This year's Argus Day appeared to be rather less formal, but a few die-hards took their Argus cameras out for some shooting. The day dawned a bit sunnier and clearer than expected, so we loaded the venerable C-3 with Kodak EKTAR 100. Ye Olde Photographer went wandering with his Faire Spouse, intending to park near a trail and walk a bit. Little did he realize what crowds can appear in recreation areas on a summer Sunday! One area we went to had absolutely zero parking spaces available. So we just drove and drove, following our noses, and traversed a large percentage of the Pocono Mountains. Many roads in the region are narrow, without shoulders, and not very inviting for spur of the moment photography.

Eventually we stopped at a scenic overlook west of Carbondale on US Route 6 where Y.O.P. broke the ice with a few shots. Returning home after dark, he did some table top shots, not the ideal use for a C-3 with its three foot minimum focus and somewhat blurry rangefinder. But it was a chance to learn something - we used the daylight CFL lamps from two softboxes and an overhead boom light for illumination. After about a dozen shots, we stopped, figuring Argus Day was represented, planning to shoot the rest in a day or two.

We skipped one frame after not remembering whether we wound after an exposure and not wanting to take a chance. Even with that fluff we got 37 exposures on the 36 exposure roll with none of the multiple exposures that plagued us last year - Yay!

Below we see a selection of the actual Argust 12th shots. At the end is a thumbnail to access the Next Day gallery containing selections from the remainder of the roll. The "official" submissions should appear at the Argus Collectors Group site.