Kodak Retina Ib 35mm Folding Viewfinder Camera with Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-X

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Kodak Retina Ib 35mm Folding Viewfinder Camera with Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-X

About the Item

Kodak Retina Ib 35mm Folding Viewfinder Camera with Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenar 50mm f/2.8 Lens and Synchro-Compur Shutter by Kodak AG Produced between 1954-57 Retina Ib is a 35mm film folding viewfinder camera made and 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 Engraving on the top plate: Retina Ib Lens: Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenar 50mm f/2.8 filter slip-on Aperture: up to f/22 setting: coupled with speeds ring according to Exposure Value system, EV 3-18; manual possible with a lever and scale under the lens Focus range: 0.9-20m +inf Focusing: manual helicoid focusing, guess the distance, by a thumb handle beneath the lens-shutter barrel, with distance and DOF scales (zone focusing) Shutter: Synchro-Compur; speeds: 1-1/500 +B setting: ring and scale on the lens-shutter barrel, coupled with apertures according to Exposure Value system Shutter release: on the top plate w/cable release socket Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, on the bottom plate Frame counter: additive type, auto-reset, window on the top plate Viewfinder: reverse telescopic finder with parallax correction frame Re-wind lever knob: on the top-plate Re-wind release: a button adjacent to the winder Front cover: opens by a small knob on it; closing: press the knobs on the struts, when focus on infinity Flash PC socket: on the lens-shutter, setting for x and M with a green lever on V X M dial Cold-shoe Memory dial: on the rewind knob Self-timer: set to V on V X M dial Back cover: hinged, opens by a lever and a small knob beneath the tripod socket Embossings on front cover Kodak and on the back cover Retina camera Tripod socket: 1/4" Strap lugs Body: metal; Weight: 584g

Dimensions:
Height: 5.2 in (13.2 cm)Width: 3.19 in (8.1 cm)Depth: 1.74 in (4.4 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Metal,Optical Glass
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1950;s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. In good vintage condition, firing well, has surface wear to casing keeping with age and use. There is some light dust present in the lens.
Seller Location:
High Wycombe, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: KF edit 2.1.241stDibs: LU8232235886082