Discontinued
Kfilm camera
Retinette II (Type 026)
Type 026
Format
135
Is Film
Yes
Shutter
Compur-Rapid, light value
Metering
none
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 1958–1959 · medium confidencehttps://retinarescue.com/retinette2type026.htmlKodak AG Stuttgart. Type 026. See gear_items.kodak-retinette-ii-type-026 spec_notes for the sourcing and any conflict.
Category: Film Camera
Format
135
Shutter
Compur-Rapid, light value
Metering
none
Spec Notes
Roughly 19,000 units of the 026 itself. Reomar 45mm f/2.8 in a light-value Compur-Rapid; bright viewfinder similar to the Type 030's; lever wind; cold shoe. GENERATION FOLDED IN: Type 031, the Retinette IIB (1958-1959, roughly 40,000 units), which differs by ONE hardware dimension - a built-in UNCOUPLED selenium meter, the same kind fitted to the Retina IIIC. Same lens, same light-value Compur-Rapid shutter, same body. The specialist source describes the IIB as 'similar to the Retinette II type 026, but has a built-in uncoupled meter', which is the fold in one sentence. One collector table implies the 026 also had a T setting the 031 lost; single source, from a table that failed three checks elsewhere in this build, so it is not treated as a second dimension - it is a physical check worth making. 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
1958
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