Argus C3 Rangefinder Camera
This is an Argus C3 rangefinder camera. A popular American made camera during the 40’s and 50’s, the Argus C3 was inexpensive and built like a brick. It was not an uncommon camera for American GI’s to carry in WWII, and can still be found in working in condition in attics and at affordable prices on auction sites today. Although it's tedious to use now, it helped popularize 35mm as a film format and allowed countless families to document their lives.
This model is 16.6k tris with a 4k texture, and includes a partially modeled interior for common functionality animation and basic disassembly.
Textures were authored in PBR spec/gloss and converted to metal/smoothness.
Base render
'Ground Truth' - photograph taken with D7100; 40mm DX f/5.6 @ 1/10s; ISO 100
Bake and component view
High Poly (Pre-Sculpt pass) - Rendered in Arnold
Detail prop proxy - 1.2k tris on 2k texture -rebaked in Marmoset
35mm Roll variants - 2.3k tris, each on a single 2k map
Detail render of tools. Approx 1k tris per tool, both on a single 2k map