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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 223472" data-attributes="member: 16749">My first “real” camera, even before my F2—an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_C3" target="_blank">Argus C3</a>, one of the very first, made in 1939 or 1940.&nbsp; Argus continue to make variants on this model until some time in the late 1960s.&nbsp; It was popular, even when it ought to have been considered long-obsolete.&nbsp; Several times, sales of this camera slumped, and Argus announced its intention to discontinue it, which would trigger a run by dealers and customers to buy up what they thought would be the last of them.[ATTACH]60486[/ATTACH]&nbsp; ISO wasn't really fixed.&nbsp; You just had to choose it when you chose what film to use, and then you were stuck with that until you used up that roll of film and could start a different roll.&nbsp; You couldn't change it from one picture to the next, as you can on a modern digital camera.&nbsp; And it didn't go as high, either.&nbsp; I think the fastest film I ever shot (other than some B&amp;W Polaroid that went up to 3000) was Tri-X at about 400.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 223472, member: 16749"] My first “real” camera, even before my F2—an [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_C3"]Argus C3[/URL], one of the very first, made in 1939 or 1940. Argus continue to make variants on this model until some time in the late 1960s. It was popular, even when it ought to have been considered long-obsolete. Several times, sales of this camera slumped, and Argus announced its intention to discontinue it, which would trigger a run by dealers and customers to buy up what they thought would be the last of them. [ATTACH=CONFIG]60486._xfImport[/ATTACH] ISO wasn't really fixed. You just had to choose it when you chose what film to use, and then you were stuck with that until you used up that roll of film and could start a different roll. You couldn't change it from one picture to the next, as you can on a modern digital camera. And it didn't go as high, either. I think the fastest film I ever shot (other than some B&W Polaroid that went up to 3000) was Tri-X at about 400. [/QUOTE]

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