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'''Kuribayashi,''' later '''Petri''', was a Japanese camera maker.
 
'''Kuribayashi,''' later '''Petri''', was a Japanese camera maker.
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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=== Early period ===
 
=== Early period ===
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Most sources say that the company was founded as '''Kuribayashi Seisakusho''' in 1907 by Kuribayashi Yōji (栗林庸二), manufacturing tripods and dark boxes.<REF> Baird, p.11, Lewis, p.184 and [http://www.e-back-japan.com/link/meiji4/e1907.html this page of the Japan Memory website]. </REF> Its first camera was the [[Speed Reflex]], supposedly released in 1919.<REF> Baird, pp.13 and 40–2. Lewis, p.36. </REF> However, a Petri catalogue dated August 1981 reportedly says that the company was founded in 1918 and that the Speed Reflex was introduced in 1922.<REF> See [http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood-Miyuki/6580/camera/petrilabo.html this page by Sumida Petri-dō]. </REF>
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Most sources say that the company was founded as '''Kuribayashi Seisakusho'''(栗林製作所) in 1907 by Kuribayashi Yōji (栗林庸二), manufacturing tripods and dark boxes.<REF> Baird, p.11, Lewis, p.184 and [https://web.archive.org/web/20050212160807/http://www.e-back-japan.com/link/meiji4/e1907.html this page of the Japan Memory website] (archived). </REF> Its first camera was the [[Speed Reflex]], supposedly released in 1919.<REF> Baird, pp.13 and 40–2. Lewis, p.36. </REF> However, a Petri catalogue dated August 1981 reportedly says that the company was founded in 1918 and that the Speed Reflex was introduced in 1922.<REF> See [http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood-Miyuki/6580/camera/petrilabo.html this page by Sumida Petri-dō]. </REF>
  
 
=== Thirties ===
 
=== Thirties ===
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The company became '''Gōshi-gaisha Kuribayashi Shashin Kikai Seisakusho''' ({{goshi}}栗林写真機械製作所) in 1930.<REF> Date: Baird, p.15. Baird gives Shashin instead of Shashin Kikai. </REF> From 1929 to the war many cameras made by the company were called First and advertised as "made by '''First Camera Works'''". These First cameras were distributed by [[Minagawa|Minagawa Shōten]], and it seems that "First Camera Works" was nothing more than a name and logo forged by Minagawa for advertising purpose (see the discussion about the [[Camera Works]] endings).<REF> Baird, p.15, suggests that First Camera Works was a manufacturing company jointly owned by Kuribayashi and Minagawa, but it seems that no actual company had this name. </REF> (The "First Camera Works" name and logo were used again after the war for the First Six and [[Firstflex]] cameras made by [[Tokiwa Seiki]] and again distributed by Minagawa.)<REF> See the [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/first_camera_works/first_camera_works.htm First Six and Firstflex leaflet] reproduced in butkus.org's Orphan Camera website. </REF>
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The Kuribayashi company had an address in Adachi (Tokyo) in 1943.<REF> This address was Tōkyō-to Adachi-ku Ueda-machi<!-- or Ueda-chō --> 1807 (東京都足立区上田町1807). Source: {{Inquiry1943_short}}. </REF> It is said that this was only the second factory, the offices and main building being in Shitaya (Tokyo), and that this Shitaya building was destroyed by an aerial bombing in 1945.<REF> Baird, p.28. </REF>
  
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The company became '''Gōshi-gaisha Kuribayashi Shashin Kikai Seisakusho''' ({{goshi}}栗林写真機械製作所) in 1930.<REF> Date: Baird, p.15. Baird gives Shashin instead of Shashin Kikai. </REF> From 1929 to the war many cameras made by the company were called First and advertised as "made by '''First Camera Works'''". These First cameras were distributed by [[Minagawa|Minagawa Shōten]], and it seems that "First Camera Works" was nothing more than a name and logo forged by Minagawa for advertising purpose (see the discussion about the [[Camera Works]] endings).<REF> Baird, p.15, suggests that First Camera Works was a manufacturing company jointly owned by Kuribayashi and Minagawa, but it seems that no actual company had this name. </REF> (The "First Camera Works" name and logo were used again after the war for the [[First Six (Tokiwa)|First Six]] and [[Firstflex]] cameras made by [[Tokiwa Seiki]] and again distributed by Minagawa.)<REF> See the [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/first_camera_works/first_camera_works.htm First Six and Firstflex leaflet] reproduced in butkus.org's Orphan Camera website. </REF>
 
  
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The Kuribayashi company had an address in Adachi (Tokyo) in 1943.<REF> This address was Tōkyō-to Adachi-ku Ueda-machi<!-- or Ueda-chō --> 1807 (東京都足立区上田町1807). Source: {{Inquiry1943_short}}. </REF> It is said that this was only the second factory, the offices and main building being in Shitaya (Tokyo), and that this Shitaya building was destroyed by an aerial bombing in 1945.<REF> Baird, p.28. </REF>
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=== Postwar period ===
 
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=== Postwar period ===
 
 
The company changed status in 1949 and became K.K. Kuribayashi Shashin Kikai Seisakusho ({{kabu}}栗林写真機械製作所) in 1949.<REF> Transition visible between two advertisements dated 1949 reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.178. Baird, p.30, omits the word "Kikai" by mistake. </REF> At that time the headquarters were in Chiyoda (Tokyo), and the plant in the Adachi factory mentioned above.<REF> The address of the office was Tōkyō-to Chiyoda-ku Kanda Nishiki-chō 3–16 (東京都千代田区神田錦町3の16). The plant was at the same place as before, but the address was now Tōkyō-to Adachi-ku Umejima-chō 1807 (東京都足立区梅島町1807). Source: advertisements dated 1949 reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.178. </REF> The company did not renew its cooperation with Minagawa (owner of the name "First"). It had to look for another brand name and finally settled on Karoron and Petri. Kuribayashi made a range of 4.5×6 folders under these names and a single 6×6 TLR model called [[Petriflex (TLR)|Petriflex]]. Its first 35mm camera was released in 1954 and its first 35mm SLR in 1959. The company became '''Kuribayashi Shashin Kōgyō K.K.''' (栗林写真工業{{kabu}}) in 1956.<REF> Dates: Baird, p.32. </REF> In 1962, it took the name of its products and became '''Petri Camera K.K.''' (ペトリカメラ{{kabu}}). In 1968, it released the [[Petri Color 35]], a very compact camera said to be inspired by the [[Rollei 35]].
 
The company changed status in 1949 and became K.K. Kuribayashi Shashin Kikai Seisakusho ({{kabu}}栗林写真機械製作所) in 1949.<REF> Transition visible between two advertisements dated 1949 reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.178. Baird, p.30, omits the word "Kikai" by mistake. </REF> At that time the headquarters were in Chiyoda (Tokyo), and the plant in the Adachi factory mentioned above.<REF> The address of the office was Tōkyō-to Chiyoda-ku Kanda Nishiki-chō 3–16 (東京都千代田区神田錦町3の16). The plant was at the same place as before, but the address was now Tōkyō-to Adachi-ku Umejima-chō 1807 (東京都足立区梅島町1807). Source: advertisements dated 1949 reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.178. </REF> The company did not renew its cooperation with Minagawa (owner of the name "First"). It had to look for another brand name and finally settled on Karoron and Petri. Kuribayashi made a range of 4.5×6 folders under these names and a single 6×6 TLR model called [[Petriflex (TLR)|Petriflex]]. Its first 35mm camera was released in 1954 and its first 35mm SLR in 1959. The company became '''Kuribayashi Shashin Kōgyō K.K.''' (栗林写真工業{{kabu}}) in 1956.<REF> Dates: Baird, p.32. </REF> In 1962, it took the name of its products and became '''Petri Camera K.K.''' (ペトリカメラ{{kabu}}). In 1968, it released the [[Petri Color 35]], a very compact camera said to be inspired by the [[Rollei 35]].
  
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Petri Camera went bankrupt in 1977 or 1978. It was revived as '''Petri Kōgyō K.K.''' (ペトリ工業{{kabu}}) but it abandoned camera production some time thereafter. It seems that the company still exists (2009) and makes telescopes.<REF> It is listed in [http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~bouen/lisr/lisr.html this page], dated 1 June 2009, of the Japan Telescope Manufacturers Association. </REF>
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Petri Camera went bankrupt in 1977 or 1978. It was revived as '''Petri Kōgyō K.K.''' (ペトリ工業{{kabu}}) but it abandoned camera production some time thereafter. It seems that the company still exists (2009) and makes telescopes.<REF> It is listed in [https://web.archive.org/web/20090930065533/http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~bouen/lisr/lisr.html this page], dated 1 June 2009, of the Japan Telescope Manufacturers Association. (archived)</REF>
  
 
The company seems unrelated to the current Kuribayashi Seisakusho Co., Ltd. founded in 1944.<REF> See the [http://www.k-kuri.jp/company/index.html chronology of the company's website]. </REF>
 
The company seems unrelated to the current Kuribayashi Seisakusho Co., Ltd. founded in 1944.<REF> See the [http://www.k-kuri.jp/company/index.html chronology of the company's website]. </REF>
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* [[Petri Color Corrected Super#Petri_Color_Super_series|Petri Color Super]] (2.8, 1.8 and 1.9 models)
 
* [[Petri Color Corrected Super#Petri_Color_Super_series|Petri Color Super]] (2.8, 1.8 and 1.9 models)
 
* [[Petri E.Bn]] (2.8 and 1.9)
 
* [[Petri E.Bn]] (2.8 and 1.9)
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* [[Petri Prest]]
 
* [[Petri Prest]]
 
* [[Petri 7]] (2.8 and 1.8)
 
* [[Petri 7]] (2.8 and 1.8)
 
* [[Petri Touch]]
 
* [[Petri Touch]]
 
* [[Petri 7s]] (2.8 and 1.8)
 
* [[Petri 7s]] (2.8 and 1.8)
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* Petri Pro 7
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* [[Petri Pro 7]]
 
* [[Petri 7s II]]
 
* [[Petri 7s II]]
 
* [[Petri Racer]] (2.8 and 1.8)
 
* [[Petri Racer]] (2.8 and 1.8)
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* [[Petri Computor II]]
 
* [[Petri Computor II]]
 
* [[Petri ES Auto]]
 
* [[Petri ES Auto]]
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* [[Petri Auto Rapid 2.8 (45/2.8)]]
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* Petri Auto Rapid 2.8 (45/2.8)
  
 
=== Viewfinder, 24×36mm  ===
 
=== Viewfinder, 24×36mm  ===
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* [[Cosina AF-35 | Petri 35AF-F]]
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* Petri CF-35 Ultra Compact ([[Makinon MK-II]])
 
* [[Petri Color 35]]
 
* [[Petri Color 35]]
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* Petri Color 35 D
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* [[Petri Color 35 D]]
 
* [[Petri Color 35 E]]
 
* [[Petri Color 35 E]]
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* [[Petri EF35]]
 
* Petri Color 35 Custom
 
* Petri Color 35 Custom
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* Petri Micro Compact
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* [[Petri Micro Compact]]
 
* [[Cosina CX-2|Petri PX-1]]
 
* [[Cosina CX-2|Petri PX-1]]
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* [[Cosina CX5|Petri PX-5]]
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* [[Petri PX5F]]
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* Petri PX-7
  
 
=== Viewfinder, 18×24mm ===
 
=== Viewfinder, 18×24mm ===
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* Petri Half
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* [[Petri Half]]
 
* Petri Compact
 
* Petri Compact
 
* [[Petri Compact E]]
 
* [[Petri Compact E]]
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* Petri Half 7
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* [[Petri Half 7]]
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* [[Petri 17]]
  
 
=== SLR ===
 
=== SLR ===
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* [[Petri Penta]]
 
* [[Petri Penta]]
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* [[Petri Penta|Petri Penta Automatic/Petri Penta V]]
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* [[Petri Penta|Petri Penta Automatic / Petri Penta V]]
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* [[Petri Penta|Petri Penta V2/Petri Flex V]]
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* [[Petri Penta|Petri Penta V2 / Petri Flex V]]
 
* [[Petri Penta|Petri Penta Junior]]
 
* [[Petri Penta|Petri Penta Junior]]
 
* [[Petri Flex 7]]
 
* [[Petri Flex 7]]
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* [[Petri Penta|Petri Penta V3/Petri Flex V3]]
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* [[Petri Penta|Petri Penta V3 / Petri Flex V3]]
 
* [[Petri Penta|Petri Penta V6]]
 
* [[Petri Penta|Petri Penta V6]]
 
* [[Petri Penta|Petri Penta V6 II]]
 
* [[Petri Penta|Petri Penta V6 II]]
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* Petri FT
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* [[Petri FT]]
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* [[Petri FTE]]
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* Petri FTE
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* [[Petri FTX]] / Petri TTL (also rebadged by [[Kmart]] as "Focal TTL")
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* [[Petri FTX]]/Petri TTL (also rebadged by K-Mart as "Focal TTL")
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* [[Petri FT II]]
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* Petri FT II
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* [[Petri FT EE]]
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* Petri FT EE
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* [[Petri FT 500]]
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* Petri FT 1000
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* [[Petri FT 1000]]
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* Petri FA-1
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* [[Petri FA-1]]
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* [[Petri MF-1]]
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* [[Petri MF-1]] / Petri SLR 35
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* Petri MF-2
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* [[Petri MF-2]] ([[Cosina CSM]])
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* Petri GX-1 (From the post-1977 era, with Pentax K-mount lenses)
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* Petri TTL-2
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====K-mount====
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From the post-1977 era, with Pentax K-mount lenses.<ref> McKeown states that "Cosina has acquired the rights to the Petri name in 1978." Pg. 583, {{McKeown12}}</ref>
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* [[Petri MF-3]] ([[Cosina CS-1]])
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* Petri MF-4 ([[Cosina CS-2]])
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* Petri MF-101 ([[Cosina CT-1]])
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* [[Petri MF-101A]] ([[Cosina CT-1A]])
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* Petri MF-102 ([[Cosina CT-2]])
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* Petri MF-103 ([[Cosina CT-3]])  (MF-102/103 [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/petri/petri_mf-102/petri_mf-102.htm manual])
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* Petri MF-104 ([[Cosina CT-4]])
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* [[Petri GX-1]] ([[Cosina CT-1A]]/Cosina CT-1G)
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* Petri GX-1 Super ([[Cosina CT1 Super]])
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* [[Petri GX-2]] ([[Cosina CT-10]])
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* Petri GX-3 ([[Cosina CT-20]])
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* Petri GX-4 ([[Cosina CT-7]])
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* Petri GX-5 ([[Cosina CT9]])
  
 
== 120 film cameras ==
 
== 120 film cameras ==
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* [[Baby Semi First]]
 
* [[Baby Semi First]]
 
* [[Baby Semi First|BB Baby Semi First]]
 
* [[Baby Semi First|BB Baby Semi First]]
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* [[Auto Semi First]] (rangefinder)
 
* [[Auto Semi First]] (rangefinder)
 
* [[Hokoku]]
 
* [[Hokoku]]
 
* [[Mizuho (Kuribayashi)|Mizuho]]
 
* [[Mizuho (Kuribayashi)|Mizuho]]
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* [[Semi First and First Six|Kuri]]
 
 
* [[Semi Rotte|BB Kuri]]
 
* [[Semi Rotte|BB Kuri]]
 
* [[Semi First and First Six|Lo Ruby]] (unconfirmed)
 
* [[Semi First and First Six|Lo Ruby]] (unconfirmed)
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* [[Petri (Semi)|Petri]]
 
* [[Petri (Semi)|Petri]]
 
* [[Karoron|Karoron and Karoron S]]
 
* [[Karoron|Karoron and Karoron S]]
 
* [[Karoron RF and Petri RF]]
 
* [[Karoron RF and Petri RF]]
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* [[Semi First and First Six|Kuri]]
 
* [[Petri Super|Petri Super and Petri Super V]]
 
* [[Petri Super|Petri Super and Petri Super V]]
  
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* [[Semi First and First Six|First Six]]
 
* [[Semi First and First Six|First Six]]
 
* [[Semi First and First Six|U First Six]]
 
* [[Semi First and First Six|U First Six]]
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=== 6×9cm folder ===
 
=== 6×9cm folder ===
 
* [[First Roll]]
 
* [[First Roll]]
 
* [[First Center]]
 
* [[First Center]]
  
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=== 6×6cm TLR ===
 
=== 6×6cm TLR ===
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* [[First plate folders|First]] (6.5×9cm folder)
 
* [[First plate folders|First]] (6.5×9cm folder)
 
* [[First Etui]] (6.5×9cm folder)
 
* [[First Etui]] (6.5×9cm folder)
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* [[Kokka]] (6.5×9cm folder)
 
* [[Kokka]] (6.5×9cm folder)
 
* [[Romax plate folder|Romax]] (6.5×9cm folder, the attribution to Kuribayashi is unsure)
 
* [[Romax plate folder|Romax]] (6.5×9cm folder, the attribution to Kuribayashi is unsure)
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==Fotochrome==
 
==Fotochrome==
 
*[[Fotochrome]] camera (direct positive)
 
*[[Fotochrome]] camera (direct positive)
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==Lenses==
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The brand  name for for Kuribayashi lenses was '''Orikon''', as for example  fitted to the  [[Karoron RF and Petri RF]] folders. Also on record are barrel lenses, such as
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* Kuribayashi Camera Orikon f/6.3 210mm<ref>Seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan</ref>
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Petri's lenses were named '''Petri Orikkor''' or simply '''Petri''', for example
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* A.C. Petri Orikkor 1:2 f=55mm
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*Petri 1:1.8/55
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
In English:
 
In English:
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/petri.htm Petri user manuals at butkus.org's Orphan Cameras]
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/petri.htm Petri PDF user manuals at butkus.org's Orphan Cameras]
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* [http://www.thecamerasite.net/02_Rangefinders/Pages/petrit.htm Petri 7s, Petri ES Auto and Petri FT] at The Camera Site [http://www.thecamerasite.net]
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* [http://thecamerasite.lauro.fi/02_Rangefinders/Pages/petrit.htm Petri 7s, Petri ES Auto and Petri FT] at [http://thecamerasite.lauro.fi/index.htm The Camera Site]
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* [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/hen995.htm Tele Clars tele-converter] by Kuribayashi at [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/ Nekosan's website]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141019083336/http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/hen995.htm Tele Clars tele-converter] by Kuribayashi at [https://web.archive.org/web/20160317141859/http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/ Nekosan's website (archived)]
 
In French:
 
In French:
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* [http://photo.even.free.fr/col_app.php?type=petri Petri page] at [http://photo.even.free.fr/ Collection G. Even's site]
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* [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/930 Petri page] at [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/ Collection G. Even's site]
 
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/liste8_imagettes.php#Petri Cameras and User manuals] at www.collection-appareils.fr
 
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/liste8_imagettes.php#Petri Cameras and User manuals] at www.collection-appareils.fr
 
In Japanese:
 
In Japanese:
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* [http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood-Miyuki/6580/camera/petri.html Petri] and [http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood-Miyuki/6580/camera/petrilabo.html the Petri Research Club] at [http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood-Miyuki/6580/frame.html Uyūdō]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20181106132224/http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood-Miyuki/6580/camera/petri.html Petri] and [http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood-Miyuki/6580/camera/petrilabo.html the Petri Research Club] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20181105165503/http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood-Miyuki/6580/frame.html Uyūdō] (archived)
 
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Kuribayashi, later Petri, was a Japanese camera maker.

History

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Semi First A
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Early period

Most sources say that the company was founded as Kuribayashi Seisakusho(栗林製作所) in 1907 by Kuribayashi Yōji (栗林庸二), manufacturing tripods and dark boxes.[1] Its first camera was the Speed Reflex, supposedly released in 1919.[2] However, a Petri catalogue dated August 1981 reportedly says that the company was founded in 1918 and that the Speed Reflex was introduced in 1922.[3]

Thirties

The company became Gōshi-gaisha Kuribayashi Shashin Kikai Seisakusho (㈾栗林写真機械製作所) in 1930.[4] From 1929 to the war many cameras made by the company were called First and advertised as "made by First Camera Works". These First cameras were distributed by Minagawa Shōten, and it seems that "First Camera Works" was nothing more than a name and logo forged by Minagawa for advertising purpose (see the discussion about the Camera Works endings).[5] (The "First Camera Works" name and logo were used again after the war for the First Six and Firstflex cameras made by Tokiwa Seiki and again distributed by Minagawa.)[6]

The Kuribayashi company had an address in Adachi (Tokyo) in 1943.[7] It is said that this was only the second factory, the offices and main building being in Shitaya (Tokyo), and that this Shitaya building was destroyed by an aerial bombing in 1945.[8]


Postwar period

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Petri
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The company changed status in 1949 and became K.K. Kuribayashi Shashin Kikai Seisakusho (㈱栗林写真機械製作所) in 1949.[9] At that time the headquarters were in Chiyoda (Tokyo), and the plant in the Adachi factory mentioned above.[10] The company did not renew its cooperation with Minagawa (owner of the name "First"). It had to look for another brand name and finally settled on Karoron and Petri. Kuribayashi made a range of 4.5×6 folders under these names and a single 6×6 TLR model called Petriflex. Its first 35mm camera was released in 1954 and its first 35mm SLR in 1959. The company became Kuribayashi Shashin Kōgyō K.K. (栗林写真工業㈱) in 1956.[11] In 1962, it took the name of its products and became Petri Camera K.K. (ペトリカメラ㈱). In 1968, it released the Petri Color 35, a very compact camera said to be inspired by the Rollei 35.

Petri Camera went bankrupt in 1977 or 1978. It was revived as Petri Kōgyō K.K. (ペトリ工業㈱) but it abandoned camera production some time thereafter. It seems that the company still exists (2009) and makes telescopes.[12]

The company seems unrelated to the current Kuribayashi Seisakusho Co., Ltd. founded in 1944.[13]

35mm film cameras

Rangefinder, fixed lens

Viewfinder, 24×36mm

Viewfinder, 18×24mm

SLR

K-mount

From the post-1977 era, with Pentax K-mount lenses.[14]

120 film cameras

4.5×6cm folder

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6×6cm folder

6×9cm folder

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6×6cm TLR

127 film cameras

Plate film cameras

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Petri Fotochrome
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  • Kokka (6.5×9cm folder)
  • Romax (6.5×9cm folder, the attribution to Kuribayashi is unsure)
  • Tokiwa (6.5×9cm folder, the attribution to Kuribayashi is unsure)

Fotochrome

Lenses

The brand name for for Kuribayashi lenses was Orikon, as for example fitted to the Karoron RF and Petri RF folders. Also on record are barrel lenses, such as

  • Kuribayashi Camera Orikon f/6.3 210mm[15]

Petri's lenses were named Petri Orikkor or simply Petri, for example

  • A.C. Petri Orikkor 1:2 f=55mm

or

  • Petri 1:1.8/55

Notes

  1. ↑ Baird, p.11, Lewis, p.184 and this page of the Japan Memory website (archived).
  2. ↑ Baird, pp.13 and 40–2. Lewis, p.36.
  3. ↑ See this page by Sumida Petri-dō.
  4. ↑ Date: Baird, p.15. Baird gives Shashin instead of Shashin Kikai.
  5. ↑ Baird, p.15, suggests that First Camera Works was a manufacturing company jointly owned by Kuribayashi and Minagawa, but it seems that no actual company had this name.
  6. ↑ See the First Six and Firstflex leaflet reproduced in butkus.org's Orphan Camera website.
  7. ↑ This address was Tōkyō-to Adachi-ku Ueda-machi 1807 (東京都足立区上田町1807). Source: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras").
  8. ↑ Baird, p.28.
  9. ↑ Transition visible between two advertisements dated 1949 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.178. Baird, p.30, omits the word "Kikai" by mistake.
  10. ↑ The address of the office was Tōkyō-to Chiyoda-ku Kanda Nishiki-chō 3–16 (東京都千代田区神田錦町3の16). The plant was at the same place as before, but the address was now Tōkyō-to Adachi-ku Umejima-chō 1807 (東京都足立区梅島町1807). Source: advertisements dated 1949 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.178.
  11. ↑ Dates: Baird, p.32.
  12. ↑ It is listed in this page, dated 1 June 2009, of the Japan Telescope Manufacturers Association. (archived)
  13. ↑ See the chronology of the company's website.
  14. ↑ McKeown states that "Cosina has acquired the rights to the Petri name in 1978." Pg. 583, 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).
  15. ↑ Seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan

Bibliography

Links

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In French:

In Japanese:


Kuribayashi prewar and wartime cameras (edit)
rollfilm folders
Eagle | Speed Pocket | First Roll | First Center | Semi First | First Six | Baby Semi First | Semi Rotte | Hokoku | Mizuho
plate folders rigid SLR TLR unknown
Mikuni | First | First Etui | Kokka | Romax | Tokiwa Molby Speed Reflex First Reflex Baby First
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