Argus Camera ARGUS A2 manual User’s Guide, Loading The Camera

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5 User’s Guide

Loading The Camera

1.Remove the Back Cover by pressing the Lock Clip. While pressing, either pull on the leather tab on the Lock Catch or pry the Back Cover off with your fingers. If you have difficulty removing the Back Cover, you can pry the Lock Catch with a flat-head screwdriver or butter knife, and later bend the Lock Catch with pliers until it is easier to remove with your fingers.

2.You have the option of setting the Counter Dial now or in Step 8. (It is safer to set the Counter Dial now, because the method described in Step 8 may loosen the screw which holds the assembly together.) Spin the Sprocket Wheel(s) until they stop by running your finger on them from right to left. This should make the Counter Dial spin counter- clockwise. Push the Counter Dial Release towards the View Finder and hold it. Turn the Sprocket Wheel(s) until the Counter Dial spins a quarter of the way around, let go of the Counter Dial Release, and continue to turn the Sprocket Wheel(s) until they stop again. This will make the Counter Dial advance one frame. Continue to do this until the Counter Dial is set to 34, which is two tick marks from 0 and four tick marks from 30 (because the Counter Dial goes up to 36, not 35). The camera is automatically set to 31 or 32 when the film is rewound, so adjusting it to 34 is not as tedious as it sounds and can be done rather quickly.

3.Pull the Rewind Knob on the bottom of the camera as far out as it will go. Insert the film cartridge in the right side compartment with the knob on the film cartridge facing up. Then lock the film cartridge in place by pushing in the Rewind Knob and turning it until the shaft is fully engaged in the film cartridge. If done correctly, the Rewind Knob should lay flat against the body of the camera as if there were no film inside.

4.Pull the strip of film (the leader) out

of the film cartridge and insert it into the slot on the Winding Shaft, so it sticks out about ¼ inch on the other side of the Winding Shaft. Then hold the film snugly along the film track with your fingers and turn the Winding Knob clockwise until the end of the film is bent where it enters the Winding Shaft.

5.Take up any slack in the film by turning the Rewind Knob clockwise. Make certain that the spikes of the Sprocket Wheel(s) line up with the perforations in the film and that the film lies flat and straight.

Fig 5-1: Loading the camera

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Contents Page Page Preface Page Table of Contents Why the Argus A/A2 Camera? May History Page Page Page October Models And Variations Argus a Lens Speed f/4.5Lens Speed f/4.5 Aperture Settings f/4.5, 5.6, 8 Argus AFArgus B Extinction Meter/Calculator No Flash Synch Tubes NoPre-War Argus A2B Argus A2F Argus AA Lens Speed f/6.3Post-War Argus A2B Years Manufactured ~1945Argus FA March Aperture Indicator A, AF, A2Bs, & A2F Parts Of The CameraShutter Plunger pre-war A2B & A2F Sprocket Wheels Winding Shaft User’s Guide Loading The CameraTaking Pictures Page Using The Sunny/16 Rule Rewinding Finished FilmUsing The Light Meter/Exposure Calculator A2B and A2F ISOFilm Speed Read Shutter Speed from the block Shutter SpeedStop Stop Settings And Spacing Holding The Camera Upside DownLens Shade AccessoriesLens Attachments Yellow Filter Portrait Attachment NoCopying Attachment No Lens CapLens Accessory Kit for Argus AF Lens Accessory CaseLens Accessory Kit Red FilterDe Luxe Black Leather Case Black Leather Zipper CaseSoft Suede Zipper Bag Light Meter Carrying Case Safety ScrewOther Accessories Cable Release Mechanical Self-TimerVintage Book On Photography Small TripodNew Lens Cap A Lens Cap in various stages of productionHand-Held Or Accessory-Shoe Mounted Rangefinder Flash GunsFilm Transport Mechanism Restoration And RepairCamera Body Film Advance KnobView Finder Counter DialSprocket Wheels Back CoverExtinction Meter Flash MechanismNeck You Can’t Fix Light-Proof RibbonNeck Separating The Neck From The Shutter Two-Position Focus NeckVariable Focus Neck Homemade adjustable shutter removal tool Shutter Cleaning The Lens Shutter MechanismPre-War Shutter Pre-war Shutter Face Plates Pre-war Shutter with the Face Plate removed Post-War Shutter Post-war Shutter with the Face Plate removed Finding Light Leaks Argus AA ShutterFixing The Iris And Other Repairs Page Tricks Using Ground Glass Tricks And ModificationsTaking Close-Up Pictures Double ExposuresModifying Old Filters Intentional Lens AberrationsModifications Most Common Modification Pinhole Argus Optimum hole specifications for various shutter positions Special Effects For The Proletariat Page Closer Two-Position Focus Adding a Cold Accessory Shoe Finding An Argus In Good Shape 60 Second Camera EvaluationFinding An Argus Online For More Information Appendix a Argus a Patent Page Page Page Page Other Appendix B Bibliography and ReferencesAdvertisements
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