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Thomas
 

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I was out shopping for a manual slr camera and found this guy who is selling me an old camera called PETRI. Now could someone tell me whether this is a reliable camera since here in Kenya (East Africa) all the camera shops I've gone to, now seem to know this brand of camera..


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September 02, 2002

 

doug Nelson
  Petri is not sold any more, partly because the cameras had a reputation for unreliability. Nikon and Canon are the brands to look for, Minolta, Pentax and Olympus being cheaper and just as good in most respects.


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September 02, 2002

 

Thomas
  Thanks so much Doug for your advice. I wish to know exactly what the problem or unreliability is caused by or in what respect are PETRI unreliable..?


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September 03, 2002

 

Thomas
  Thanks so much Doug for your advice. I wish to know exactly what the problem or unreliability is caused by or in what respect are PETRI unreliable..?

Thomas


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September 03, 2002

 

doug Nelson
  We had a Petri in the family. The shutter jammed.


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September 13, 2002

 
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