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📷 Argus A (1936)
🎞️ Fomapan 200
⚗️ Rodinal 1+100 (semi-stand)
Definitely has that vintage look! Fomapan 200 is probably too fast for this camera (especially since it seems to vignette pretty heavily at f/11), but I was able to get some usable - if dense - results out, and on the rare occasion where I didn't miss focus it actually looks pretty sharp. Honestly, I'm just glad this 83-year-old camera (my copy was made in '39) still basically works.
i want to pick up an argus and shoot on it any time i see one so this is amazing!!!
oh i love this camera. the moment i got it out of the box i checked it over and immediately said "well I guess I've gotta go load this up and get to work". it absolutely demands to be used
You're telling me you can actually shoot a "modern" 35mm film cassette with a camera from the 1930s?
Yep! The 135 format was invented in 1934 for the Kodak Retina 117, and the Argus A was the first really popular camera that used it.
