Retina Reflex
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The Kodak Retina Reflex is a SLR camera for interchangeable lenses made by the Kodak AG. As many SLR cameras of German heritage it works with a leaf shutter instead of a focal plane shutter. It was named Retina Reflex since it inherited several features from the viewfinder camera Kodak Retina IIIc: The film advance and exposure counting system, the film channel, the selenium meter, and the focusing mechanics of the lenses. Even the Synchro-Compur shutter is nearly similar to that of the viewfinder camera. One part of the lens optics is mounted in the camera frontside. It contains three lens elements, and around it are the setting rings for shutter speed, aperture and distance. Shutter and bayonet are the front elements of this camera sided lens part. A fast Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 1:2/50mm lens was available for the camera, and other lenses, for example the Longar-Xenon 1:4/80mm.
