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September 29 2010 Long lost friend<br />
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 My very first 35mm was an Argus C3 that I bought used probably in 1960 or 61. In 1971 I loaned it to my brother for a trip to San Francisco. He left it in a taxi cab.<br />
While we were on vacation last week we stumbled across a store in Plymouth Wisconsin that carried lots of antiques. It was mostly clocks and dishes but I happened across this camera and just had to buy it. I don't plan to use it but I feel good just having it.  Reminds me of my photography roots and especially my Mom, who taught me about photography. We even had our own black and white darkroom where I processed a lot of film from my Argus C3.<br />
The Argus C3 was a low-priced rangefinder camera mass-produced from 1939 to 1966 by Argus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The camera was the best-selling 35mm camera in the world for nearly three decades, and helped popularize the 35mm format.
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September 29 2010 Long lost friend

My very first 35mm was an Argus C3 that I bought used probably in 1960 or 61. In 1971 I loaned it to my brother for a trip to San Francisco. He left it in a taxi cab.
While we were on vacation last week we stumbled across a store in Plymouth Wisconsin that carried lots of antiques. It was mostly clocks and dishes but I happened across this camera and just had to buy it. I don't plan to use it but I feel good just having it. Reminds me of my photography roots and especially my Mom, who taught me about photography. We even had our own black and white darkroom where I processed a lot of film from my Argus C3.
The Argus C3 was a low-priced rangefinder camera mass-produced from 1939 to 1966 by Argus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The camera was the best-selling 35mm camera in the world for nearly three decades, and helped popularize the 35mm format.

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  • October 12 2010 Last hurrah<br />
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Our hibiscus bush staged a bit of a comeback this week with termperatures in the 80's.
  • October 11 2010 Happy Birthday to Lindsey<br />
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She turns six today. This shot is from her party over the weekend. I borrowed a camera to fulfill my duties as the photographer. :-)
  • October 10 2010 Lindsey Birthday Cookies<br />
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LIndsey's birthday is tomorrow but her party for girl friends was yesterday.  Jill made cookies for each girl to take home from the party.
  • October 9 2010 Editor in Chief<br />
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I watched the boys last night so Kyle and I made a newspaper.  He tells me it is the best one we have done.  He describes and appears in all the pictures.  He writes all the headlines, copy and box scores.  I just take the pictures and do the typing. This time he said we need to do all the pictures in black and white "so it looks like a real newspaper".  <br />
He told me "You are the best babysitter, ever! I love doing these newspapers."  <br />
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When we were finished with the whole thing he pointed to the screen and told me to put "A great newspaper by Art Hill" at the bottom of the last page.  I suggested we both take credit but he said since he appears in all the pictures and articles he wanted me to get the credit.  What a fun evening this was.  And he is six! Before he goes to bed we hide the newspaper so he can show it to his parents and see their reaction. <br />
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I had told him earlier in the week that my camera was broken. His reaction was "No newspaper?".  I told him we could use his mother's camera so that's what we did.<br />
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In case you missed it yesterday I did hear from the camera repair place.  They think they will have the lens and both cameras fixed in "about 7 days".  It's more expensive than I thought, go figure.
  • October 5 2010 Chicago Skyline<br />
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Shot this 3 image panorama from in front of the Shedd Aquarium while on our Segway Tour.<br />
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I got the estimate from the camera repair place yesterday.  They will have everything fixed in "about 7 days". Gives me time to raise the money :-)  Maybe sell one of my cars.
  • October 7 2010 Chicago Skyline from Northerly Island<br />
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This spectacular view of the city includes Soldier Field in the center and Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) behind it.  Notherly Island is a man made peninsula which used to be the site of Meigs Field. The airport was closed in 2003 and has been planted with prarie grasses and wild flowers. I have never seen this veiw of the city and never would have if we hadn't taken the Segway tour. Cars cannot go out there and it's a long, long, walk.<br />
This is a three shot pano. View it in X3 to really see the buildings.<br />
No estimate on the cameras yet.<br />
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I'm finding it very frustrating to go through all of your great stuff knowing that I cannot take a picture today, or tomorrow....  This too shall pass. :-)
  • October 6 2010 Segway Tour<br />
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Jill and took a three hour Segway Tour from City Segway Tours.  It was a blast! These machines are fantastic and very easy to get used to.  It turns out we were the only people signed up for the morning tour so we had the tour guide all to ourselves. Special thanks to Tommy our guide; he was great.  We highly recommend this tour for anyone visiting Chicago.<br />
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After the tour we dropped off cameras and lenses at a repair place. Should have an estimate late today.
  • October 5 2010 Don't try this at home :-)<br />
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We're going to downtown Chicago this morning for a Segway tour.  After that I'm dropping off both cameras and this lens at a camera repair place.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
  • October 4 2010 Kyle and Lindsey<br />
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I went to two soccer games again over the weekend so combined these two shots for today's post.<br />
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On the camera front, the news is not good. Got an error this morning on the Canon T1i saying the internal flash will not pop up.  So I'm going to have to send the camera in to Canon.  This of course will take weeks.  My backup camera, a Nikon Coolpix 8800 decided to die over the weekend so it would appear that I will be cameraless for the first time in 50 years.  Color me depressed.
  • October 3 2010 Just dropping in<br />
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Caught this bee coming straight down into the rose.<br />
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Thanks for all the comments on yesterday's rose/camera story.
  • October 2 2010 Good news and bad news<br />
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The good news is I went to Cantigny Park  <a href="http://www.cantigny.org/">http://www.cantigny.org/</a> and found roses in bloom in October!  The bad news is while there I dropped my camera on the concrete walk. I watched in horror - almost slow motion - as it landed with a sickening crash sound. Broken glass sprayed out into a pile.  Fortunately it landed on the uv filter I have on my 17-85 mm Canon.  The glass was from the filter. The ring with the Canon specs also popped out from the lens.  I was almost afraid to turn the camera on a take a picture but it appears to still be working.  Unfortunately the filter and the lens threads are bent badly enough that I cannot unscrew the filter.  I went to my local camera store and they couldn't get it off either.  Next Thursday I'll have their repair guy see what he can do.  This all happened right when I arrived at the park so it spoiled my enthusiasm/concentration.<br />
But I was happy to get a few rose shots this late in the season.  Have a great weekend.
  • October 1 2010 Braden<br />
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Braden looks a lot like me when I was four years old. I watched him yesterday and took him to school so Amy could go on a field trip with Kyle.
  • September 30 2010 Bouquets for Mom<br />
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We went for a walk along Salt Creek with Lindsey and Kyle.  They picked wildflower bouquets for their mothers.  They were so proud of them and couldn't wait to get home to present them.  We had a great time yesterday - as much fun as you can have, I think.  And the weather was perfect.<br />
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Thanks to all for the fantastic response to my old camera picture yesterday. It was amazing.
  • September 29 2010 Long lost friend<br />
<br />
 My very first 35mm was an Argus C3 that I bought used probably in 1960 or 61. In 1971 I loaned it to my brother for a trip to San Francisco. He left it in a taxi cab.<br />
While we were on vacation last week we stumbled across a store in Plymouth Wisconsin that carried lots of antiques. It was mostly clocks and dishes but I happened across this camera and just had to buy it. I don't plan to use it but I feel good just having it.  Reminds me of my photography roots and especially my Mom, who taught me about photography. We even had our own black and white darkroom where I processed a lot of film from my Argus C3.<br />
The Argus C3 was a low-priced rangefinder camera mass-produced from 1939 to 1966 by Argus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The camera was the best-selling 35mm camera in the world for nearly three decades, and helped popularize the 35mm format.
  • September 28 2010 View from our balcony<br />
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5 image panorama from our balcony at the Edgewater Resort the day after all the heavy rain.  It was windy and chilly but pretty. Naturally that was just as we were leaving :-)<br />
But it was better than the day before  <br />
 <a href="http://arthill.smugmug.com/Vacation/Wisconsin-2010/Door-County-2010/13886667_FeDk6#1025804484_FMLfJ">http://arthill.smugmug.com/Vacation/Wisconsin-2010/Door-County-2010/13886667_FeDk6#1025804484_FMLfJ</a>
  • September 27 2010 Time Marches On<br />
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Given the lack of attention my photographic prowess has garnered lately, I decided to go for the cheap laugh. This t-shirt was for sale at the festival in Cedarburg.  I was able to resist buying one. :-)<br />
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When I saw this I immediately thought of dedmanshootn aka dave walton because of the statement on his page "having already achieved geezerhood at his half-century mark"<br />
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My other choice for today was the only vegetable that I won't eat.  <br /> <a href="http://arthill.smugmug.com/Photography/September-2010/13597300_DqJX4#1022565335_awFc3">http://arthill.smugmug.com/Photography/September-2010/13597300_DqJX4#1022565335_awFc3</a>
  • September 26 2010 My Stars<br />
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I went to two soccer games yesterday.  Lindsey and Kyle both played well.  It was fun to watch.
  • September 25 2010 How about a glass of wine?<br />
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At the Cedarburg Wine and Harvest Festival they had a grape stomping contest.<br />
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We're back home now. Thanks for your comments the past week while I wasn't able to be online much.
  • September 24 Edgewater Resort, Ephraim Wisconsin<br />
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The top picture is a pano of our resort which opened in 1900.  The building on the left is the restaurant, built in 1870,  Our room is just about in the center on the second floor.  The bottom picture is a pano shot from our balcony.<br />
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Yesterday was a complete washout with heavy rain all day.  Today will be cool and windy with only sporadic showers.  We're heading back to Chicago today.
  • September 23 2010 Door County Fish Boil<br />
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This is Earl the boilmaster. He cooked our whitefish, potatoes and onions, explained the process to us and told a few jokes.  When it was done all 85 of us went into the 150 year old restaurant to enjoy the feast.<br />
Had a great day yesterday up here.  Today is a total washout with 3-5 inches of rain expected. :-(
  • Connie Raley

    on January 5, 2013

    that isis really cool, great shot

  • Brian Smithson (401728edawn)

    on February 16, 2011

    Nice processing, giving the authentic antique feel. I like the back story - sometimes you just need to buy something for personal reasons. Me? I need a Canon 5D MkII :)

  • Bergeron-Photography

    on October 1, 2010

    Thanks for the story behind the shot. The coloring used on this photo works well, thanks for sharing the photo and info.

  • sharkbayte

    on October 1, 2010

    nice find and shot!

  • Deborah Irene Glessner

    on September 30, 2010

    Terrific story and illustration. I can only imagine how devastated you must have been when you lost the original camera.
    Are you going to put this one to work ?

  • jawsnap

    on September 30, 2010

    What a classic! I have a few old cameras lying around from my parents and grandparents that I've been meaning to play around with. I think you SHOULD use it!

  • ACDavisphotography

    on September 30, 2010

    Really neat old camera

  • Howard Brown Photographic

    on September 30, 2010

    Art - A wonderful story.. tugged at my heartstrings. Brings back memories of those formative years for all of us old-timers. HB

  • 219352dedmanshootn

    on September 30, 2010

    had one very similar for my first 35mm when i was a teen

  • fotoeffects

    on September 30, 2010

    What a great old camera and such nice memories.

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