Kodak AG

Kodak AG is the German branch of the Kodak company. It originated at the end of the 19th century as German branch of Kodak in Berlin, named Eastman Kodak Gesellschaft m. b. H.

Later, in the 20th century, the German Kodak branch became listed at the German stock market, and it bought the independent camera maker Nagel, and its founder Dr. August Nagel became general director of the company when it was bought by Eastman Kodak Company on December 1, 1931. Kodak A.G. Dr. Nagel Werk developed its own line of products including the Kodak Retina Camera. The first Retina camera ( Typ 117 ) was introduced in the summer of 1934 along with a new 35mm film Daylight Loading Cartridge (DLC). Dr. August Nagel held the German patent for this new 35mm DLC. This 35mm Daylight Loading Cartridge was designed for the Kodak Retina camera and was also designed to retrofit into existing Leica and Contax cameras. Nagel's son Helmut Nagel led the company after the war.

Kodak made in Germany image by Francisco Javier Cornejos C. (Image rights)

35mm

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Retina I

• Kodak Retina I (117, 118, 119, 126, 141, 143, 148, 149, 010, 013)
• Kodak Retina Ia (015)
• Kodak Retina Ib (018)
• Kodak Retina II (122, 142, 011, 014)
• Kodak Retina IIa (150,016)
• Kodak Retina IIc (020)
• Kodak Retina IIIc (021)
• Kodak Retina IB/IIC/IIIC (019/029/028)

viewfinder (solid body)

• Kodak Retina I BS (040)
• Kodak Retina IF (046)
• Kodak Retina IIS (024)
• Kodak Retina IIF (047)
• Kodak Retina IIIS (027)
• Kodak Retina Automatic I II III (038, 032, 039)
• Kodak Retina S1, S2(060, 061)

• Kodak Retinette (Types 147 - 1939, 012 - 1949, 017 - 1952, 022 - 1954)
• Kodak Retinette I (Type 030 - 1958)
• Kodak Retinette IA (Types 035 - 1959, 042 - 1960, 044 - 1963)
• Kodak Retinette Ib (Type 037 - 1959)
• Kodak Retinette IB (Type 045 - 1963)
• Kodak Retinette II (Types 160 - 1939, 026 - 1958)
• Kodak Retinette IIA (Type 036 - 1959)
• Kodak Retinette IIB (Type 031 - 1958)

SLR

• Retina Reflex
• Retina Reflex S
• Retina Reflex III
• Retina Reflex IV

126 film

Instamatic 500

Viewfinder

See the Instamatic page for a comprehensive list.

SLR

• Instamatic Reflex

110 film

• Mini-Instamatic S 30
• Mini-Instamatic S 40
• Pocket Ektra 200 Camera
• Tele-Ektralite 600 Camera
• Pocket Instamatic 300 Camera
• Pocket Instamatic 500 Camera electronic

127 film

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• Vollenda

rigid

• Pupille
• Ranca

120 & 620 film

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• Duo Six-20
• Kodak Regent
• Regent II
• Suprema
• Vollenda 620
• Kodak Junior 620

616 film

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• Junior Six-16

plate

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• Kodak Recomar 18
• Kodak Recomar 33

Literature

• Nagel, Helmut: "Zauber der Kamera - Beispiele aus dem Kodak- Nagel-Werk" (1977)

Links

• Historical Society for Retina Cameras
• Retina Rescue - Chris's Camera Pages, by Chris Sherlock
• Kodak Classics by Mischa Koning ~ Contains, besides information about more than 500 Kodak cameras, online copies of the "Retina Guide", the "Retina Reflex Guide" and the "Retinette Guide" by Focus Press.
• Kodak Retina documentation (German), at Schneider Kreuznach
• Cameras and User manuals at www.collection-appareils.fr