Discontinued
Kfilm camera
Retinette IB (Type 037)
Type 037
Format
135
Is Film
Yes
Shutter
Pronto LK, 1/15-1/500 + B
Metering
coupled selenium (Gossen cell)
Research
Chris Sherlock, retinarescue.com (per-Type pages); Focal Press Retinette Guide (1960) and Retina Reflex Guide; Kodak Retinette I instruction manual (imprint 'KODAK AG - STUTTGART - WANGEN'); Kodak Retina S1 manual; Science Museum Group object records; camerapedia; collection-appareils.fr; kodakverzameling.nl; bvipirate.com. cameracollector.net is deliberately NOT relied on for values - it failed three independent checks in the adversarial pass.
Confidence
medium
Produced 1959–1963 · medium confidencehttps://retinarescue.com/retinette1btype037.htmlKodak AG Stuttgart. Type 037. See gear_items.kodak-retinette-ib-type-037 spec_notes for the sourcing and any conflict.
Category: Film Camera
Format
135
Shutter
Pronto LK, 1/15-1/500 + B
Metering
coupled selenium (Gossen cell)
Spec Notes
Roughly 230,000 units, October 1959 to February 1963, serials 50981-274266. A Rodenstock Reomar 45mm f/2.8 triplet with front-cell focusing on the documented examples - one of the clearest cases of a Rodenstock-supplied Reomar. Coupled selenium meter with a Gossen cell, ASA 10-800. PC socket, tripod socket, pentagonal iris. The shutter name is spelled 'Pronto-LK', 'Pronto LK' and 'ProntorLK' across sources, but all four agree on 1/15-1/500 + B and on Gauthier of Calmbach as its maker. Start year given as 1959 by two sources with a month, and 1960 by two others; 1959 is used. Weight and dimensions are reported as 530 g and 125 x 90 x 85 mm by a single low-tier source and are recorded as prose rather than as values. REOMAR IS A KODAK TRADE NAME, NOT A MAKER. Both Schneider-Kreuznach and Rodenstock supplied Reomars to Kodak AG, the Rodenstock version based on Schneider's original triplet, and the SAME Type appears with both. The maker is therefore a per-example fact resolved from the engraving - 'Schneider-Kreuznach Reomar' or 'Rodenstock Reomar' - exactly the rule this catalogue already applies to the Retina DKL lenses. No maker is asserted on this row.
Rangefinder
No
Alternate Names
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Introduced
1959
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