Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Curtar-Xenon C 35mm f/5.6

Weight

71g

Filter Thread

29.5mm

Spec Notes

INTERCHANGEABLE FRONT COMPONENT, not a complete lens: it replaces the front cell of the 50mm standard lens, and the rear group and iris remain in the camera. Fits Retina IIc, IIC, IIIc, IIIC and Retina Reflex (type 025) bodies fitted with a SCHNEIDER XENON standard lens only - the bayonet key is positioned differently for Rodenstock and the wrong cell will not seat. Kodak's own name for the part is 'Kodak Retina Curtar Lens Component, 35mm f/5.6'. FILTER: thread measures 29.5mm; Kodak designates its screw-in filters for this component '32 mm' (Kodak Retina IIc book: 'Kodak Filters (Screw-in type, 32mm diameter) for 50mm f/2.8 and 35mm f/5.6 lenses'). Both figures are correct - one is a designation, one is the thread. No Kodak Series number applies to the C system. WEIGHT is a dealer measurement (Kamerastore), not a Kodak figure; the same listing gives the body as '34 x 27 mm' without stating which axis is which, so diameter and length are omitted rather than guessed. DATES: present in the 1954 launch documentation for the IIc/IIIc; no source dates the component itself, so no year field is written. ELEMENTS/GROUPS are absent on purpose - the published counts describe the complete lens including the rear group that stays in the camera.

Max Aperture

f/5.6

Alternate Names

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Focal Length (Max)

35mm

Focal Length (Min)

35mm