Olympus and Petri thread mount cameras - Taken
from long gone website
Olympus FTL, 1971-??
Fixed pentaprism
Shutter: 1-1/1000,B
Flash: F, X, and hot shoe; 1/60.
Metering: full aperture TTL metering
Finder: Microprism spot and ground-glass collar; meter needle
Battery: PX625
Auto diaphragm
Instant return mirror
Self-timer
It has a ball catch at the point where lens is fully screwed home, providing
the lens catch.
(Fujica cameras have similar feature)
Petri Penta, 1959
Fixed pentaprism
Shutter: 1/2-1/500,B
Flash: F and X-synch at 1/50
Metering: none
Finder: Central matte area in ground-glass screen
Battery: none
Manual diaphragm(?)
Instant return mirror
Petri FTX, 1974
(Argus STL and Spiraflex TTL in USA).
Fixed pentaprism
Shutter: 1-1/1000,B
Flash: Standard F? and X sync, hot shoe, at 1/60.
Metering: stoped-down TTL metering
Finder: Microprism spot and ground-glass collar; meter needle
Battery: PX625(?)
Auto diaphragm
Instant return mirror
Self-timer
Petri FT500 and FT1000, 1976
(Also Exacta TL 500 and TL 1000)
Similar to the FTX but with (1/500 fastest speed for FT500).
Battery: RM675R
Petri FA-1, 1975-??
(Also Exacta FE 2000)
Fixed pentaprism
Shutter: 1-1/1000,B; Auto shutter priority
Flash: F and X-synch and hot shoe, at 1/60.
Metering: TTL at open aperture.
Finder: Microprism spot and ground-glass and clear collars in
Freshnell screen; meter needle; improper exposure warinig.
Battery: RM675R
Auto diaphragm
Instant return mirror
Self timer.
F-stop visible in viewfinder
Petri MF-T 1000, 1976-1978
(Also Petri MF-101A and Hanimex CR 1000)
Fixed pentaprism
Shutter: 1-1/1000,B
Flash: X-synch and removable hot shoe, at 1/60.
Metering: Stoped-down TTL.
Finder: Microprism spot and ground-glass and clear collars in
Freshnell screen; meter needle;
Battery: RM675R(?)
Auto diaphragm
Instant return mirror
Self timer.
From Franka T. Lieu:
Petri MF-1, 1976-??
Fixed pentaprism
Shutter: Mechanical 1-1/1000 + B
Flash: Standard F? and X sync, hot shoe, at 1/60.
Metering: stoped-down TTL metering
Finder: Microprism spot and ground-glass collar; meter needle
Battery: RM675R
Auto diaphragm
Instant return mirror
Self-timer
The Petri MFT-1000 as mentioned above is actually the export naming. Most of
them were actually made as MF-1 and sold in home market. Both Black and Silver (
its not chrome, but rather Silver finished Engineering Plastic ). I have 2 of
the Silver Bodies and used to own a Black one. They were in Petri's last days
exported extensively to the Asian Market as economy models.
Petri TTL, ??-??
(Information by courtesy of Petri Raty)
Fixed pentaprism
Shutter: 1-1/1000,B;
Flash: F and X-synch and hot shoe, at 1/60.
Metering: TTL at open aperture (?).
Auto diaphragm
Instant return mirror
Self timer.
Self-timer is jammed, so I don't know about mirror lock up, but it doesn't
have any special button for mirror. Rigth bottom of viewfinder is exposure meter
indicator, which is metal circle and floating 'stick'. Hard to see in other than
direct sunlight. F-stop is right for selected film sensitivy when 'stick' is in
the middle of the circle. pictures can be found on my homepage at
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~praty
Other Petri thread mount cameras.??
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