TaraLL27
Newbie
Hi~
I hope I am not repeating a thread...
I've recently acquired a Petri 7s from yes, Ebay. 🙄
I am new at this whole photography thing but I am a very dedicated and determined student. So....I've so far thrown away two rolls of film which for one reason or another didnt work out as planned as I've been learning about the quirks of this old camera.
I think I've got the thing pretty well figured out now (ASA=ISO, which yes effects the sensitivity of the light meter when set wrong...discarded roll number two) (There are very subtle yet important noises of the film that happen while winding...I opened the back when I thought the roll was finished and low and behold, exposed the film...discarded roll number one)
Also, my camera came with the film rewind lever not working, which I "fixed" by opening the bottom cover which must have disloged something that was making it stick. Now I've found, through trial an error of course, that if the case is screwed into the bottom, it makes the bottom too tight against the gears and the advance lever then does not work properly. I'll push the advance lever and push the trigger to take the photo and it wont do anything, then I tried to advance again and it wouldnt move and my camera finally shot a photo of the ground while i had it turned upside down looking at it. 😀
This happened a few times, At a loss I'd unscrew the bottom part of the case from the camera to inspect it and in the middle of this unscrewing "snap!" it takes the picture that I tried to take 3 minutes ago.
SO no more shooting while the camera is screwed into the case.
Anyway, there is one thing related to the problem that resulted in the discarding of film roll number one that I still havent quite figured out.
And I might be able to try again and see if it just works but for the sake of my sanity and for the life of film roll number three im hoping someone can tell me some pointers or affirm that this is correct...
The frame counter has yet to move at the appropriate time.
Hence why I was trying to guess on roll number one at when it was completed. It has just stayed on "S" except for the time that I was forwarding it to try to see and make sure I was at the end of the roll when it started making the noise that made me think it was done. It started working then. Dont have a clue why. When I loaded roll number two this was a thing of the past.
Now, upon my extensive search to find an answer I have found that the camera should show "S" upon the start of the new roll....
My question Finally! :angel:
Did the frame counter not work properly because at the time of roll number one and two I did not have the ASA set for the 200 film that I have but rather it was set at I believe 25?
OR Is there a secret button or gem stone or pass code like open seseme that I should know about to reset the frame counter?
Please help if you can!!
I hope I am not repeating a thread...
I've recently acquired a Petri 7s from yes, Ebay. 🙄
I am new at this whole photography thing but I am a very dedicated and determined student. So....I've so far thrown away two rolls of film which for one reason or another didnt work out as planned as I've been learning about the quirks of this old camera.
I think I've got the thing pretty well figured out now (ASA=ISO, which yes effects the sensitivity of the light meter when set wrong...discarded roll number two) (There are very subtle yet important noises of the film that happen while winding...I opened the back when I thought the roll was finished and low and behold, exposed the film...discarded roll number one)
Also, my camera came with the film rewind lever not working, which I "fixed" by opening the bottom cover which must have disloged something that was making it stick. Now I've found, through trial an error of course, that if the case is screwed into the bottom, it makes the bottom too tight against the gears and the advance lever then does not work properly. I'll push the advance lever and push the trigger to take the photo and it wont do anything, then I tried to advance again and it wouldnt move and my camera finally shot a photo of the ground while i had it turned upside down looking at it. 😀
This happened a few times, At a loss I'd unscrew the bottom part of the case from the camera to inspect it and in the middle of this unscrewing "snap!" it takes the picture that I tried to take 3 minutes ago.
SO no more shooting while the camera is screwed into the case.
Anyway, there is one thing related to the problem that resulted in the discarding of film roll number one that I still havent quite figured out.
And I might be able to try again and see if it just works but for the sake of my sanity and for the life of film roll number three im hoping someone can tell me some pointers or affirm that this is correct...
The frame counter has yet to move at the appropriate time.
Hence why I was trying to guess on roll number one at when it was completed. It has just stayed on "S" except for the time that I was forwarding it to try to see and make sure I was at the end of the roll when it started making the noise that made me think it was done. It started working then. Dont have a clue why. When I loaded roll number two this was a thing of the past.
Now, upon my extensive search to find an answer I have found that the camera should show "S" upon the start of the new roll....
My question Finally! :angel:
Did the frame counter not work properly because at the time of roll number one and two I did not have the ASA set for the 200 film that I have but rather it was set at I believe 25?
OR Is there a secret button or gem stone or pass code like open seseme that I should know about to reset the frame counter?
Please help if you can!!
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