The body is all metal die-cast construction with a green wrinkle finish. Metal parts are chrome plated. It has a clockwork spring-wound motor, shooting about 40 sec with one turn. Topped by a nifty plastic handle could be used instead of a pistol grip. Shoot from the hip style.
The viewfinder is optical with parallax correction with the exposure meter needle blended in. It's lens is a Eumigon 1:1.9 12.5mm. The lens is fitted with a orange filter for daylight shooting, it reduces the blue color in the light from 5500K to 3200K while using indoor film. Apertures from 1.9 to 16 are marked and can be seen through the leaver. The iris is geared to an iris in the exposure meter cell window, operated by an extended lever. The exposure meter is just below the lens, it is partially covered by a push on defuser of some sort. |
An advertisement in a Popular Photography magazine from 1948 lists the Eumig C3 with F1.9 lens and built in automatic photo cell meter at $189.00 at Wilson's Department Store in New York.
The camera comes in a nice leather case with openings for the controls, other available accessories were a handle that screws into the tripod hole. I think shooting with the top handle would be cooler.