Petri 7s 1963-1973
The Petri 7s was introduced by Petri, a Japanese camera company, in 1963 as a variant of the Petri 7 which was introduced in 1961. The Petri ended production in 1973. It took 35mm film, had a coupled rangefinder, and an around-the-lens selenium cell light meter. The 7s is very advanced compared to its predecessor. It has ATL (around the lens) selenium metering with a match-needle visible both in the viewfinder as well as the top of the camera. The 7s was available with either a 45mm amber coated f/1.8 or f/2.8 lens and came with a mechanical MVE leaf shutter system which had speeds up to 1/500. Petri was never well known to the general public. They produced cameras from the inception of the company in 1907 up until its bankruptcy in 1977, with a few produced until the early 1980s.
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My Vintage Camera Collection
