Originally posted by arnold Interesting to see a picture from the Petri as I have one in my collection. A very solid build isn't it? Having collected over a hundred old film cameras, it takes a while to circle through them all, so some don't get used.
It does feel extremely solid, in that respect like some Soviet cameras I’ve used.
But then you use it, and where the Soviet cameras feel clunky, stiff, or imprecise, the Petri feels smooth and controlled.
That said, it took me four tries to get one with a working shutter... and this one has the Copal shutter, not the Petri one.
-Eric