Discontinued
Kfilm camera
Retinette IIA (Type 036)
Type 036
Format
135
Is Film
Yes
Shutter
Prontormat
Metering
coupled photoelectric, automatic
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 1959–1960 · medium confidencehttps://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8205410/kodak-retinette-iia-camera-type-036-35mm-cameraKodak AG Stuttgart. Type 036. See gear_items.kodak-retinette-iia-type-036 spec_notes for the sourcing and any conflict.
Category: Film Camera
Format
135
Shutter
Prontormat
Metering
coupled photoelectric, automatic
Spec Notes
Roughly 50,000 units, and a Kodak Museum object confirms maker Kodak AG, Stuttgart, serial 52237. Reomar 45mm, f/2.8-f/22, front-cell focusing. THE APERTURE AND SHUTTER ARE COUPLED AND SET AUTOMATICALLY by the built-in photoelectric meter, viewed through a bright-line finder - the first automatic-exposure camera in the Retinette line and the reason this is its own row. Two hardware dimensions separate it from the Retinette IIB: the shutter (light-value Compur-Rapid to Prontormat) and the meter (uncoupled to coupled and automatic). Accessory shoe, film-type dial, automatic depth-of-field indicator. Shutter speed range NOT SOURCED - one collector table states it as unavailable. Weight and dimensions NOT SOURCED. 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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