Petri 7s and Ferrania 100

Katastrofo · Expire: 2013-11-19

I really like this rangefinder, acquired off the 'bay for something like $25,
total. Here's a test roll of Ferrania 100, shot at 80:

not wide open, but at f4 or f5.6, really toxic sunshine this particular day:

when flowers break the law

and when they don't

Epson 4490 scans

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

hi Bill, it seems a fine camera. I also like the choice of exposing the Ferrania 100 at ISO 80.

Nesster · Expire: 2014-02-20

the two flower pix are excellent - impressionistic bokeh-grain and lozenge highlights, and the focus separation gets to 3-d. Wild pose you got your flowers into for the last one Wink

Katastrofo · Expire: 2013-11-19

Orio and Jussi, thanks, I'll be ordering more Ferrania 100 and 200 very
soon, love this film!

Jussi, on the last shot, some of the flowers were reluctant to cooperate,
maybe because of gusts of wind. Wink

fish4570 · Expire: 2012-03-21

Toxic sunshine, indeed ... Shocked

Nice work with that little cam.

koji · Expire: 2012-12-27

Petri (most likely Petri 35, predecessor of Petri 7) was our family camera,
and went to the sea for swimming. But I dropped it into the sea, later
the camera got lots of salt after dried. That was its end. Very Happy

This was just before I was 10 years old, around 1953 or 4' summer.

Your post makes my memory alive, thank you Bill.

Nesster · Expire: 2014-02-20

koji, that's a good memory....

Bill, I'm surprised with the Ferrania 100- it's not exactly small grained like I'd have expected. Fun stuff however. My daughter doesn't like Ferrania - I gave her a roll of 400 for her yellow Minolta Weathermatic - and she didn't like the grain.

I'd say Ferrania supplements rather than replaces more ordinary film Smile

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

Looks good one really , but try one times Konica Laughing

Katastrofo · Expire: 2013-11-19

Paul, thanks, recommend this camera, they go for pretty cheap on the bay.

Jussi, Ferrania may be an acquired taste, I like how similar it is to the Arista
color film when it was being manufactured. The grain is larger yes, but I
love the colors, here's a pic using the 400 with the Argus C3 match-matic:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1141/4593470303_ca0cf05312_o.jpg

Koji-san, I have a Petri 35 that works just fine with hood, only issue is the spring
is a little weak on returning the film advance lever to resting position, no big deal:

Is this the camera you remember? If you want it, it's yours, it has at least the leather half-case and strap, will see if it came with the
front cover. I think there are some filters, yellow, red, etc, too.

Attila, yes, I'll be trying that Konica IIIM, what a beauty!

koji · Expire: 2012-12-27

It (Petri 35) does not look familiar, Bill-san.

It is more like Petri 7 RF camera, anyhow the camera was the first 135
format camera for our family. Before that we used to use 4x5 cm format
camera, called Brownie?

I have checked Petri cameras (35->7->7s->>>), but not sure what
we had. My memory is fading as usual (actually getting worse). Crying or Very sad

But Petri camera is the one I remember, but not model number!