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Post by rreeder on Feb 26, 2017 22:38:44 GMT -5
I picked up a 1958 Petri Automate, & I noticed that it does not have the conventional shutter release with the threads that a cable release can be screwed into, nor is there any indication of a secondary shutter release with the threads. The Users manual doesn't mention it, either. Does anyone out there in the ether know what kind of cable release this camera uses? Thanks. I'd post a photo, but I'm new here, & it's not obvious how to do that. Thanks, again.
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Post by John Farrell on Feb 26, 2017 23:47:00 GMT -5
Welcome - to post a photo, you need to use a site like Photobucket, and post the IMG link here.
John.
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Post by rreeder on Feb 27, 2017 1:43:52 GMT -5
John: Thanks for the reply. I was hoping that there would be an "Add Attachment" button somewhere, but....
Thanks, again. Rich.
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Post by Rachel on Feb 28, 2017 10:22:08 GMT -5
Welcome Rich .... I've found a picture of a Petri Automate here link . Is this the same as yours? Can't really make out the the configuration of the shutter release from this picture if it's not a standard one.
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Post by rreeder on Feb 28, 2017 19:21:28 GMT -5
Rachel: Yes, that's the camera. The shutter release is just a button inside that ring or guard on the top of the camera. It looks like a special cable release might be able to grip that guard affair & then be able to push down on the shutter release. If you have ideas, let me know, & that goes for anybody out there. I know it wasn't produced in great quantity, but it was a Petri top of the line export camera. One would think that a cable release, even a proprietary design, would've been available at the time. Thanks for the link to the photo. -Rich Reeder.
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Post by John Farrell on Feb 28, 2017 20:26:33 GMT -5
Is it a Leica style fitting, where the guard unscrews, and the cable release outer fits the exposed thread? Note - photo added.
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Post by julio1fer on Feb 28, 2017 20:38:19 GMT -5
John beat me to it. It looks in pictures similar to the Barnack Leicas idea. You unscrew a guard around the release button, and fit the cable. Is there a removable guard around the shutter release button?
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Post by rreeder on Feb 28, 2017 23:54:03 GMT -5
YES!!! We have a winner! I had to wrap the collar with a cloth & use a little Force = (m)(a) on it, but it started to turn, then screwed off. I have one of those shutter timers with the adapter for the cameras that need the business end like what you have in the above photo; it screws onto the camera as pretty as you please, & a regular cable release screws into the adapter. Thank you, Merci Bo coup, Danka schoen.
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Post by Rachel on Mar 1, 2017 5:02:59 GMT -5
Excellent !!
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Post by daveh on Mar 2, 2017 0:16:49 GMT -5
By the time of the early 60s Petri7, the move had been made to the 'standard' cable release.
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