ARGUS - Argus C3 Service

Complete service guide for the ARGUS C3 35mm camera, covering comprehensive maintenance, repair, and adjustment procedures for the shutter mechanism. This technical manual provides detailed documentation of the shutter system components, highlighting the distinguishing feature of the built-in behind-the-lens design, and offers precise instructions for disassembly and reassembly operations. The guide explains the functioning of the main release lever as a multiple cam, the mechanics of the release plunger, and the sophisticated speeds escapement system with its variable retard mechanism. Step-by-step procedures are included for: removing the front plate, handling the shutter assembly, accessing and adjusting the speeds escapement system, and describing the bell crank and shuttlecock ribbon components. The manual details the speed cam and its follower, position variations according to speed settings (ranging from 1/300th to 1/10th second on the Matchmatic model), and necessary adjustments following reassembly. Numbered illustrations and detailed figures accompany each procedure, facilitating understanding of this popular camera's complex mechanical systems.