i got it for 3$ at an antique store.
today at work, via mini dark room, transplanted the 120 film onto a 620 spool...
eager to test this out.
the downside, so i thought, was the fact that there were no mounts for a shutter release cable. i looked online and saw nothing.... i put a fabric hair elastic on the bottom and a safety pin (for easy grabbing) which would allow (with elastic over button) when pressing the shutter release, the time option to keep the shutter open for a long time with minimal camera shake..
my theory seems to work.

but my question is...

anyone ever experienced something like this, and do you have another alternative solution? mayhaps one that need'nt constant replacement, or an even more sturdy method?

Are you saying that you would hold it for the whole exposure? How long exposures are we talking?

When I've had to improvise a shutter release cable in the past what I did was set it to bulb and tape down the shutter release with electrical tape while the lens cap was still on. It would be exposing but there would be no light on the film. Then I'd take off the lens cap and start timing the exposure. This kept camera shake to a minimum and allowed for long exposures without me touching anything. Ended the exposure by replacing the lens cap and removing the tape.

i think the max shutter-open time i used was only 13 seconds. i kind of worded it weirdly i suppose, but i wouldnt hold it. the elastic hair tie doesnt have enough pressure to push the button down itself, but when i pull it via safety pin over the button and then push the button, the button stays depressed because of the elastic. after timing, i would pull up on the safety pin and the button would release.
and, actually..
it didnt work out so well, because the elastic eventually lost its elasticity to a degree. it worked for my first and so far only session. i am going to develop the negatives today, and see what the result is.

thanks for responding though!! that idea sounds better than mine. i just need to find/jury-rig a sort of lens cap for the bottom picture-taking lens. (as according to the argus 75 manual found online, the top lens is for viewing, and bottom is picture taking.)
let me ask you another thing though, when you put the cap back on, and received a little camera shake, did it ever show on your photos? i guess im asking if the amount of shake you received had varying outcomes, or if generally its a sturdy method...

thanks again.

Ah I get what you are saying. I had to do a similar thing with a shutter release I had that broke, didn't work out that well.

In practice I didnt use a cap but I thought it would be easier to explain it that way. I used the black cardboard insert from a polaroid 600 pack and just covered the lens with it, removed it for the exposure, then covered it again before removing the tape. I never saw any camera shake with what I did.

huh... nice... i will try that.
one day.
my piece of fucking shit scanner is a busted mother fucker. luckily though, i can still scan drawings. but not photos. not for more than one fucking minute.
so, until i am cool with the idea of blowing my fucking money on developing and cd-ing shit that im still learning and not even that fucking good at, i dont even know, im going on hiatus.
thanks for the advice! i will bank it.