I agree with these points from the articles. The 40mm lens is reasonable, not quite up to Rollei 35 level, but sharp enough and with fair contrast.There are a couple of relatively extensive reviews, but both come to the same conclusion : the Rollei lens is better. That said, everything else is quick to adjust, and there's no need to remove the camera from your eye at all. It's slow to wind out the lens, so don't expect to get that grab shot, and focussing is not the quickest, either. What's it like to use? Mostly easy and good fun, all the controls are within easy reach and easy to adjust. It's possible to do all that with the camera to your eye. Set the aperture, from f2.8 to 22, and the shutter speed from 1/15 to 1/250 plus B and the match needle will swing into action, but only if the film has been wound on. Keep winding the focussing wheel and you'll notice a mark moving in the viewfinder, showing the focussing distance in metres and feet, together with a brightline frame and parallax marks. The CdS meter hides within the filter ring, so no need to worry about using filters.
Now press the shutter release and bingo, it works. No, it's neither a Voigtlander in reverse and neither is it broken. Wind on, press the shutter release and … nothing happens. So, open the back and slide it off, fold down the pressure plate, insert a film, fold up the pressure plate and replace the back. The bottom plate has a slightly off-centre tripod socket, rewind release button, lever to open the back and four dinky little feet to stop the plate from getting scratched.
The last six controls are all within reach of either your right thumb or right index finger!Īt the front, there is the film speed adjustment around the lens and a PC connection for the flash. Rewind lever, hot shoe, frame counter, focussing wheel, film advance, aperture dial, battery check button, shutter speed dial and lastly the shutter release/cable release. Petri Color 35 - Petri's answer to the Rollei 35 – a tiny camera, but with all the controls you might need.Īround the top plate, Petri managed to fit, from left to right:
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