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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 472461" data-attributes="member: 12496">I remember the C3...&nbsp; It was very popular.&nbsp; I never had one, but I saw many, and envied and wanted one. They were in the $50-$60 range, and as a student, I couldn't afford it.&nbsp; In the beginning, I only had a Brownie Hawkeye box camera, and was using the dorm darkroom.&nbsp; Later on, living off campus, I managed an inexpensive range finder camera ($30 class), and I took a journalism photo class in order to have access to their darkroom, which took my breath away too..&nbsp; A BIG gas fired rotary dryer, and in the dark room, we just put our finished prints in the the rinse water, and an assistant came around and washed and dried them.&nbsp; High cotton.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />If you have not already seen it or similar, I'm thinking you may find this 1959 Sears Photo Catalog interesting:1959 did not have Nikon in it yet, but a few of the Sears Tower brand imports did offer Nikon lenses.<a href="http://www.cameramanuals.org/booklets/sears_1959.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cameramanuals.org/booklets/sears_1959.pdf</a><a href="http://www.cameramanuals.org/booklets/sears_1959.pdf" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.cameramanuals.org/booklets/sears_1959.pdf" target="_blank"></a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 472461, member: 12496"] I remember the C3... It was very popular. I never had one, but I saw many, and envied and wanted one. They were in the $50-$60 range, and as a student, I couldn't afford it. In the beginning, I only had a Brownie Hawkeye box camera, and was using the dorm darkroom. Later on, living off campus, I managed an inexpensive range finder camera ($30 class), and I took a journalism photo class in order to have access to their darkroom, which took my breath away too.. A BIG gas fired rotary dryer, and in the dark room, we just put our finished prints in the the rinse water, and an assistant came around and washed and dried them. High cotton. :) If you have not already seen it or similar, I'm thinking you may find this 1959 Sears Photo Catalog interesting: 1959 did not have Nikon in it yet, but a few of the Sears Tower brand imports did offer Nikon lenses. [URL="http://www.cameramanuals.org/booklets/sears_1959.pdf"]http://www.cameramanuals.org/booklets/sears_1959.pdf [/URL] [/QUOTE]

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