10 Facts About Kodak Retina

Kodak Retina cameras were manufactured in Stuttgart-Wangen by the Kodak AG Dr Nagel Werk which Kodak had acquired in December 1931.

Kodak Retina line included a variety of folding and non-folding models, including the Kodak Retina Reflex single lens reflex camera.

Kodak Retina cameras were noted for their compact size, high quality, and low cost compared to competitors.

Kodak Retina AG offered a companion line of less-expensive Retinette cameras, with similar looks and function.

Kodak Retina left Zeiss in 1928 to form his own firm Nagel Camera Werks AG, and produced the Nagel line of cameras, including glass plate, sheet-film, and roll-film cameras.

The successive model: Nr 118 Kodak Retina followed in 1935 with minor modifications to the Nr.

Fifth and final generation of folding Kodak Retina cameras was introduced in 1957, the same year as the Type 025 Kodak Retina Reflex system.

Type 025 Kodak Retina Reflex had the same uncoupled single range exposure meter of the Type 019 Ausf I Kodak Retina IB and the Type 021 Ausf.

From 1968 to 1974 Kodak AG produced an Instamatic Reflex based on the Retina Reflex, accepting the S series lenses, but using instamatic 126 film cartridges and instamatic style flash cubes.

Kodak Retina manufactured the Retinette series of lesser-featured cameras from 1939 to 1960 in a variety of folding and rigid models.