show us your Retina!

[goamules]

Here is my I, with an American Ektar on it. Very nice photos from it too. What do you do with a small finder, get a bigger finder!

 

[goamules]

And an early Retina I I got at a yard sale, with the box and manual.

 

[shawn]

Here is my IIa, with an American Ektar on it. Very nice photos from it too. What do you do with a small finder, get a bigger finder!

Nice camera, that is actually a Ia not a IIa. Those Ektar lenses are great. I have a slightly earlier version type I (knob wind not lever and the shutter has to be cocked manually) with the Ektar and it is one of my favorite Retinas.

Shawn

 

[goamules]

My mistake, I have a IIa also, and a IIc. Kinda hard keeping all the numbers straight.

 

[goamules]

Here is a IIc I got the other day. Shot a roll I'm waiting on results for.

 

[carbo73]

Here's my first Retina, a II type 142, with Xenon f2.8 50mm. Sadly, rangefinder is misaligned and the double image is so faint you can't see it properly:

 

[peterm1]

I recently bought one of these - the Tele Xenar 135mm f4 for Retina Reflex. Though it looks very plain and uninspiring in real life it is a very handsome lens which is quite compact and heavy....

Best of all being a DKL mount it can be used with adapters on a Nikon F mount camera - one of the very few lenses that does have sufficient register depth to allow this. I used to have a Retina Reflex but no longer do.

(Stock image)

 

[petronius]

I´m doomed. This is my sixth Retina, a very nice IIS. I find the rigid body much easier to handle than the collapsible ones.

 

[markjwyatt]

I exposed a few rolls of film in my Retina Reflex with the cloudy prism, which involved a lot of guess work. What kept me interested in the camera was the fact that the Xenon is a great lens, the camera's light meter was accurate, and the shutter was not only accurate, but as quiet as my rangefinder Retinas. What held me back was a bit of vagueness in regard to which specific prisms would fit the Retinas. Here is an example shot post-prism replacement:

...

Having a mirror that does not instantly return in a leaf shutter slr takes a little getting used to, but I think it probably contributes to the extraordinary quietness of operation. There are some add-on accessory lenses, but I doubt I will bother with them as their use complicates the use of the camera. I do have a little screw-in accessory lens which facilitates close-up work, and I'm looking forward to using the camera often.

I have a Retina Reflex 4, and after a simple repair everything works (the little window to see f-stop and shutter is a little hard to view). It is taking nice pictures also. I have a 50mm f1.9 Xenon and a 35mm f2.8 Curtagon.

Xenon

bougainvillea by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

Curtagon

Pepper Corns by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[Solinar]

I now have a new to me Retina IIa. - An early production camera from 1951. (Note the Compur Rapid shutter.)

Retina 2a

I think it works.

StPatsFeetOnly

Peace.

 

[markus_h_photography]

20181230_123941a by Markus Hainz, on Flickr

 

[Solinar]

The same Retina IIa as shown above - but kitted out with some accoutrements.

Cheers,

 

[mpaniagua]

Here is my I, with an American Ektar on it. Very nice photos from it too. What do you do with a small finder, get a bigger finder!

Turnit finder looks awesome!

Marcelo

 

[Swift1]

I just scored this exceptional Retina II for $37. It's kinda interesting in that it's a type 014 but it has the older style shutter speed dial from the type 011.

 

[michaelphoto]

My IIa in nice working condition.

My IIa in nice working condition.

Åbent kamera by Michael G, on Flickr

 

[carbo73]

My Retina IIa (016) with Rodenstock Heligon f2 / 50mm. It's was originally bought by someone in Bensheim, near Frankfurt am Main. Shortly after buying it, the shutter stuck, so I sent it to Chris Sherlock to do a CLA, and now works flawlessly.

And the pictures it takes.

 

[markjwyatt]

My new/old Retina IIIc with Rodenstock 50mm f2 Heligon. Purchased from an RFF member.


Kodak Retina IIIc by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[jdriffill]

Retina 1b and IIIc



Kodak Retina 1b and IIIc by John Driffill, on Flickr

 

[mnutzer]

Kodak Retina Ia, Type 015, 1951-53

 

[carbo73]

Kodak Retina IIIc (Ausf. I), made c.1956-57; sadly now the shutter is stuck.