Petri Color 35

image by Paulo Moreira (Image rights)

The Petri Color 35 is a small 35mm, leaf-shutter viewfinder camera with a unique design, released by Petri in 1968. All its settings are made with three little dials, one for focusing near the viewfinder, and the others on the top for shutter speed and aperture. It also has a unique collapsible film rewind crank, near its side-located hot shoe. The shutter has speeds 1/15 to 1/250 second, plus 'B', and selectable aperture values are from f2.8 to f22. The camera has a built-in coupled CdS meter (needs a PX675 battery) with a match-needle indicator, visible in the viewfinder.

Further reading

image by Alf Sigaro (Image rights)

In English:

• The Japanese Historical Camera. 日本の歴史的カメラ (Nihon no rekishiteki kamera). 2nd ed. Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2004. P. 144. Included for its display of distance and exposure in the viewfinder.

In Japanese:

• Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.35, November 1995. Nihon no kamera 50nen (日本のカメラ50年, special issue on 50 years of Japanese cameras).

In German:

• click on image and read Alf Sigaro's lovely description

External links

In English:

• Petri Color 35 instruction book, provided by Kent Walker
• "Petri's masterpiece: The Color 35 Family", at Cameraquest
• Petri Color 35, at Photoethnography.com
• Daniel Iggers praises his Petri Color 35E, at Photo.net forums

In French:

• "Le Petri Color 35: Un véritable bijou" and Petri Color 35E, at Lionel's 35mm-compact.com
• Petri Color 35 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand

In Japanese:

• Overhauling the Petri Color 35, at Fukucame camera restorations