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PETRI PREST User manual
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- Petri
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- PETRI PREST
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- English
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. Superlstlve Feoturei of PETRI PREST
TYPE : Fully-outomolic Electric-Eye Lens Shutter 35mm
comero.
PICTURE SIZE : 24 X 36 mm
FILM SIZE: 35 mm film (20 or 36 exposures)
IENS : PETRI 45 mm I : 2.8 3-group 4-element,
Amber-cooted Lens.
SHUTTER :
PETRf Shuiler with speeds: B. I lSO, tf6O, lflZS,
1 1250, | /500 second, tris Multiple Diophro gm
Ring, Self-cocking X synchronizotion,, Built-in Self-
timer- .D
VIEWFINDER:
"Green-O-Motic" system with Speciol Green
Crown Gloss, Bright Frome with Pqrollox Morking. ?
COUPLED EXPOSURE METER :
Fully-coupled Electric Exposure Meler, Coupled
Ronge: L.V. 8-17 wirh ASA 100.
FILM TRANSPORT & REWIND S
Single-stroke (l 30') ropid tronsport lever con-
veniently positioned of the bottom of comero-body
which outomoticolly fronsports film ond cocks
rhutter simuhoneously. Cronk-type rewinding
system.
OTHER FEATURES:
Double-exposure Prevention Syslem, Automotic
Shutter Releose Prevention for IMPROPER EX-
POSURE by moking the worning mork visible in . !
fhe viewftnder, 3-morkings (Slow, lAedium & Fost) .;i
for EASY exposure-setting. -#
SIZE OF CAMERA : 133 x 80 x 69 mm
WEIGHT OF CAMERA: 5509mView original page 3Page 5 · Read text
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PHOTOCELL WINDOW GREEN.O-MATIC VIEWFINDER
PETRI 45 mm L 2.8 LENS
X SYNCHRO TERMINAL
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RETURN BUTTON TRIPOD },IOLE
REWIND
BACK.COVER LOCK
FILM GUIDEView original page 5Page 6 · Read text
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SHUTTER SPEED DIAI,
DISTANCE SCALE RING SHUTTER SPEED & IRIS
DIAPHRAGM SETTING
SHUTTER RELEASE
BUTTON
FILM NUMBER INDICATOR
ACCESSORY SHOE AUTO.MANUAL SWITCH LEVERFIL ,I REWIND CRANK
ASA (DIN) INDICATOR
FILM PRESSURE PLATE
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There ore two woys to operote your PETRI PREST. One is Automqtic ond other is Monuol Operoiion. Here is how to enioy "AUTO" Operotion. Loqd the film qs mentioned in the orticle, "How to lood the film." Turn the ASA (DlN) Indicotor to show the ASA sensitiveness of film in use. Set the AUTO- MANUAL Switch Lever locqted on the top of comero- body to the morking, "AUTO". And turn the DIA- PHRAGM Ring to the morking, "AUTO". Cock the film odvonce lever to the end qnd releqse the shutter button. Repeot this oction. Then the fflm exposure indicqtor shows the numk er, "1", which meqns your lst releosing the shutter button is reody. The odvonce lever of PETRI PREST hos sofety-device qnd cqn not be returned to the originol position unless it is wound to the end. Cock the lever to the end to moke o complete film qdvoncement.View original page 9
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ln order to photogroph the subiect in the normol condition, set the shutter speed ring io the morking, "MEDlUM". Turn the distqnce scqle ring, while looking through fhe viewfinder, until the double imoge in the viewfinder becomes one cleor imoge. Then push the shutter releose button in o smooth qction to photogroph the subiect within the bright- frome in the viewfinder. As you shiff your PETRI PREST rowqrd the subiecr, the qrrow morking (S) cqn be seen in the view- finder. (See Picture) As you push the shutter bufton, fhe qrrow morking disoppeors ond number .or", in the finder. lf the number con be reqd in q com_ plete figure, the number is the F-volue qt the time of your releosing the shutter butfon. (See Picture) When you notice two vogue numbers os shown in the picture, the in-between number is the www.butkus.usF-volue for your picture-toking.View original page 10
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,.MANUAL'' ]
As the monuol-operotion
system is olso equipPed
with PETRI PREST, you con
operote your PETRI PREST
in the some monner os you operote the common I
The mm comerct. 35 fol- I other crre the lowings
odvontoges of PETRI PREST
ond how to use it.
HOW TO USE
SELFTIMER
Set your RETRI PREST on
ihe tripod firmly ond shift
it toword the subiecf .
After focusing the subiect
in the viewfinder, push the
shutter releose button o
little to reqd the operture
number in the viewfinder.
Turn the outo-monuol swifch
lever ond diophrogm ring
to the morking, "MANUAL".
Set the diophrogm ring
to the number which you
hqve reod in the view-
finder. Pull down ihe l4,F selftimer lever to the end
. i:4' ond releose the shutter "i$',
releose button to stort ; ;JT
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'' Piclure-taklno
selftimer. The lever storts
qs you releqse the shutter
releose button ond obout
8 seconds ofter your
I filmreleosingwill thebe buttonexposed.the
Selftimer con be set either
I before or ofter the
obvoncernent of film
qdvonce lever.
x When you wont to od-
iust the filter f octor
multiple or to chonge
the exposure volume
purposely, you con olso
odiusf it by switching the
operotion setting . from
. "AUTo" to "MANUAL"
qs menfioned in the or-
ticle, "AUTO"-operotion.
Ad just the multiple of
F-volue which you hove
gotten in "AUTO"-op.-
rqtion ond switch the
operotion-setting fromI "Auro" to "MANUAL"
to set the diophrogm.
Or sef the diophrogm
ot whof you hove reod
ond .then odiust the mul-
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SYNCHRO-FIASH PHOTOGRAPHY
PETRI PREST's superlotive feqtures olso include X-
synchronizotion system to complete Synchro-flosh
Photogrophy. Refer to the chort to moke your
synchro-flosh photogrophy successful. Set the outo-
monuol lever to the morking, "MANUAL", ond select
the shutter speed occording to the bulb in use. F-
volue con be obtqined from the exposure guide
chort usuqlly being engroved on the holder of strobe
or bulb in use. Set the shutter speed os the chort
indicotes for the bulb you ore using ond turn the
diophrogm ring to F-volue which you get in the
obove-mentioned woy.
SYNCHRONIZATION CHART
rutter speed I /30 1l60 11125 I l2so r /500
sec. sec. sec. sec,
F-Closs Bulb
M-Closs Bulb
Speed Lighr
: Synchronizoiion con fully be mode in this ronge.
Note : l. At the setting of MANUAL-operotion, the
diophrogm figure con not be seen in the
viewf inder. I
2. You con releose the shutter releose button t
even if the red worning morking is seen in
the viewfinder in "MANUAL" operofion.
3. After completing Monuol-photogrophing, it
is recommendoble to set every switch to
the morking, "AUTO", for ropid hondling
in next photogrophing.
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How ro hold your PETRI PREST
To hold your PETRI PREST correctly, hold it wifh your
both honds ond put the bqck of it on either your
foreheod or nose. lt is recommendoble fhof your
both elbows fouch your side. When you photogroph
while stonding, spreod ouf your both legs to get
stobilizqtion. Leoning ogoinst o woll with your
bqck is one of the woys to stqbilize your picture-
toking. Press the shutter releqse button with your
right index finger in q smooth ond sfeody molion.
You do not need lo foke off your glosses to look
through the viewfinder. Wotch corefully fhe position
of fingers of both honds in the pictures.
Verticol Position
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Horizontol Position
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HOW TO IOOK
THROUGH VIEWFINDER
AND FOGUS
As you look through view-
finder ond turn the distonce
scole ring, q vqgue imoge
will be oppeored <rs one
cleor imoge. As long os o
doubled imoge is seen, it is
out-of-focus. As the eye-
piece is super-wide, even o
glossed person cqn eosily
look through it without tok-
ing fhe glosses owqy.
In toking o close-up picture,
odiust porollox properly to
ovoid " lopped-off-heod "
picture.
Focusing should be mode in
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Advontoge of .,GREEN.O.MATIC'' SYSTEM
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x "GREEN-O-MATIC" viewfinder is mqde of speciol
Green Crown Gloss fo eliminote Eye_s.froin ond
insures Eosy ond Accurqte Focusing. Bright ond
Eosy Focusing is qn odvontoge of ,,GREEN_O_
MATIC" system.
* GOLD-frome viewfinder hos bright ond occurqte
Golden Frqme-line ond if mokes your focusing
very eosily regordless fhe position of your eye os
you look through viewfinder.
* Super-wide Eye-piece is for you to look through
it without moking onywww.butkus.usextro efforts.
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HOW TO UNTOAD THE FILM
l. Rewinding Film
Press the return button
locoted ot the bottom
of comero-body.
2. Pull the rewind cronk
hqndle ond turn it qs the
orrow mork indicotes
while pressing the return
button until fhe rewind
film is properly set into
the corfridge.
3. Removing Film
After toking off the
bock cover, remove the
cortridge out of com-
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I Note in Film-rewinding
Select the shodowy ploce for your film untooding.
x To check if the film-rewinding is done properly or
not, odvonce the lever ond yet the rewind cronk
, does not move, then the rewinding wos done per-
fectly. Do not open the cover before checking
this.
* Do not rewind the exposed film completely inlo
the cortridge, for it sometimes mqy be mishondled
qs the empty cortridge.
* The developmenf of the exposed film should be done
os quickly os possible. The negligence of deve_
loping for q long time, especioly in summer, cquses
lhe defect in shorpness of pictures. Shutter will
be remoined open, when you releose shutter re_
leose button while sofety-device is in work ond
lever does not return to the originol position.
(Refer to Note.in "AUTO picture-toking,,) ln re-
winding film while sofety-device is in effect, DO
NOT PRESS shutter www.butkus.usreleose button.
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DIAPHRAGM AND DEPTH OF FIETD
Diophrogm is to odiust the lighr-volume coming into
the film. .As you reduce the operture of lens, Depth
of Field become deeper ond deeper. When you
focus o subiect, you will notice some depth in front
<l ond ot ihe bock of subiect where you c<In get
cleor imoge. The ronge is DEPTH OF FIELD. Enioy
your picture-toking by using this noture of DEPTH OF
FIELD. Also the tonger distonce to the subiect ond
the shorter focol-length of lens moke DEPTH OF FIELD
deeper. In depth of field, the bock of subiect is
olwoys deeper thon the fronf. By using nqture of
this depth of field, you cqn enioy picture-toking
with PETRI PREST's unique 3-settings, Fost, Medium
qnd Stow. When you toke o portroit, for instonce.
use q lorger operture to get the subiecf cleorly
ond the bockground in vogue. (Set to "FAST")
And os you toke q group picture, use q smqll op-
erture to get everyone in the picture is token
cleorly. (Set to "SLOW")
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PETRI IENS HOOD
PETRI LENS HOOD hos been
corefully designed to prevenl
stroy light from entering the
lens of your cqmero. lt is
consiructed of light olloy metol
ond smortly styled to enhonce
fhe beouiy of the PETRI PREST.
It is block-coqted to prevent
the reflecting light inside of
LENS HOOD. lt fits tishtly ond
securely over the lens rim.
PETRI FIITERS
In order to insure perfect pic-
ture in qll kind of light con-
ditions it is necessory for you
to choose the proper filter for
your PETRI PREST. PETRI FILT-
ERS ore mqnufoctured of the
highest quolity opticol ingre-
dients ond subiected to the
most rigid inspection ond they
ore ovoiloble for your comero
occording to its use.
PETRI SPEED LIGHT
Petri Speed Light Stondcrd is
Compoct Lightweight Electronic
Flosh, 35 wqtt / second output,
l,OO0 flosh per bottery, I /500
second flosh durobility. With
bottery qnd pcck, occesory
shoe for oll X-synchronizstion
c<:merq. Attoched to oll Petri
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HOW TO TAKE CARE OF
I PREST
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ll x Dust ond moisture must be removed from your
PETRI PREST or qfl fimes, especiolty the lens is opt
ii to gother mildew on its surfoce, so do not leqve
your camero in the domp ploce to keep it in good
lr order. When dust stocks on the surfoce of t.nr.
use brush lightty. Rough siroke will cquse scors on ' the lens surfoce-
* When occidentqll y \fovr finger fouched fhe lens
surfoce, the finger print musr be erosed on the
spot by using obsorbont cotton wropped with the gouze.
x lens Cop should be used whenever the comerq is
not in use, it wilf help you to mointoin the long
durotion of rervice. The UV fitter is recommend_
oble to prolect the lens of your cqmerq.
x The finger print on the viewfinder gloss must be
removed by using o dried cloth or obsorboni cot_ ton with o slight olcohof.
x lt is recommendoble for you to go to the specio_
list when you find somewww.butkus.usinternot i.ct onicol defec_ tion.View original page 24From the M. Butkus archive. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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