Petri 17 Half-Frame User manual

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   Superlotive Feotures of PETRI | 7-scvenleen-
                                       -size comero incorporoted with Unique CIRCLEl. Fulty-outomotic E.E. 35mm Holf
   EYE viewing system.
2. No odiustment is needed even when using filter.
3. Exposure signol con be seen in the viewfinder to insure Proper exposure ot
    oll time.
4. Monuol          con be switched very eiTiTf,
5. Film indicoto      outomot        ing type to eli
6. Film od            e mode (        ond promptly.
7. Stunning
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   l. Accessory Shoe (Flosh-gun ottochoble)
 2. Automotic Resetting Film Indicotor
  3. Shutter Releose Button
 1. lignof llluminotion Window 5. Film ASA Scole
 6. Bock-cover Lock (To open cover, iust turn lock) 7. Diophrogm Scole (Turri to rhe moiking, AUTO, then
     outomotic diophrogm con be used.)
 8. Diophrogm Adiusting Lever (To turn diophrogm ring,
     use this lever)
 9. Film Rewind Cronk (To rewind the exposed film)
10. Bright-f rome Lighting Window
 I l. Green-O-Motic Viewf inder
12. CIRCLE-EYE Exposure Meter Photo-cell
13. Shutter Speed Scole (Coupled with Film ASA scole)
 I 4. Synchro-term.inol (To'connect Flosh-gun)
15. Distonce Scole
16. Film ASA & Shutter Speed Adiusrinq Lever
17. Eye-piece (To look thiough viewf inder)
18. Cortridge Box (To inserr 35mm  f ilm)
I 9. Film Advonce Diol (One turn.to wind one frome)
?9. lpro.ket_(Geor to bdvonce film)2 l. Toke-up Spool
22. Return'Button (Press it white rewinding film)

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How lo use Film Advonce Diol
While shif ting your comero, turn Film Advonce Diol(1 9)
io the orrow-morking ot the degree of 90 with your
left thumb-finger. ln this oction, the diol odvonces o           Holf size
frome of film ond cocks the shutter simultoneously.              (life.size)
While winding Diol, red-morking ( . ) is seen on upper-
side of Diol, but os you turn Diol to the end, moking
goes under the body. When releosing Diol, it gets bock
to the originol position.

How lo open the bock'cover
Turn Cover Lock (6) locoted on the side of comero'
body to ihe orrowmorking, "O," ond it will be unlock'
ed. Toke the cover owoy  f rom the body slowly.When
closing ihe cover, {irst fit the proiection port of cover
to the comero-body ond then press it slowly toword
                                             Thethe lock ond turn the lock to the morking, "L,"
cover will be closed PerfectlY.

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Put the end of  f ilm into the slot of        Trv film-odvoncing by turning toke-uptoke.up spool (21). Be sure thot         ipbol with  f inger.-Ch6ck  if the sprocket                                                                                                                                                                                       f itthe sprocket holes in the film          tli"i ond th" Teeth of toke'up spool
line up with the proiection on the         oerfectlv ond close the bock'cover'
toke-up spool.                       ht tnit time, film exposure indicotor (2)
                                   shows the morking, S. Turn  f ilm odvonce
                                              diol (19) ond releose the shutter button'
                                      Repett iome oction. On the 3rd odvonce-
                                rJ*, v.rr lst exposure is reodY for
                                           shutter releose. (See Picture)

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  Clrder of Photogrophy

   I   Turn Film ASA Indicotor   I  of film in use            ro ASA
                                                Set Diophrogm Ring to Mork-
   After film looding, turn Film ASA Lever                                                     ing, "AUTO"   (16) to show the film ASA in use on Film
  ASA Scole (5), In this oction, you con        Turn Diophrogm Ring Lever (A) to  tit
   d-elermine Shutter Speed simultoneously        Diophrogm Ring (7) to the morking,
   (13). The picture below shows when       "AUTO." (See picture)
   using ASA 50 film.                            Operotion in orticle I & 2 is for you io
                                                    use Automotic Diophrogm picturetoking
                                      ond you con odjust shutter speed ond
  DIN 11  13 16 l8 2r  24             operture by hond.
                                  200  ASA  I|l  t6 J2, 50 100
Film ASA (orN)scote Lff           Auto


                                   2s0  B 20 30 4 60 t2s
                                           Diophrogm ScoleShutler Speed Scole  A

Releose shuiter bution while looking
                                           through viewf inder
                                            As you look through eye-piece  (l 7), you will notice
                                          golden-frome os shown in the picture. You con
                                         photogroph whoi you con see within the bright
                                            frome. For your close-up photogrophy, use thlee
                                               smoll dots seen with the outer-frome to prevent
                                                 lopped-o{f -heod picture-toking.
                                      The needle visible on the upper port of viewfinder
                                             couples with exposure every time if you center the
                                               needle. The red morks on both sides indicote im-         Adiust Dislonce Scole
  $                                     proper exposure.
    While shifting your comero toword the
     sublect, turn the front ring to the subleci
     to odiust the distonce (15). For toking
    humon portroit, set the ring ot "P"
     (0.8m). for photogrophing 2 or more          1"rbo                    ot "G"              set                            itI    persons,                       (3m) ond for snop-        j.s €               (5m)           "S"                       morking.     shot use
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                    Synchro-flosh Fhotogrophy
When you photogroph in dork ploce, you hove to use  f losh-gun. Connect the cord
of flosh-gun to Synchro-terminol (l 4) ond ploce bulb ond then releose the shutter
button. As the shutter is releosed, bulb works simultoneously ond you con get cleor
picture.
Synchronizotion con be mode ot the speed of 1/30 sec. with M-closs bulb ond ot
I /60 sec. with F-closs bulb or lower speed. You con get full synchronizotion with
strobe ot oll shutter speeds.

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 Filters
                                                                            PETRIYou do not need to odiust the exposure even when using-photogroph.f ilter with yourl7 comero os it covers photo-tell perfectly. As you             the .bright
subiect ond you con not use Automotic Diophrogm (the needle stoys.in red zone
in the viewfinder), the use of NDX4 filter  i's indispensoble. By using NDX4  f ilter,
you con slaoot th6 subiect ogoin with outomotic diophrogm operotion.
UV:   To obsorb the ultroviolet roys.
                                                                                        usef                                                                                                         ul                                                           roys                                                   ond short.woves,                                                ultroviolet                     yellow  f                                       ilter to obsorb             ore theY 1 ',Y2: Both                                                                                         sky.                                                     under                                                                 the cleor blue                                                    picture                                ond scenery                             portroit                  outdoor         for toking
YA3 :   Oronge color  f ilter to obsorb ultroviolet ond ef fective in toking o distont
        vtew, mountoins ond oeriol londscope to give more controst in it.
Rl:    Red filter to get stronger controst in the picture. Good for toking in-
         frored photogrophy ond olso'oeriol londscope.
POI :   Green-iilter to photogroph the colorful subiect ond noturol texture of
         the skin ond complexion.
For color photogrophy: W4 (Moisture odiusting) C4 (Cold odiusting) CB (for
         flosh photogrophy) C12 (for flood-lump photogrophy)
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