Description: Vintage Kodak Retina with Ektar 3,5 5cm Lens and also with Series V Hood Adapters Wratten Lens Set. This is the original Retina by Kodak from the late 1930's era. Comes with the original leather case that has some taped repairs, GE exposure meter DW-68, series V hood, series V adapter, set of 3 series V portrait lens +1 +2 & +3, series V wratten G (this one the yellow in the glass is distorted) & wratten K2, 6 old vintage rolls of film. The entire outfit comes in an old leather pouch type bag. Good used condition with normal age related wear - please refer to the many detailed photos. This item was from the Stillwell family estate of Lewis Buckley Stillwell 1863-1941 and his wife Mary Elizabeth Thurston & Agnes Newhall Stillwell 1906-1957 & Richard W Stillwell 1899-1982 who were well known professors at Princeton University, in fact several generations of the Stillwell family included many who lectured at Princeton. I recently acquired many fine items from the Stillwell family estate at Plymouth MA. Kodak Retina I is a 35mm film folding camera, manufactured by Kodak AG Stuttgart, Germany, and produced between 1936-41 and 1945-50.Kodak Retina Nr. 117 designed by Dr.August Nagel who was the founder of the Dr.Nagel-Werke in 1928, later he sold his firm to Eastman Kodak in December 1931, and its name changed as Kodak AG Dr. Nagel Werke. It was Kodak's first folding 35mm camera and the camera that introduced the 135 film in 35mm film cassette in 1934, still in use today.Kodak Retina Nr. 117 and Nr. 118 were not called "Retina I", Nr. 119 and Nr. 126 Kodak Retina were the first called "Retina I" after the introduction of Nr. 122 Retina II. All pre-war Retina I produced between 1936-41 were models Nr. 119, Nr. 126, Nr. 141, Nr. 143, Nr. 148, Nr. 149 and Nr. 167.Kodak Retina I Nr.126 "Modell I Verchromt" produced concurrently with the Retina I Nr. 119 "Modell I Schwarz", and Nr. 126 Retina I was offered with the Kodak-Anastigmat Ektar lens.Between 1936-40, each model Retina I was available in two variants: Black Model I (schwarz), Chrome Model I (verchromt). Hence the Nr. 119 and Nr. 126 are very similar, as are the Nr. 141 and Nr. 143, and the Nr. 148 and Nr. 149.After WW2, production started again in November 1945 as Type 010. It was produced for the U.S. military PX system until 1948 and after the end of Military Government control, Type 010 was exported to the USA with an "ek" or "EK" prefixed serial number and was also sold in Germany. Production of Type 010 continued until August of 1949. Type 010 Retina I is NOT identical to the pre-war model Nr 148. There are many differences including different focusing rings, different serial number series and different top housing and body configurations. First with the uncoated Retina-Xenar 50mm f/3,5 (Schneider-Kreuznach), from 1948 this lens coated, recognizable by the red triangle on it.
Price: 65 USD
Location: Weymouth, Massachusetts
End Time: 2025-01-30T03:00:01.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Kodak
Model: Retina Ektar
