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Post by bobinleipsic on Feb 25, 2012 16:54:00 GMT -5
About two months ago, I picked up a Petri Color 35 black body off eBay - didn't work, he said, $15.00 plus shipping. Anyway, when I got it. I extended the lens, clicked away and everything seemed OK. Put in a A-44 battery (CameraQuest said it would work) and now I have a really neat camera! I had to set the ASA at 320 for ASA 400 film, but that was all I had to do.
Anyone else have one of these little rascals?
bobinleipsic
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Post by daveh on Feb 26, 2012 2:13:01 GMT -5
Bob, welcome.
The Petri was one of those great little cameras of forty years or so ago - a good era for 35mm compact rangefinders. The only thing I'm not quite sure of is why you had to set to 320 ASA rather than 400. No. I don't have one.
Dave.
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Post by Doug T. on Feb 26, 2012 14:05:08 GMT -5
Hi Bob! Welcome to the site! I've never used one of these, but have been looking for one for quite some time now. Not everyone knows that the lens has to be extended on those. You seem to have found one that had slipped under the radar  I'm a sucker for those little rangefinders too, and have a Ricoh ff-1s that I'll be using next. Doug |
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Post by pompiere on Feb 26, 2012 20:00:22 GMT -5
I wouldn't have known about the lens either. Good thing I didn't get that one I bid on a few weeks ago.
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Post by bobinleipsic on Apr 28, 2012 8:50:23 GMT -5
Bob, welcome. The Petri was one of those great little cameras of forty years or so ago - a good era for 35mm compact rangefinders. The only thing I'm not quite sure of is why you had to set to 320 ASA rather than 400. No. I don't have one. Dave. I use that setting to compensate for the more "modern" battery - apparently the voltage increase is about 1/3 F-stop. With the ASA 320 setting, it matches my Luna Pro, the meter in my Pentax Spotmatic (Recently CLA'd) and my digital Sony A230. Apparently the older camera meters need to be "re-calibrated" or whatever for the newer non-Mercury batteries. BTW, the shots came out pretty darn good! bobinleipsic. |
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Post by Berndt on Apr 28, 2012 9:16:28 GMT -5
Petri made good cameras. Looking forward to seeing some of the pictures, you took with it.
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Post by daveh on Apr 28, 2012 14:28:15 GMT -5
You can put a diode into the battery supply circuit to drop the voltage. There are instructions somewhere or other on the internet.
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Post by Michael Fraley on May 2, 2012 23:20:45 GMT -5
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Post by bobinleipsic on May 5, 2012 17:36:45 GMT -5
That's what turned me on to the little rascals in the first place. bobinleipsic |
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Post by Michael Fraley on May 6, 2012 0:05:27 GMT -5
Me too! But I've not had the chance to try one out. Post some pics if you can! And your impressions after running some film through it.. I'd love to hear what you think of it. You've got me fishing for one again in the muddy waters!
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Post by bobinleipsic on May 13, 2012 7:12:21 GMT -5
Me too! But I've not had the chance to try one out. Post some pics if you can! And your impressions after running some film through it.. I'd love to hear what you think of it. You've got me fishing for one again in the muddy waters! OK. No pics to post, my local lab doesn't do CDs and I don't have a scanner (BOO!), but I can say that the little thing handles VERY well, the controls - aperture, shutter speed and focus are extremely handy, something I wish all my other cameras had! Using the focus symbols is fine, I use ISA 400 film, that keeps the depth of field pretty good. From examining the negatives with a loupe, I would say that the lens is as sharp as the Triotar on the Rollei 35 B, but with a LOT less cost involved. And the Rollei must have been designed by a sadomasochist. All in all, it's a neat little camera for a great price. A co-worker has an Olympys Pen ee which is virtually the same size, just lighter - more plastic. I'll keep the Petri! bobinleipsic |
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