PETRI HALF FRAME CAMERAS
Petri half-frames are not the best known half-frames, but they were quality shooters with good features.
Also sold as the Petri Half, the Petri Junior, and the Petri Compact.
(1960) Petri jumped on the half-frame bandwagon with everyone else. This model was very similar in size and style to the Olympus Pen. It had a four element, focusing 28mm (f2.8-16) lens which focused down to 2.25 feet. The lens adds three marks, like other small cameras of the time -- S (scenic), G (group), and P (person) -- for idiot-proof focusing. Speeds of B, 1/15 - 1/250. The was no meter, so it was manual exposure control only, but it had a cold flash shoe and a PC contact, of course, built in, as well as a tripod socket and cable release connection.. The camera has a unique film advance/shutter cocking system. Instead of the common thumb activated lever, an index finder lever is located under the lens. Also sold as the Petri Junior, the Petri Compact, and the Dejur Petri Compact.
Same as the Petri Half, the Petri Compact, and the Dejur Petri Compact.
Same as the Petri Junior, the Petri Half, and the Dejur Petri Compact.
(1960) Updated version of the Petri Compact. Like the Pen EE series, this model added a selenium meter, but unlike the Pen EE this meter did not set the exposure automatically. First, the film is dialed into the meter (on the camera top). ISO 10 - 800. Then the desired shutter speed is set on the left-side of the meter dial. When the camera is pointed at the subject, the meter needle points to the correct f-stop. The exposure settings are then transferred to the shutter speed and aperture rings around the lens. It is a quick and easy to understand system. It had a focusing 28mm (f2.8) lens. Speeds of B, 1/15 - 1/250. Cold flash shoe and PC contact. Square selenium meter next to viewfinder. Same index-finger film advance/shutter cocking system as the Petri Half. Parallax marks in the viewfinder. Rounding out the convenience features are a tripod socket and cable release socket.
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