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Revision as of 08:07, 29 December 2019
The Retina II is a series of four folding 35 mm rangefinder cameras made in Germany by Kodak AG during the periods 1936-1939 and 1946-1950. Unlike some of the Retina III cameras, none of the Retina II models has a lightmeter.
Contents
Retina II Type 122
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| Retina II, type 122, Compur-Rapid, Schneider Xenon 5cm f/2.8. images by eBayer Yalluflex (Image rights) |
- Produced from 1936-1937
- Ektar f/3.5 50mm or Schneider Xenon f/2.0 or f/2.8 50mm
- Compur-Rapid shutter 1-500 sec. plus 'B'
- Separate rangefinder and viewfinder
- Top-mounted lever film wind
Retina II Type 142
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| with Ektar f:3.5 F=5cm image by Dornenwolf (Image rights) |
- Produced from 1937-1939
- Kodak Ektar f/3.5 50mm or Schneider Xenon f/2.0 or f/2.8 50mm
- Compur-Rapid shutter 1-500 sec. plus bulb
- Separate rangefinder and viewfinder
- Knob film wind
Retina II Type 011
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| Retina II with Schneider Xenon lens image by Jack Hufnagel (Image rights) |
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| with Ektar f/2 47mm image by Casual Camera Collector (Image rights) |
- Produced from 1946-1949
- Ektar f/2 47mm or Xenon f/2.0 5cm or Rodenstock Heligon f/2 50mm
- Compur-Rapid shutter 1-500 sec. plus 'B'
- Combined rangefinder and viewfinder
- Knob film wind
- Developed from the pre-war Retina IIa Type 150
Retina II Type 014
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| with Rodenstock Retina-Heligon f:2/50mm image by Gerard Vogels (Image rights) |
- Produced from 1949-1950
- Xenon f/2.0 50mm or Heligon f/2 50mm
- Compur-Rapid shutter 1-500 sec. plus bulb
- Combined rangefinder and viewfinder
- Knob film wind
- Standard PC socket for flash synchronization
- Some collectors consider that this model is more reliable than the later lever-wind Retina IIa, which utilized a cocking rack that is prone to breakage.
Bibliography
- Brian Coe, Kodak Cameras — The First Hundred Years, Hove Foto Books, 1988
Links
- Retina II manual at Butkus.org
- Retina II at Collection Appareils by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
