Hi Fred, I've seen those go from $5.00 to $100.00. I got $80.00 for mine after a complete cleaning and offering a guarantee. The really pricey one in the Petri Color 35, it's a rangefinder about the size of the Olympus 35RC. Usually well over $100 for a nice one.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Widall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 4:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: OT - New toy: Petri 1.9 Color Corrected Super rangefinder > > > My latest ebay purchase is a Petri 1.9 Color Corrected Super > rangefinder, complete with wideangle and telephoto auxillary > lenses, and matching viewfinder. A nice fast Orikkor 45mm F1.9 > lens on it, and shutter up to 1/500 sec. > > First impressions are that it is quality camera. In weight and size > it is very close to my SP1000, but like my S1A the door > opening mechanism is on the body, rather than on the rewind handle. > A solid early 60's Japanese camera. > > Everything appears to be working as it should. The body is in > excellent shape with almost no marks. Judging by the state of > the camera bottom I would guess it rarely came out of its case. > I'll run a roll through it tomorrow and see what happens. > > Anyone have an idea what this might be worth ? I'm too embarassed > to reveal how little I paid <G>. Plus it was a local seller so not even > any shipping charges. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fred Widall, > Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >
