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The Brick – Revival of an Argus
Argus is a word derived from the Greek word Argos. In Greek mythology, it is a watchman with a thousand eyes. It is also the name of a long-haired pheasant, a bluish Eurasian butterfly, or a silvery deep-bodied fish. It does not resemble any of these, so a brick it is! This 1953 Argus C3 Matchmatic was given to me a few months back in fair shape. All the parts were there, and the lens was clear. It required a thorough cleaning and a new camera cover.I ordered the camera cover from Hugo Studios. They sell laser-cut covers for over 400 classic cameras in many textures and colors. I decided…
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The Nikon D7100-My First Impression
When I got back into taking pictures three years ago, my last “nice” camera camera was a Nikon N6006 film camera. On our anniversary three years ago my wife got me a Nikon 3100. I started taking pictures again I became “hooked”. Recently I decided to upgrade my camera. I really wanted to upgrade to a full sensor camera, but after reading the dirty sensor problems with the D600 I began looking at the D7100 which had great reviews but was still an APS-C size sensor. After looking at many You Tube videos and websites I decided to go with the D7100. The D7100 came very close in performance with…
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