Karoron RF and Petri RF

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From the collection of Harris Aaronson. (Image rights)
Japanese Semi (4.5×6)
Postwar models (edit)
folding	Apollo | Semi Blond | Semi Crystar | Daido Semi | Doris | Semi Frank | Semi Golder | Karoron | Karoron RF | Kiko Semi | Korin | Kuri | BB Kuri | Lark | Semi Leotax | Lo Ruby | Luck | Semi Lyra | Semi Masmy | Middl 120 | Semi Mihama | Mikado | Million Proud | Semi Minolta III | Semi Minolta P | Semi Oscon | Semi Pearl | Pearl I–IV | Petri | Petri RF | Petri Super | Pioneer | Semi Proud | Semi Rocket | Rocky Semi | Rosen | Ruby | Shinkoh Rabbit | Semi Sport | Tsubasa Semi | Union Semi | Union Model U | Walcon Semi | Waltax | Semi Wester | Zenobia
rigid or collapsible	Semi Dak | Semi Hobix | Super Semi Plum | Rocket Camera | Tomy
Prewar and wartime models ->
Japanese Six (6×6) ->

Contents 1 Pictures 2 Bibliography 3 Links

Petri RF, Carperu shutter, C. Orikon 7.5cm f/3.5 lens. From the collection of Harris Aaronson. (Image rights)

Pictures

Karoron RF, Coated Orikon Anastigmat 75mm f/3.5 lens no.483078. Pictures courtesy of Adrian Gotts. (Image rights)

Bibliography

• Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10〜40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Items 469 and 809. (See also the advertisement for items 810–1.)
• Baird, John R. Collectors guide to Kuribayashi-Petri Cameras. Grantsburg, WI (USA): Centennial Photo Service, 1991. ISBN 0-931838-16-9. Pp. 21–2, 30, 123–4 and 130–1.
• Kawamata Masataku (川又正卓). Petri RF. In Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: The use of and actual examples from 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp. 94–5.
• Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), ISBN 0-935398-16-3 (hard). Pp. 75 and 79 (brief mentions only).
• McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). P. 578.
• Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Item 1316.

Links

In English:

• Petri RF: lot 78 of the March 25, 2006 Photographica and Film auction by Auction Team Breker
• Petri RF at Cosmonet's Classic Camera site (Japanese version)

In Spanish:

• Petri RF at Vicente Zaragoza's camera site

In Japanese:

• Karoron RF and other picture in Horikoshi Seiichi's Photofriend stream
• Karoron RF and Petri RF 120 in a page of the AJCC
• Karoron RF at Pinboke
• Karoron RF at Itō Sadanobu's camera collection
• Petri RF in the Zeppan Tōsan photo site (incorporating this photograph). If the link does not work, go to the Zeppan Tōsan photo site, follow the link marked "武器庫" in the page menu, and then the link marked "栗林写真工業　ペトリＲＦ" in the left menu
• Petri RF 120 at Boro kamera to no tawamure
• Advertisement and other advertisement for the Petri cameras, dated 1954, reproduced in Shashin-Bako