Discontinued
Kfilm camera
Retina I (Nr. 148)
Nr. 148
Format
135
Is Film
Yes
Shutter
Compur-Rapid
Metering
none
Research
Science Museum Group / Kodak Museum object records (Bradford collection); Chris Sherlock, retinarescue.com (Retina camera list and serial tables); cjs-classic-cameras.co.uk; collection-appareils.fr; camerapedia; cameracollector.net; mikeeckman.com. NO Kodak printed document was read for the prewar models - the highest tier reached is museum cataloguing, and confidence is set accordingly.
Confidence
medium
Produced 1939–1941 · medium confidencehttps://camerapedia.fandom.com/wiki/Kodak_Retina_IKodak AG Stuttgart. Nr. 148. See gear_items.kodak-retina-i-nr-148 spec_notes for the sourcing and any conflict.
Category: Film Camera
Format
135
Shutter
Compur-Rapid
Metering
none
Spec Notes
The last general-production prewar Retina I. A specialist source records three different lenses, two different shutters and 'at least 7 different body styles' across its run - so the variation inside this Type is wider than the difference between some neighbouring Types. A documented example carries a Kodak-Anastigmat Ektar 50mm f/3.5 in a Compur-Rapid 1-1/500 + B. Standard lens NOT SOURCED. Weight and dimensions NOT SOURCED. GENERATION FOLDED IN: Nr. 149, which differs by a leather inlay between the top housing and the wind knob and black enamel body edges - trim only, one dimension. The 149's Europe-only distribution is a market fact, not hardware.
Rangefinder
No
Alternate Names
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Introduced
1939
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