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The [[Kodak AG| Kodak]] Retina I is a vertical spring folder for [[35mm|135 format]].  
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The orignal Kodak Retina (type 117) is a historically significant camera, because [[Kodak]] introduced the now ubiquitous daylight-loading 135 cartridge for this camera. (Earlier 35mm cameras required manually spooling bulk 35mm cine film into proprietary cassettes.) The design of the Retina borrowed significantly from the 127-film [[Vollenda]] which had been manufactured by the [[Nagel|August Nagel Camera Works]] until its purchase and re-christening as [[Kodak AG]].
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The original Kodak Retina (type 117) is a historically significant camera, because [[Kodak]] introduced the now ubiquitous daylight-loading 135 cartridge for this camera. (Earlier 35mm cameras required manually spooling bulk 35mm cine film into proprietary cassettes.) The design of the Retina borrowed significantly from the 127-film [[Vollenda]] which had been manufactured by the [[Nagel|August Nagel Camera Works]] until its purchase and re-christening as [[Kodak AG]].
  
 
The Retina I models are distinguished from the II and III series by being scale-focused, rather than using a [[Rangefinder_%28device%29|rangefinder]].
 
The Retina I models are distinguished from the II and III series by being scale-focused, rather than using a [[Rangefinder_%28device%29|rangefinder]].
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The following is a list of Retina I cameras produced from 1934 to 1940/1941? and 1945 to 1950.
 
The following is a list of Retina I cameras produced from 1934 to 1940/1941? and 1945 to 1950.
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* Typ 117 Retina  -  1934 to 1935
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* Type 117 Retina  -  1934 to 1935
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* Typ 118 Retina  -  1935 to 1936
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* Type 118 Retina  -  1935 to 1936
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* Typ 119 Retina I - 1936 to 1938
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* Type 119 Retina I - 1936 to 1938
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* Typ 126 Retina I - 1936 to 1937
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* Type 126 Retina I - 1936 to 1937
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* Typ 141 Retina I - 1937 to 1939
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* Type 141 Retina I - 1937 to 1939
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* Typ 143 Retina I - 1938 to 1939
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* Type 143 Retina I - 1938 to 1939
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* Type 148 Retina I - 1939 to 1940
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* Type 149 Retina I - 1939 to 1940
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* Type 167 Retina I - 1940 - ? 1941
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* Typ 148 Retina I - 1939 to 1940
 
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* Typ 149 Retina I - 1939 to 1940
 
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* Typ 167 Retina I - 1940 - ? 1941
 
 
* Kodak AG stopped camera production in the summer of 1941. Plant was requisitioned by German government to make time-fuses.  
 
* Kodak AG stopped camera production in the summer of 1941. Plant was requisitioned by German government to make time-fuses.  
 
* First camera parts for post-war production manufactured in July 1945.
 
* First camera parts for post-war production manufactured in July 1945.
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* Typ 010 Retina I - November 1945 to June 1949
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* Type 010 Retina I - November 1945 to June 1949
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* Typ 013 Retina I - August 1949 to December 1950
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* Type 013 Retina I - August 1949 to December 1950
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|colspan=4 align="center"|Various Kodak Retina I models
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* The Retina camera illustrated top right is a Typ 119 Retina I.
 
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* The Retina camera illustrated bottom right is a late production Typ 148 Retina I.
 
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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* [http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7ESrawhiti/index.html Chris Sherlock's Retina collection]
 
* [http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7ESrawhiti/index.html Chris Sherlock's Retina collection]
 
* [http://www.wctatel.net/web/crye/retina.htm Kodak Retina]
 
* [http://www.wctatel.net/web/crye/retina.htm Kodak Retina]
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* [http://www.toptown.com/nowhere/kypfer/retina_faq.htm Folding Retina FAQ]
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* [http://www.host.fptoday.com/melek/retina/cameras.html Retina Cameras]
 
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* [http://www.toptown.com/nowhere/kypfer/f_index.htm Chris Eve's Kodak Camera collection]
 
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* [http://hjem.get2net.dk/Carlsens/retinaogretinette.htm Retinas illustrated]
 
 
* [http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/ The Kodak collector's page]
 
* [http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/ The Kodak collector's page]
 
* [http://www.toptown.com/nowhere/kypfer/RetinaGuide/index.htm The Retina Guide]
 
* [http://www.toptown.com/nowhere/kypfer/RetinaGuide/index.htm The Retina Guide]

Revision as of 21:32, 23 March 2011

The Kodak Retina I is a vertical spring folder for 135 format.

The original Kodak Retina (type 117) is a historically significant camera, because Kodak introduced the now ubiquitous daylight-loading 135 cartridge for this camera. (Earlier 35mm cameras required manually spooling bulk 35mm cine film into proprietary cassettes.) The design of the Retina borrowed significantly from the 127-film Vollenda which had been manufactured by the August Nagel Camera Works until its purchase and re-christening as Kodak AG.

The Retina I models are distinguished from the II and III series by being scale-focused, rather than using a rangefinder.

The eventual triumph of the 135 format owed much to the acceptance of the Retina as a compact, precision 35mm camera, as well as to the success of lower-priced alternatives such as those manufactured by Argus.

The following is a list of Retina I cameras produced from 1934 to 1940/1941? and 1945 to 1950.

  • Type 117 Retina - 1934 to 1935
  • Type 118 Retina - 1935 to 1936
  • Type 119 Retina I - 1936 to 1938
  • Type 126 Retina I - 1936 to 1937
  • Type 141 Retina I - 1937 to 1939
  • Type 143 Retina I - 1938 to 1939
  • Type 148 Retina I - 1939 to 1940
  • Type 149 Retina I - 1939 to 1940
  • Type 167 Retina I - 1940 - ? 1941
  • Kodak AG stopped camera production in the summer of 1941. Plant was requisitioned by German government to make time-fuses.
  • First camera parts for post-war production manufactured in July 1945.
  • Type 010 Retina I - November 1945 to June 1949
  • Type 013 Retina I - August 1949 to December 1950



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Type 119
image by Martin Taylor
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Type 126
image by Süleyman
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Type 148
image by skagman
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Type 013
image by Dirk HR Spennemann
Various Kodak Retina I models


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