The Petri 1948 Folding Camera is the quirkiest camera I've used for this blog. It has a pop-up viewfinder, an uncoupled rangefinder (I think maybe it works but I didn't use it), a hard-to-get-to aperture adjustment, a waist-level viewfinder, and a left-handed shutter release button. In spite of all of that, I really want to like this camera. But I just don't. On top of that, the focus doesn't seem to be working so it's easy to not love it at all.
I do like that the eveready case looks like a well-loved catcher's mitt.
I guess I don't really have a lot to say about this camera. And since I have two other folders that outperform this camera--those being the Ansco Titan and the Franka Solida III--I'm inclined to set this one free.
I wish I had more pics to share but most were unusable.
Here's the one that turned out okay.
Here's an example of the focus not doing anything. I had this focused on the lawn flamingo at 3'.
After this month's bust of a camera, I'm looking forward to using the Ricoh 500G in July.
Film: Fresh Kodak Tri-X 400
Developer: R5 Monobath
Scanner: Epson V550
Next month's camera: Ricoh 500G
