Petri Semi ( 1948 Type) Kuribayashi camera Works Petri Anastigmat- F:3.5, 7.5cm. Round front standard to insert OO sized shutter. T,B, 1~200th shutter Front cell focus lens set in a flanged conical design.metric F:stops lever actuator marked 3.5,4.5, 6.3, 9, 12, 16 . Uncoupled rangefinder, yellow & clear coincedence design. Image size 4.5x6cm or SEMI sized.120 rollfilm red window on lower back of door, with sliding cover. Unusal configuration of pop up tubular viewfinder, eye-level reflex viewer, un-coupled rangefinder viewer. This configuration is very RARE in folding japanese cameras and Sugiyama rated it **** out of ***** star rating system. Semi Karoron is a related later model, but NOT the same in viewfinders
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Bibliography[]
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Items 804–7. (See also the advertisement for items 467–8.)
- Baird, John R. Collectors guide to Kuribayashi-Petri Cameras. Grantsburg, WI (USA): Centennial Photo Service, 1991. ISBN 0-931838-16-9. Pp.21–2, 25–6, 29–30 and 116–22.
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), ISBN 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P.63 (brief mention only).
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). P.578.
- Omoide no supuringu-kamera-ten (思い出のスプリングカメラ展, Exhibition of beloved self-erecting cameras). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1992. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number.) P.21.
- Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Items 1393–5.
Links[]
In English:
- Petri at Cosmonet's Classic Camera site (Japanese version)
- Petri at Kent Bentzen's camera collection
- Folding cameras at Ross Alford's camera site
In Swedish:
- Petri, lot no.99 of auction no.31 (2 November 2008) by LP Foto
In Japanese: