Argus C3 - Page 18

By
loosening
the
sync com
screw, Fig.23,
you con
move
the
synccom
tochongethe
timeot
which
the
flosh is
fired. Here,
yo,
houu
o wide
odiustment
ronge
--
by
iust
turning
the
sync com,
yo,
"on
chonge
the
sync
deloy
oll ihe
woy
from
"F"
sync to
"X"
sync.
Most
Argus C-3ts
ore set
for
"F"
sync
--thot
is,
the contocts
close to
fire the
flosh
iust
before
the
shutter
blodes
stort toopen.
The
octuql deloy
is then
the time
it
tokes for the blodes
to reoch
the
ful I
-open
position. But
if your
customer
wonts you
to convert
his Argus
C-3 to
"X"sync
forelectronic
flosh, oll
you hoveto do
is turn
the
sync com until
the
contocts
close when
the blodes
reoch the
full-open
position.
REPLACING
THE
FRONT
PLATE AND
ADJUSTING
When either
the
speeds escopement
or the
bell
cronk
hos
been
removed,
you must
reodiust
the
shufter
speeds.
Strip
bock
the
leotherette
from the
Iower
right-hond
cornerof
the
front plote to
reveol
the inspection
disc,
Fig.
24.
By
removing
the inspection
disc,
you con.reoch
the eccentric
beoring
on
the
bell
cronk.
THE
SHUTTER SPEEDS IN
THE
ARGUS C-3
t'q
Gx;s
\J
FIGURE 24
Set the
speed
com
ot the highest
speed
(for
eose of ol
ignment)
ond
fit the com
follower
in
position,
Fig.7. Now,
seot the front
plote on the comero body
--you
con work
through the
inspection
hole in the
front plote to
fit the
com follower
pin into the bell
cronk hole. Then,
reploce
the
screws holding the
front
plote
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