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Kodak Retina IIIC (type 028) |
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Manufactured or assembled in Germany from 1957 to 1960.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 20538
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The Retina IIIC (type 028) was the pinnacle of the Retina series that started in 1934 and went through to the early 1960s. It is an advanced folding 135 camera, fitted with coupled rangefinder and uncoupled selenium lightmeter (reading in EV Light Values). It shares the same basic body as the contemporaneous Retina IB (type 019) and IIC (type 029).
The camera has interchangeable lenses, that share the fixed iris and lens back elements. It could be delivered with either Schneider-Kreuznach or Rodenstock lenses, which are not compatible. The additional optional lenses from Schneider-Kreuznach are: Curtar-Xenon C 35mm f4, Curtar-Xenon C 35mm f5,6 and Longar-Xenon C 80mm f4, and from Rodenstock: Heligon C 35mm f4, Heligon C 35mm f5,6 and Heligon C 80mm f4. The viewfinder has bright lines for 35mm, 50mm and 80mm with parallax correction marks.
Kodak refers that the serial number of the standard lens MUST match the serial written on the body lens bayonet. The present camera corresponds to the version with the Schneider-Kreuznacht Retina-Xenon 50mm f2 lens, having a matched number 5226870.
The Retina IIIC was one of the top cameras in the late 1950s, although the folding design with incomplete lenses was already becoming obsolete compared to the mainstream. Nevertheless, it is a solid top-quality camera that is still a joy to use nowadays.
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