Petri Color Corrected 1.9 rangefinder
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:39 pm
Here's another one. Kuribieyashi camera company was founded in 1907. They changed their name to Petri and made respectable cameras. This 1.9 rangefinder was made about 1958. No meter. All mechanical. Largest opening on 50mm lens is respectable 1.9. Shutter speeds B through 500. Petri went out of business in 1977.
I like the look of the thing. 26.5 oz. of metal. Classic design. Cross hair, split screen, range finder that is difficult for old eyes to focus, but there is a numbered distance scale. Today's photo journey wasn't all a bed of roses. Must have hit the film release along the line unintentionally because I got a double exposure I didn't plan. A few other problems with my developing skills... trash in the D76,difficultly loading onto developing reel that required a reload and subsequent bends in the negatives , development time a little off. However, considering this camera probably hasn't been used in years it worked as good as I had a right to expect. It deserves another roll of film before I have a clear idea of how well it is really functioning after 59 years. Not the one I'd grab if the photos were important however...but it's an adventure in the technically ancient equipment that I'm after and not the photo as art.
I like the look of the thing. 26.5 oz. of metal. Classic design. Cross hair, split screen, range finder that is difficult for old eyes to focus, but there is a numbered distance scale. Today's photo journey wasn't all a bed of roses. Must have hit the film release along the line unintentionally because I got a double exposure I didn't plan. A few other problems with my developing skills... trash in the D76,difficultly loading onto developing reel that required a reload and subsequent bends in the negatives , development time a little off. However, considering this camera probably hasn't been used in years it worked as good as I had a right to expect. It deserves another roll of film before I have a clear idea of how well it is really functioning after 59 years. Not the one I'd grab if the photos were important however...but it's an adventure in the technically ancient equipment that I'm after and not the photo as art.