I have one of these cameras on its way to me but the one pictured on this site under the name "Petri 2.8 color corrected" (photo by Rick Soloway) is not it. I've just finished researching this confusing camera type and the blurb that follows is what I found. Please review and let me know what you think. This was to be my entry in the comment area.
The Petri 2.8 35mm camera was introduced in 1957 and discontinued in 1958. The Petri 2.8 color corrected was released 1958 at discontinued in 1961. It gets confusing because on the name tag of the 1957 Petri 2.8 is printed “Petri 2.8 Color Corrected Super”. The 1958 camera also has “Petri 2.8 Color Corrected Super” on the name tag but includes “Kuribayashi Camera Industry, Inc. Japan” under that. The words “Kuribayashi Camera Industry, Inc. Pat. Japan” is printed on the top of the 1957 2.8 camera under a Winter/Summer exposure guide. The 1957 Petri 2.8 uses a large font on the word Petri with a capital P and lower case after that on the name tag (Britannic Bold 24pt font(Petri)), whereas the 2.8 Color Corrected font is about a 14pt font and in all caps (PETRI). The 1958 camera (2.8 Color Corrected) has a larger bright-line viewfinder and the Petri name embossed on its top plate. Both cameras use the Kuribayashi A.C. Petri Orikkor 2.8/4.5cm lens and both are coupled rangefinder cameras. The 1957 Petri 2.8 instruction book had “Petri 2.8” only printed on the cover so I will call that camera model the Petri 2.8 and the 1958 model I will call the Petri 2.8 BV (Big Viewfinder). The styling differences between the two cameras force you to separate them. The Petri 1.9 camera has the same problem with the same changes made. There is also the Petri 35 that is the same camera as the Petri 2.8 when it has the Kuribayashi A.C. Petri Orikkor 2.8/4.5cm lens but it comes with a Kuribayashi A.C. Orikkor 2.8/4.5cm lens that dropped Petri from the name on the lens ring. Kuribayashi only made the Petri F2 (2.0) with the smaller viewfinder and it used the Kuribayashi A.C. Petri Orikkor 2.0/4.5cm lens.
Features: The Petri 2.8 can use films of ASA 5 to 800 and has aperture settings of 2.8 to 22. The focus range is 2 feet (60.96 cm) to infinity and shutter speeds are 1 second to 1/300 of a second plus B. The camera also has a PC synchro socket, a cold shoe, Carperu shutter, right thumb single action frame advance lever, frame counter, rewind crank that when pulled up released the back cover, and a small optical viewfinder.
As always, thank you for your time,
Bill Hughes
Kuribayashi Petri 2.8
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