

fi

lm is in co

rr

ect ex-

pos

ur

e position for the first picture.

Th

e

counter dial should n

ow

be rotated in a

cou

nt

er-clockwi

se

dir

e

ct

ion wi

th

the th

umb

unt

il

the

ze

ro

fi

g

ur

e is

opp

os

it

e the co

unt

er

dial i

nd

icator point. T he co

unt

er dial is

held in

pl

ace by a

frict

ion arrangeme

nt

a

nd

a firm

pr

ess

ur

e is necessary to

se

t

th

e dia

l.

After

th

e first

pict

ur

e is

tak

en

th

e film

sho

ul

d be advanced

at

on

ce

to form a ha

bi

t

of

pr

eventing do

ub

le expos

ur

e, or bla

nk

frames. When the

fi

lm is

adv

anced one

frame the counter dial a

dva

nces nearly a

full revol

ut

ion a

nd

wi

ll

stop o

pp

osite

fi

gure

I indicating the

numb

er

of

expos

ur

es made.

When

th

e

36

expos

ur

es have been com-

pleted, rewi

nd

the

fi

lm by

turn

ing the re-

wind knob (21, Fig. 4) in the direction of

the arrow

unt

il

the winding knob (7, Fig. l)

sto

ps rotatin

g.

Never

op

en

th

e camera back

un

t

il

th

e film has been rewo

und

.

CAUTION: When winding or rewinding

the

film be s

ur

e that its movement is not

8

.

,-,'

MAKE

YOUR

OWN

PRINTS

FOR

LESS

THAN A CENT EACH

Album

prints.

in

2% x 41

/4

Argus

stan-

dard

size.

actually

cost

you

but

a

pen

-

ny

apiece

when

you

use

an

Argus

Speed

Printer

and

Argus

Bromex

Paper.

EASY. ECONOMICAL. FAST

No

focusing.

no

trimming of

paper:

merely

insert film

in

slide

and

place

paper

as

shown

in

illustration.

Press

handle

down

for

desired

exposure.

Pa_

per

is

then

developed

in

the

usual

manner.

See

for

example

of

pic-

ture

made

with

Argus

Speed

Printer.

THE

"AUTOMATIC"

, .$15.00

ACTUAL

SIZE

OF

STANDARD

ARGUS

PRINTS

from 35

mm_

film

with

an

Argus

Speed

HERE

is

the

actual

size

of

pictures

Printer

on

Argus

Bromex

paper.

Argus

Bromex

paper

comes

in

single

or

double

weight.

g.lossy.

semi-matt

or

silk

finish.

in

soft.

medium

or

hard.

It

is

cut

to

the

size

illustrated.

with

allowance

for

an

eighth

of

an

inch

border

around

picture.

made

specifically

for

use

in

Argus

printers.

Both

the

Argus

"Automatic"

printer

,

and

the

Argus

"Electromatic"

(illustrated

on

fol-

lowing

page)

operate

on

IIO,120

volt

AC

or

DC

and

handle

strip

film or

single

negatives.

NEW

ARGUS ELECTROMATIC

TAKES

All

GUESS-WORK

OUT

OF

PRINT-TIMING

The "Electromatic"

Speed

Printer

is

equipped

with

a

photo-electric

"eye"

which

"reads"

the

density

of

your

nega-

tive

and

gives

proper

exposure

or tim-

ing

in

making

prints.

Merely

set

one

indicator

for

negative

density.

another

for

paper

surface

being

used.

and

flip

the

starting

switch.

When

print

is

cor-

rectly

exposed.

the

light

goes

off.

Save

paper

by

getting

a

GOOD

PRINT EVERY

TIME;

eliminate

trial

and

error

methods.

List price

THE

"ELECTROMATIC"

..

.$35.00

restrained by pressing

the

hand aga

in

st

the

free moving knob. Do

not

atte

mpt

to

force

the

film

after

the counter dial has stopped

or

the

full

numb

er

of

exposures are reached.

Atte

mpting

to

get more pictures

may

pull

the

film from the magazine, and prevent

re

-

winding.

If

this should occur

it

will be neces-

sary to remove the

fi

lm in

total

darkness.

SHUTTER SPEEDS

Shutter

speeds are set

by

turning

the

knurled ring (3, Fig. I)

until

the indicat

or

mark is directly above

the

desired speed. A

setting midway between

marked

speeds will

re

s

ul

t in

that

fract

ion

of

a second. For

ex

-

amp

le with

the

indicator between 1/

50

and

1/

1

00

the

s

hutt

er

will

operate

at

1/75 of a

secon

d.

T he

shutter

speeds are as follows:

1

/2

5, 1/

50,

1/ 1

00

, 1/

200

,

"B"

and "

T".

The

"T" is

the

proper

se

tting

for time ex-

posures. When

the

s

hut

ter

is set for

"Ti

me"

one s

tr

oke

of

the lever (2) will cau

se

the

s

hut

ter to open and remain open until a

second stroke of the lever

is

made.

When the s

hu

tter

speed ring is

se

t oppo-

site

"B"

the s

hutter

w

ill

remain open as

long as

th

e lever is depressed and

cl

oses as

the pressure is

re

leased. When either a "B"

or

'T"

se

tt

in

g is used the camera mu

st

be

he

ld

on a tripod.

The

high s

hutt

er speed is

for

stopping

m

ot

ion,

but

the fastest s

hutter

speed pos-

sible shou

ld

be u

se

e!

which

wi

ll

permit

stop-

9

ping

th

e lens down sufficiently

to

obtain

the

depth

of

field desired. 1/ 1

00

seco

nd

is

the

be

st

a

ll

aro

und

speed

for

miniature

camera

work.

The

adva

ntage

of

fast

s

hutter

speeds

is in

cont

rolling

camera

mo

ve

ment.

F I

GURE

4

EXPOSURE

METER

The

Model K Argus

Camera

has a built-in,

coupled to

th

e len

s,

exposure

met

e

r.

The

ex-

posure met

er

is

of

th

e extinction

typ

e,

and

is mechanica

ll

y coupled to

the

diaphragm

"stop

opening"

of

the

len

s.

To

u

se

th

e

meter

, first decide

on

th

e

proper

s

hutt

er speed as describ

ed

in

th

e

paragraph

above.

Then

set

the

dial

pointer

(25, Fig. 4)

10

on

th

e b

ot

tom

of

the exposure

meter

to this

speed

on

scale (24).

Pu

sh

the

little

knob

(26)

clear

back to

th

e position

opposite

f:4.5 on

sca

le

(23).

Turn

th

e

camera

so

that

th

e ex-

posure

met

er

window (8,

Fig

. I) is

turned

on

the

object

desired

to

photograph.

Point

the

m

ete

r

at

the

subject

of

intere

st

and

be care-

ful

not

to

include more sky

or

backgro

und

than

nece

ss

ary.

If

the

degree

of

brightn

ess

of

the

su

bject va

ri

es conside

rably

or

sh

adow

detail

is

desired aim

th

e meter

at

the

sh

aded

part

s and

app

roach as clo

se

as po

ssi

bl

e

to

th

e

m.

Now l

ook

in

to

the

exposure meter

tu

be

(10

, Fi

g.

2). A light

dot

will be n

oted

at

the

end

of

the

tube.

Pull

the

knob (24, Fig. 4) back

toward

th

e

f:

II position until

the

li

g

ht

dot

ju

st

disap-

pears

or

"

ext

in

g

ui

shes." Set

th

e knob

at

the

exact

point

where

the

dot

disappears.

The

lens is now set

for

proper

exposure if

the

shu

tt

er speed dial is set

to

the

speed

at

which

point

er (25) is set.

If

th

e

li

g

ht

dot

in

the

tube

is

not

visible

at

th

e f

:4.5

position of lever (26)

it

means

too

fast

a s

hutter

speed has been chosen

for

the

amount

of light available.

Turn

the

shutter

speed

indicator

pointer

to

a low

er

speed. In

th

e same

mann

er if the

dot

will

not

disappear

even if

the

lever is pulled

clear back

to

f:

II

it

means

that

the

s

hutt

er

speed is

too

slow for

the

amount

of

li

g

ht

.

Thu

s

th

e meter will not

permit

a bad expo-

s

ure

.

11

If

it

is des

ir

ed to

make

shots

without

using

th

e exposure

meter

,

se

tting

l

ever

(26)

to

th

e

figures on scale (23) sets

the

diaphragm

in

the shutt

er

to

the

stop

indic

ated

on

the

scale.

There

is no

diaphragm

or

"stop

opening" scale

on

th

~

s

hutt

er itself as

this

wo

uld

be a

dup-

li

cat

ion.

The

exposure meter is

se

t

for

u

se

wit

h

films

of

a

Weston

rating

of

app

r

oximate

ly

48-50

daylight

.

This

takes

in the mo

st

popular

a

ll

aro

und

films such as Agfa "S

upr

eme"

and

East

man "Plus

X"

. For

th

e very

fast

films s

top

down to

the

figure on the

dial in a counter-clockwise direction

th

an

that

w

hi

ch

th

e met

er

indicates

byexti

ng

ui

sh-

ing

the

dot. In

th

e same m

anne

r when using

th

e slower films such as

East

man

Pan

ato

mic

X

and

Agfa Fin

opa

n

and

Plenichrome

set

the

diaphra

gm opening to

th

e next s

top

figure

in

th

e dial in a clockwise

direction

indi

cated

by

the mete

r.

Thu

s,

if

th

e meter

stopped

at

f:8

and Agfa Fin

opa

n is in

th

e camera

mo

ve

th

e lever to f :5.6 before

taking

th

e pi

ct

ur

e.

I

f the

dia

l is al

ready

at

th

e end

of

the

scale tu

rn

to th

e n

ext

sl

ower

shu

tt

er speed,

reset

th

e

meter

by

th

e d

ot

a

nd

move one

sto

p in a clockwi

se

direction

(for

a slower

film ).

Wh

en using

Kodachrome

the

lever sh

ould

be

se

t

thr

ee stop figures on

the

dial

in a

clockwi

se

direction

fro

m

that

w

hi

ch

th

e

meter

indic

ated.

As this is n

ot

possible d

ir

ectly

unless

the

meter

should st

op

at

f:

II

, n

ote

the

12

·

numb

er

of

figu res

that

th

e

le

ver could be

moved

including f :4.5

then

s

ubtr

act

thi

s fig-

ure

fro

m

3.

Set

the

l

ever

at

the

numb

er

of

fi

g

ur

es

fro

m the

f:

II end, inc

lu

ding

f:

II,

indicated

by the result

of

the

s

ubtracti

on a

nd

set

th

e shu

tter

speed

to

one speed slowe

r.

Thu

s if the

meter

s

topped

at f

:5.

6,

1/

100

sec.

the

dia

phr

agm should be set

to

f:8

a

nd

th

e s

hutter

to

1/

50

sec.

(f

:4.5

is

the

only

st

op

l

eft.

Su

btrac

ting I

fr

om 3 leaves

2.

f:8

is

the

second s

top

from

the

f:

II end, in-

cluding

f:

II. 1

/50

sec. is

the

next slower

s

hutt

er speed. If

the

meter

had

sto

pp

ed at

f :8, 1/ I

00

sec.

th

e

pro

per

sett

ing would be

f:l

l, 1

/50

sec. etc.)

Rememb

er lever (26)

se

ts

the

diaphragm

on

th

e lens

but

lever (25) does

110t

set

the

s

hut-

ter

speed

of

the

camera.

Thi

s is done on

the

front

of

the

camera

as described.

THE DIAPHRAGM

The

iris

diaphragm

regulates

the

amo

unt

of

l

ight

passing

th

rough

the

lens. It

is

set

di

rectly

by

turn

ing l

ever

(26, Fig. 4).

The

diaphr

agm size is

indicated

on scale (23) as

follows f :4.5, f :4.6, f :8,

and

f:

II.

The

f :

4.5

is

th

e gr

eatest

aper

atu

re possible

and

ad

mit

s

th

e m

ost

li

ght.

Eac

h smaller stop

ad

mits

abo

ut

on

e-

half as much

li

g

ht

as

the

preceding

one

. Decreasing

the

diaphragm

ope

ning in-

creases

th

e

depth

of

field. Scenes

an

d la

nd-

scape should always be

sto

pped

down to at

least f :8.

13

In this camera the dia

phr

agm

wi

ll

usua

ll

y

be

se

t by

th

e u

se

of

the

exposure meter

as

described above. However, s

hutt

er sp

ee

ds

should be

se

lected which will let the meter

stop the diaphragm at openings which give

th

e requi

re

d de

pth

of

fie

ld.

FOCUSING

T he lens is fo

cu

se

d by turning of ring

(5, Fig. 1). T he lens is

se

t to focus on an

obj

ec

t at the distan

ce

fr

om the camera which

appea rs on

th

e ring opposite the arrow on

the core. For q

ui

ck focusing on candid sh

ots

the focusing scale is

di

vided up i

nt

o "zones"

of d

iff

erent color

s.

T

he

zone from in

fi

ni

ty to

18 feet be

in

g for dista

nt

and landscape work,

the 18 to 6 foot zone for nearby groups and

object

s,

and the close up zone from 6 feet

to

3.5

feet is for po

rtr

a

itur

e and very

cl

ose

objects. T he de

pth

of fo

cu

s of the Argus lens

is

so

great that very good results can be o

b-

tained by just focus

in

g to

th

e

pr

oper zone

an.d shootin

g.

T

hi

s permits

of

gr

eat speed in

uS

In

g the camer

a.

Wh

ere critical sharpness of

a certain obj

ec

t and where maximum e

n-

lar

ge

me

nt

is d

es

ire

d.

se

t

th

e scale to

th

e

exact foota

ge

.

TRIPOD SOCKET

. T he tripod socket (2

2,

Fi

g.

4) is tapped

with the standard Ame

ri

can

thr

ead. Any Am-

e

ri

can or Argus

tr

ipod wi

ll

fit Argus Cameras.

14

AIM AND SHOOT

Th

e camera is aimed at the subje

ct

by

hold

lI1

g

th

e back of the camera firmly against

the face or fo rehead and sighting

throu

gh

the rear vI

ew

finder ( 1I, Fig. 2).

Th

e vi

ew

fin

der sh

ow

s the subj

ec

t as

it

will appear

when photographed.

Th

e view

fin

der is pur-

posely d

es

igned to cover s

li

ghtly less of the

subj

ec

t

th

an that actually photographed.

Thi

s di

ffe

ren

ce

pr

ovides a safety factor and

jJreve

nt

s c

uttin

g o

ff

parts

of

i

nt

er

es

ting sub-

Jects.

Wh

en

th

e subject has b

ee

n corr

ec

tly

ce

n-

tered and composed

in

th

e view finder you

are ready to make the actual

ex

pos

ur

e.

T he s

hut

ter sho

ul

d be operated with a

steady squeezing action on the

le

ver,

(2,

Fi

g.

1) while the camera is held

fi

rmly against

the face.

INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES. INC.

Ann

Arbor.

Michigan

.

U.

S. A.

CD"47

Printed in U.S.A.

15

Argus K Parts list manual

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