RETINA 1A MADE IN GERMANY IS THE PRO LEVEL POCKET FOLDING CAMERA BY KODAK YOU NEED PHOTO CLASS 5

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The Retina Ia (Type 015) is a folding camera for 35mm film made by the German Kodak AG. It was introduced in January 1951 as a revision of the Kodak Retina I. Its main new feature was the rapid winding lever. The cameras of the Retina I series have an optical viewfinder but no rangefinder.
Body dimensions: 4.75x3x1.5 inches.
Weight: 1 pound.[1]
From January to May of 1951, the camera was fitted with a Compur-Rapid shutter and was coupled with a Retina-Xenar 50mm f/3.5 lens.
In June 1951, the shutter was changed to a Synchro-Compur with M-X flash synch as shown in the images. Lenses for this variation included:
Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenar 50mm f/3.5
Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenar 50mm f/2.8
Kodak Ektar 50mm f/3.5
A film glide roller on the back door was also added and this remained present until the end of production of this model in April 1954. The Retina Ia was superseded by the type 018 Kodak Retina Ib in late March, 1954.
In 1879 George Eastman, amateur photographer and employee of a bank in Rochester, had invented an emulsion-coating machine for mass production of dry plates and got a patent on it in England. In 1881 he and Rochester's local buggy whip manufacturer Henry A. Strong founded the Eastman Dry Plate Company in the town in the north of the state of New York (USA).
1897: innovative strut folder
Folding Pocket Kodak
(version 1A of 1899)
image by AWCam (Image rights)
In 1883, a year after having solved troubles with bad quality gelatine that spoiled film plates, the company moved to a four-story building which later got the address 343 State Street, longtime headquarters address of the company. In 1884 Eastman and Strong transformed their partnership to a corporation for which they gathered the first shareholders. In 1885 the American Film was introduced, a paper roll film which needed a special development process, made usable with the new Eastman-Walker rollfilm holder. This was used later in the first two Kodak cameras. However Eastman knew that he needed a transparent film for the future, and hired the chemist Henry H. Reichenbach as research scientist. The transparent roll film would be delivered in 1889

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[@MrJzvoyeur]

My father had this camera. He took all the photos of me and my siblings with it. After every move to a new apartment (we moved a lot), his model railway system was quickly set up and the darkroom was set up. Beautiful memories.

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I recently thrifted this camera and this video was SO helpful.

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[@kirkanderson1021]

Great video! Helped me and my 1A a ton!

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[@DFermain]

I have this camera. It is simply beautiful.

[@76SRV190]

I have one. It's never been used. I boughtit from the original purchaser who bought it in Germany whilst on leave, never got a chance to use it. I got it with a ton of accessories.

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Wow that’s amazing to have a camera with such a unique history!