Argus C3 - Page 3

R ELEASE
BUTTON
COUNTER
DIAL
F
ILM
WIND
KNOB
FIGURE 4
The
other
control
permits
"bulb"
operotion
--
iust
turn the
knurled
releose
buiton
from
"l"
(instontoneous)to
"B"
(bulb),
Fig. 4.
Notice
thot the speed
knob, Fig. 3,
contoins the number
colibrotions 4 rhrough 8. The
porticulor
Argus C-3 illusiroted is
colled the
"Motchmoticr"
o nome which refers to
the
unique
method
or colibroting the shuiter speeds ond the
f/stops.
Other
Argus C-3 modeIs ore colibrofed in the conventionol
frocfions of
o second.
The numberson the Motchmqtic
speed knob refer to the
fol
lowing
shutter
speeds:
8
--
l/300 second
7
--
1/125
second
6
--
l/60
second
5
--
l/30
second
4
--
1/10
second.
REMOVING
THE
FRONT PLATE
IN THE
ARGUS
C-3
The
front
plote
ossemblies of the
vorious
Argus
C-3
comeros
vory only
slightly.
ln the older models, the
setting
lever is held
by
o
setscrew.
Just
loosen the setscrew ond
unscrew
the setting
lever in o counterclockwise
direction.
But
the setting lever setscrew
is eliminoted
in the loter
models
--
suchqs the comero
illustroted. lnsteod,
o
JAM NUT
--
locoted immedioiely under
the setting
lever,
Fig.
5
--
holds the
setting lever in ploce.
The
setting lever post
(on
the moin lever,
os you'llsee
in
o
moment)
hos o left-hond threod. So
moving
the setting lever counterclockwise to cock the shutter
binds
the
iom
nut ond the setting lever
more
rightly ogoinst one onother
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