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Argus C-four Geiss Rebuilt

I bought this as a "parts" camera. It needed a lot of work to get it back to life. Internally, the actuator lever linking shutter blades and mainspring assembly was broken. I had a spare. Camera body had to come apart from top and front to do the repair. I was able to save the leatherette. Externally, winding knob was missing. I had a proper spare. Aperture blade assembly in the lens was all goofed up. I had a good spare lens. It took some time, but in the end I had another working camera.
The film came from the five dollar store. It was cheaply made and I was curious. I developed it in my normal Caffenol chemistry using safe household ingredients. Film did not look normal coming out of the developing tank, but the negatives scanned okay.

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