Petri Prest 35mm Film Rangefinder Manual: Load Film, How to Use, & Take Photos

The Petri Prest made photography super simple and, today, can still be used to take properly exposed photos within the limits of the camera's design. Also, having a full manual setting, if the camera has a dead light meter, it can still be used in full manual mode for proper exposures. This video covers how to use the Petri Prest, loading film, reading the lens, taking photos in manual and automatic modes, and other key functions.
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Video Index:
0:00 - Intro
0:08 - Petri Prest Tutorial Walkthrough Video Manual
1:10 - Petri Prest Overview
2:37 - Petri Prest Features - Top
3:58 - Petri Prest Features - Front
5:07 - Petri Prest Features - Back and Bottom
5:27 - Petri Prest Feature - Sides
5:43 - Petri Prest Feature - Inside
7:43 - Loading and Unloading Film in the Petri Prest
11:31 - Using a Flash with the Petri Prest
15:41 - How to Read Lens Markings on the Petri Prest
19:21 - Using the Petri Prest’s Rangefinder
23:37 - Taking a Photo with the Petri Prest
26:03 - Tips for using the Petri Prest
27:05 - Things NOT to do with your Petri Prest
References:
www.butkus.org/chinon/petri/p...
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Petri_Prest
McKeown, James, McKeown, Joan. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras 2005/2006. McKeown, Grantsburg, Wisconsin, 2005.
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[@murraykriner9425]

Pretty Posh for the Era, but straight enough for point and shoot operations. Even like the clean lines of its design, but I've had hit and miss experiences with a few of the Petri Auto Exposure Rangefinders of this period. Great Tutorial David. Thank You!

[@DavidHancock]

Yeah, this was a stately little camera and a pretty easy interface, too.

[@Skipsul]

Petri is nearly forgotten today. Interesting that you picked one up. I have one of their goofy proprietary-mount SLRs. It's.... not utterly terrible.

[@DavidHancock]

Yeah, they tend to be off a lot of people's radar. I think I've reviewed a couple of other Petris here and have found that, at lest from an optical perspective, they tend to be quite good.

[@michaelbruchas6663]

Had never seen this PEE-tree model. Near the end of Petri - they made a sweet CDS-metered rangefinder. Might have been the same model of a Miranda rangefinder. A lot of Vietnam vets brought back Petri slrs from PX’s in Vietnam or Korea. Did not last like Canons or Nikons.🙃

[@DavidHancock]

I've heard that the PXs had this brand a lot, and a few others though often those are less well known like Pax.

[@monsieurgolem3392]

Ah yes, petri....crap, at least mines is.

[@DavidHancock]

Some were better than others.

[@monsieurgolem3392]

@@DavidHancock I guess