Argust 25th, 2025
All photographs this page © 2025 by the respective photographers.
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photographer.
Robin
I
recently moved to the Boise Idaho area. Since my cameras were still in
transit, I realized I would need to buy another one, if I
intended to contribute this year. This is what I have told
my wife.....Shhhhhhh!!! :-)
The images were taken with a
1954 Argus C3 in like new condition. Film is Ultrafine Extreme
100 and my usual soup of HC110, 1:100 dilution, sitting
undisturbed for an hour. The Subject is Freak Alley, a small alleyway
in the city of Boise, dedicated to Art.
Steve Kendall
These
photographs were taken August 25, 2025, with an Argus AF camera which
my father bought new in 1938. In 1945 he took the camera with him
to Okinawa in the US Navy. Both he and the camera returned safely
after the war. My father continued to use the AF until 1956 when
he replaced it with an Argus C-3. The lens of the AF is an
uncoated f/4.5 Anastigmat.
The film is Ilford Delta 100
Pro. I developed it in Ilford DD-X, then scanned it at 4000 dpi
followed by editing in Adobe Lightroom.
The first photo shows
the Placer County Courthouse in Auburn, California. This elegant
building was constructed in the 1890s and remains in use today as a
courthouse and museum. A much larger, newer courthouse handles
the majority of the county's legal workload. Exposure was 1/100 second
at f/8-11 through a #15 yellow filter.
The second photo
illustrates the close-focusing capability of the AF. The camera has no
rangefinder, but it will focus as closely as 15 inches
--- measured
from the front of the body, not from the focal plane of the film or the
front of the lens. The scene is a portion of an N-scale model
railroad layout. Illumination was by flood lamp and the exposure
was 1.5 seconds at f/11. Distance to the front of the locomotive
was 18 inches.
Michael Khan
Left: Inside St. Bartholomew Cathedral, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Right: Skyscrapers in downtown Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Don Bilger
This
year I used my first Argus camera, a Geiss-modified C4 that my parents
bought for me more than fifty years ago, for the Argus Day photo
shoot. I loaded it with Kodak ColorPlus 200 film and went
searching for memorable images in southeast Michigan.
The colorful kinetic sculpture is at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor.
The grist mill and its reflecting pool are at the Nankin Mills Nature Center in Westland.
Choosing
only two images to submit was a real challenge, as that Argus C4 is an
even better photographic tool than I remembered. I hope that
visitors to the ACG website enjoy my Argust 25 pictures.
Dave Thomas
This
year we loaded the 1957 vintage C-3 with Ilford FP4 and visited the
town of Perkasie in Bucks County Pennsylvania. The name is derived from
Lenape Indian words purported to mean "where the hickory nuts were
cracked." 🙂
Ye Olde Photographer checked out the rail station
-- a fine example of urban decay! This is on the former Bethlehem
Branch of the Reading Railroad about forty miles north of Philadelphia.
In the early 1960s there were seven passenger train round trips
a day between Philly and Bethlehem. In addition there was usually at
least one serious freight per day consisting of about 80 loaded hopper
cars of iron ore headed for the steel mill at Bethlehem. Those were
typically hitched to 3 or 4 diesels with an additional one or two
pushing at the rear. That definitely shook the ground! YOP had traveled
through here on special excursions that ran 400 ton 4-8-4 steam
locomotives. Grand memories!
Alas, passenger service ended in
1981 and the Bethlehem mill shut down in 1995. There has been some rare
occasional freight service beyond Perkasie but the tracks look pretty
well ignored. One segment of the right-of-way above Coopersburg is now
a recreational trail. Perkasie had some unplanned urban renewal in 1988
when a major lumber and millwork supplier was hit by fire (kids old
enough to know better playing with matches!) That became an 11 alarm
blaze taking out a serious chunk of the business district. Some
rearrangement and rebuilding modernized a few things and the town has
developed some interesting eating spots, microbreweries, etc.
YOP
used HC110 1+63 and scanned the negatives with a PrimeFilm XE. He
picked these two shots for the official submission, #1 "Ticket Window"
and #2 "Street Side," but there are more from the roll to be found in
his galleries on PBase. He was generally pleased with the results and is considering a return trip with some medium format gear.
Doug Robbins
Cou[le of shots taken of the Mill Mountain Star in Roanoke VA.
Using my 1939 Argus A with HP5.
One shot of the front side and a planned double exposure of the backside.
Michelle Cochran
Left: 2 paddle boarders on the Spokane River.
Right: Palouse Highway going from Spokane to Pullman WA.. Taken in the evening as the sun was going down.
Both
were taken with an Argus SLR, the original, with the normal lens. Edu
100 film about 18 years outdated. Rated at ISO 25 to compensate for
age. Developed in D-76. Post editing contrast adjustment and cropping.
Jerry Cochran
Left: A trail above the Spokane River.
Right: A road stop at a trail head above the river.
Both were taken on an Argus CR-1 SLR with the normal lens.
Well
outdated Edu 100 film developed in D-76. Rated at ISO 25 to compensate
for age. Post processing contrast adjustment and cropping.
Cheryl Chidester
These were taken with my "new" C4.
Art Martin
These were taken using Ilfordpan 100 in an Argus M700D point & shoot.
They
are a follow-on to last year's photos of the historic Conestee Mill
here in Greenville, SC. They are of the McBee chapel, which was
funded by the mill owner and opened in 1841.
It is one of only a
few remaining hexagonal churches in the U.S., and is on the National
Historic Register. Despite its small size, the design is
very efficient, and it seats 150.
Rich Reeder
Camera is a 1946 Argus C3, using Ilford FP4+ b/w film, developed in HC-110e.
Left:
8.25.2025. 1/50, f/4.5, Monsoon dust storm. This may look
like the muddiest print you've ever seen, but it is an Arizona Monsoon
Dust Storm, which blew through on the 25th, from the south. I've
been here since 1983, & I've never seen it this bad
Right:
8.25.2025. 1/50, f/5, Monsoon dust storm. Another
view. Visibility might've been 1/2 mile. A lot of dirt in
the air. I'd be surprised if everyone here doesn't get Valley
Fever. Shortly after the dust, at rained for a time, cleaning the
houses & streets off a little bit.
Ron Pollack
McGregor Stone Bridge - Monroeville, PA - Built Circa 1870
Camera: Argus C3
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Lens: 50mm
f-Stop: 11
Speed: 1/100
Emily Walpole
This
year for Argus Day, I got up early and went for a photo walk in the
tourist areas of London before everyone started filling up the streets.
It gave a very eerie feel, which I think is most clear in the photo of
the London Eye. Anyone who has been on this bridge will know that it is
usually so packed it is difficult to cross on foot. Yet this
morning it was just me and a single cyclist, enjoying the quiet.
The
second photo is a shot of the Elizabeth Tower (home of Big Ben) from
the street below. The sun rises early in August, and at 6:20am the
world was fully lit.
Rick Oleson
Here are some shots from my C44R(second series) and 50/1.9 Cintagon
The rest are on Flickr at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rick_oleson/54766255714
