Argust 26th, 2026
All photographs this page © 2026 by the respective photographers.
Please click images to view full resolution file as submitted by the
photographer.
Tom Hogland
Sunrise
on Argus Day in Chicago. My developing chemicals have all
expired, so shooting on Argus DC3810. Pics straight out of camera
without adjustments.
Robin Uren
Taken with my trusty C3 Brick, same camera as last year.
In 2025 we moved to the Boise Idaho area, after a year I've had the
chance to get out a bit and use the Argus a little more.
The images were taken with a 1954 Argus C3 in like new condition. Film
is Ultrafine Extreme 100 and my usual soup of HC110, 1:47 dilution. The
Subjects are from Eagle Island state park and a back road West of Weezer
Idaho.
Evan Lindhout
Photographed
our local theater in Whitehall MI that is sadly closing down tomorrow.
We will miss Northstar Cinema! Feeling is heavy, we come here weekly.
Times are changing I fear for the worst, but at least we can document
it all! Shot with my Argus 21. Happy Argus day!
James Clow
I have attached two images for Argus Day 2026. Admittedly both are actually test shots after tidying up two different cameras.
The
first shot was taken at Art in The Park just two blocks away from my
home. I had purchased the camera at a local antique dealer only two
blocks away in the opposite direction. For this I used my 1939 Model A.
Thanks to the group I found information on how to get the camera
operational again from being beyond dead. It’s extremely tricky camera
to hold still. I eventually held it upside down against my forehead as
per the illustration in the owner’s manual.
The second Image
of sunflowers was taken in the backyard on actual Argus Day 2026 using
a 1958 Matchmatic. I did a quick cleaning of the heavily fogged
rangefinder window and adjusted the placement of the idler gear
position. I don’t have a light meter that is correct for the camera,
but I do have a spotmeter and did the calculations that way. I shot on
Ilford FP4+ and processed using a 20 minute semi stand development
method in Pyrocat HD. I cropped in quite close on the sunflowers, but
I’m pretty happy with results as this was another first test roll.
Thanks to everyone who supplies information on these cameras in this group.
Michael Khan
Left: Downtown Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Shot from the tower of St. Bartholomew church in Frankfurt.
Right: Downtown Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Argus C3 (late 1946)
f/3.5 50mm Argus Cintar
Ilford XP2 ISO 400 Black&White negative film shot at ISO 200
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Keith Troell
These two are from an A2b circa 1946. Las Vegas NV.
The first is a stairway with a mural on it.
The second in an intentional double exposure using a tripod. I tried several double exposures, but this is the only one I liked.
Fujifilm ARCOSii. Bergger monobath.
Normally
I use an Argoflex E, but I discovered I have three with stuck shutters.
I was happily surprised by how much fun the A was.
Donald Bilger
For
this year's Argus photo shoot, I dusted off my favorite Argus
camera—the Geiss-modified C4 that my parents gave me when I was a
teenager—and loaded it with 200-speed Kodak Color Plus film.
Choosing my two favorite images from the roll was difficult, but I
settled on these two. I took the bridge photo in Battle Creek's
Bridge Park and the fountain photo in downtown Marshall.
Steve Kendall
Here
is my submission for this year's Argust Day. Both photos involve
large, concrete statues created 50 years ago by a dentist in Auburn,
CA.
Argus C-3, 50mm f/3.5 coated Cintar with K2 yellow
filter, Ilford Delta 100 developed in Ilford DD-X, scanned at 4000 dpi,
edited in Lightroom, compressed for e-mail.
Left - Claude Chana statue- 1-300 sec f8-11
On
May 16, 1848, Claude Chana (1811 - 1882) was en route from Sacramento
to the gold strike in Coloma when he discovered gold in Auburn
Ravine. The result was the founding of Auburn, California, as a
gold rush town. This concrete statue of Chana weighs 45 tons and
was crafted by Auburn dentist Ken Fox during the early 1970s. It
stands at the entrance to Old Town Auburn from eastbound Interstate 80.
Right - Statue - 1-300 sec f8-11
This
is another of the concrete statues created by Auburn dentist Ken Fox in
the early 1970s. According to the website RoadsideAmerica.com,
Fox "paid tribute to the female form with his statue 'Freedom of
Prayer,' a kneeling, nude young woman with her arms clasped skyward.
Though smaller than most of the others, it claimed a special spot right
next to the entrance to his family dentistry practice."
Charlie Scrofano
These were taken with my Argus C3 (1954) on Kodak Pro Image 100 film.
They are 2 pictures of the Ghost Trains near Eagle Lake in Maine. They are part of an abandoned logging operation from the 30's.
Rick Oleson
Shot
with a 1950 C3 that I've never used before but have just finished
servicing; with Tri-X film developed in Ilfosol developer.
The subject is the Bluegrass Scenic Railroad and Museum in Versailles Kentucky.
When
I developed this film, I noticed that something seemed odd. I had
shot a few frames at the start of the roll at f/3.5, and the results
were just God-awful. Even the shots I submitted, taken at
f/11-16, show a substantial falloff in sharpness in the outer areas of
the field. I'd never shot with this camera before and it's been
quite a few years since I've shot with a C3, but these did not look at
all like what I would expect from a halfway decent triplet.
I
just took the lens from an old C that I have and compared the two just
looking through them as magnifiers. The lens on this camera was
very bad, it didn't compare at all with the C lens... it acted as if an
element had been installed backwards.
So I went to
investigate. The first thing that I discovered was that the rear
element retaining ring was not even finger tight. just loosely spun
into place. Next thing was that the rear element was indeed
installed backwards. After flipping it around, the lens compares
well as a magnifier compared to the C lens which should be essentially
identical. I don't think it was me that did this, I certainly
HOPE it wasn't. Anyhow, I have the lens put together frontwards
now and it looks much better, but Argust is over so the shots that I
sent will have to do. If anyone wonders why they look so unsharp
towards the edges, that's the reason - I'll try to do better next time.
Nancy Robinson
First
roll of film through my C3 since I bought it on Etsy six months ago. I
got it as a keepsake since my dad had one when he was 20 in 1940 and I
only just discovered that fact from a "selfie" photo he took with it
(in a mirror).
I had no intention of actually using it --
until Argust Day, that is. What fun to develop film again! It had been
15 years. Normally I like to take more interesting, action pictures but
was limited in the time I had for it on Aug. 26. The C3 works great
except for the stiff focusing rings so I kept it at infinity with small
aperture on a bright day. Photos were taken in Campbell, California.
Film: 100 TMAX developed in Ilford chemicals.
Brad Bull
Left is a mausoleum door in Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, PA.
Right is a marker on a bridge on the Lincoln Highway in West York, PA.
Rich Reeder
I
used an Argus C4, #0000525396, I figure it was made about 1957, that I
picked up in 2016. When I got it, the shutter would not
close. I fiddled with it for some time, but that shutter just
wouldn't close. I heaved a great sigh, put it in a box, &
forgot about it. Until, about a year ago, while rooting through
that box, saw it, took it out, & the shutter worked
perfectly. (No doubt the result of my great mechanical abilities.)
Film used was Ilford Pan F b/w film, with as ASA of 50.
Left:
8.26.2026. 1/100, f/3.2, At 1407, thermometer reads 127F in
shade. 4.2'. For those that are Military Time challenged, that's
2:07pm. & yes, that's about 130F in the shade. I see
that the humidity was about 30%. Here is Arizona, it does
that. I must love it, though, because I just keep hanging around.
Right:
8.26.2026. 1/100, f/7, Painted bldg., Apache Park. Yellow filter.
60'. There's a park north of the house that offers some
photo-ops. The city (I think) painted this utility building in a
way that might draw attention. No doubt, this was their plan.
Ron DeBlock
One door, two door, red door, blue door.
These
photos where taken at the Waterloo Village Historic Site, a restored
18th century canal village in Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. The red
doors are on the Waterloo United Methodist Church which is still active
and holds services every Sunday. The blue doors are on the
village blacksmith shop.
I used my Argus C3 that my father
purchased new in 1956. Lens is the original 50mm Coated
Cintar that came with the kit. Film is Fuji Superia 400 that was
lab developed. Scanned with Epson V600 and converted with
Negative Lab Pro and Lightroom for cropping, tones and dust removal.
Reed George
Thanks for keeping Argust Day alive! These two were shot with my Argus A.
"Argust Day - Why is this so much fun?"
https://www.whyfilmproject.com/p/argust-day
Jerry Cochran
"What's
left" and "Forest burn". Shot with My Argus C44. Tri X film in D76.
Several weeks ago we had a series of major wild fires in this area.
Lost about 800 structures! They were started by an arsonist.
Michelle Cochran
Hers are the "Duck" and "Monroe St. Bridge Spokane". Taken with her Argus CR-1 on Ilford Delta 100 film developed in D76.
Bruce MacLellan
Taken on an Argus 40 with Ilford Pan F.
Left - Confederation Park Burnaby BC
Right - Railway at Burrard Inlet Burnaby BC
Wesley Furr
Argus
Day fell once again on a day I had to work, and the schedule didn't
allow for any after-work photogarphy, not to mention life being pretty
busy making it difficult to find the time for film development, etc.
I thought about several camera options and finally decided to
just pull out an Argus digital camera, a QC5340. It's a 5
megapixel camera with optical zoom, though zooming too far would cause
it to act up and shut down. I went by Buc-ee's at lunch and
grabbed a few photos, holding the camera as still as I possibly could,
and the photos weren't too bad.
Steve Wagner
I went to Cary NC 'Downtown Cary Park' with my Argus C3 and a roll of Flic Film Elektra 100, aka Kodak Aerocolor.
Left: This is a photograph of L'ile Folie by Marc Fornes created in 2023.
Right: This is from a stage that is at the Cary Downtown Park.
