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The '''Retina 1b''' Type 018 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 is a redesigned Retina 1a with a rounder shape. Schneider Xenar f/2.8 50mm lens. It was discontinued in 1958.<REF name="Coe">Brian Coe, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years (Hove, UK: Hove Foto Books, 1988; ISBN 0-906447-44-5) p.207.</REF>  
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The '''Retina 1b''' (type 018) is a folding 35 mm viewfinder camera made by [[Kodak AG]]; it was introduced at [[Photokina]] 1954. It has the (then new) [[Synchro-Compur]] shutter with [[Light value|light-value]] settings.  
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The camera is a redesigned Retina 1a with a rounder shape. It has a Schneider Xenar 50mm f/2.8 lens. It was discontinued in 1958.<REF name="Coe">Brian Coe, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years (Hove, UK: Hove Foto Books, 1988; ISBN 0-906447-44-5) p.207.</REF>  
  
  

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The Retina 1b (type 018) is a folding 35 mm viewfinder camera made by Kodak AG; it was introduced at Photokina 1954. It has the (then new) Synchro-Compur shutter with light-value settings.

The camera is a redesigned Retina 1a with a rounder shape. It has a Schneider Xenar 50mm f/2.8 lens. It was discontinued in 1958.[1]




Notes

  1. Brian Coe, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years (Hove, UK: Hove Foto Books, 1988; ISBN 0-906447-44-5) p.207.