Serial Number: Cam0132
Type:
35mm film folding viewfinder camera
Manufacturer:
Kodak
Country of Origin:
USA
Production Period:
1954 - 1957
Approximate Price:
US Dollars 149.00
Reference:
camerapedia.wikia.com
Status: Display
Description:
Retina Ib is a 35mm film folding viewfinder camera made by Kodak AG and produced between 1954-57 with quantity about 161,000 units. The Retina Ib was introduced at the Photokina 1954. It had the new fast Synchro-Compur shutter with light-value setting mode. That means that several appropriate aperture shutter-speed settings easily could be found when the actual light value was preset. It lacks a rangefinder. Retina Ib (and the later IB models) are equipped with the sharp Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 2.8 50 lens. The front element can be removed just as with the IIc C and IIIc C models, but the reason for that is that the camera used the same bayonet mount for the front element to simplify production. The Ib IB can t use the wide angle and tele accessory lenses.
