{"id":1798,"date":"2020-12-24T20:32:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T01:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2020-12-24T20:38:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T01:38:39","slug":"the-brick-revival-of-an-argus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/24\/the-brick-revival-of-an-argus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brick &#8211; Revival of an Argus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1798\" class=\"elementor elementor-1798\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10d057c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10d057c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0857ac2\" data-id=\"0857ac2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-968cca2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"968cca2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0483fd3\" data-id=\"0483fd3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c4e08a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c4e08a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5854-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1799\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5854-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5854-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5854-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5854-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5854-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5854-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5854-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f4f230\" data-id=\"0f4f230\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53eba51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53eba51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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 <strong>brick<\/strong> it is!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f41fb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f41fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1795 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/640;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1795\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0455-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c368df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c368df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.<br \/>I ordered the camera cover from <a href=\"https:\/\/hugostudio.com\/index.html\">Hugo Studios<\/a>. They sell laser-cut covers for over 400 classic cameras in many textures and colors. I decided to go with a traditional Moroccan brown leather cover.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54facaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"54facaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1796 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/640;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1796\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0457-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61e86c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61e86c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Videos online made it was easy to figure out how to disassemble the camera. Internally, the main problem was the cleanliness of the view and range-finder glass and mirrors. After figuring out how to remove the wire clips holding in the circular glass, it was a snap to clean. Nothing needed lubrication except the shutter speed lever received a little lithium grease.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3ad483 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a3ad483\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1805 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-1140x1710.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-1320x1980.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1707px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1707\/2560;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1805\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-1140x1710.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0460-1320x1980.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c3b5d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c3b5d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1803 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/640;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1803\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0468-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Completed Camera<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3929a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3929a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For outside clean-up, I removed the old leather and cleaned the surface with rubbing alcohol. I cleaned the knobs with a little vinegar and elbow grease. To clean and polish the outside of the lens, I used rubbing compound on a buffing wheel attached to a Dremel. Next time, I will use less pressure because it is easy to &#8220;over &#8220;polished the metal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b8b835 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b8b835\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1806 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/640;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1806\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TSP_0467-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92cb80c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92cb80c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Hugo Studio covers fit nicely, but they are sure sticky. They suggest adding water to the backside to help with placement. Take extra care when placing the covers on the camera. I felt that the front covers were ever so slightly too large, but this could be my placement.<\/p><p>Overall, I am excited to how the camera came out and looks. The next test&#8230;taking some pictures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9adec22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9adec22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1794 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/640;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1794\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NIK5857-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 to go with a traditional Moroccan brown leather cover. Videos online made it was easy to figure out how to disassemble the camera. Internally, the main problem was the cleanliness of the view and range-finder glass and mirrors. After figuring out how to remove the wire clips holding in the circular glass, it was a snap to clean. Nothing needed lubrication except the shutter speed lever received a little lithium grease. Completed Camera For outside clean-up, I removed the old leather and cleaned the surface with rubbing alcohol. I cleaned the knobs with a little vinegar and elbow grease. To clean and polish the outside of the lens, I used rubbing compound on a buffing wheel attached to a Dremel. Next time, I will use less pressure because it is easy to &#8220;over &#8220;polished the metal. The Hugo Studio covers fit nicely, but they are sure sticky. They suggest adding water to the backside to help with placement. Take extra care when placing the covers on the camera. I felt that the front covers were ever so slightly too large, but this could be my placement. Overall, I am excited to how the camera came out and looks. The next test&#8230;taking some pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,112,93,113],"tags":[],"coauthors":[110],"class_list":["post-1798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antiques","category-camera-restoration","category-camera-talk","category-vintage-cameras"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1813,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions\/1813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}