Kodak Retinette IA (2) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Manufactured by Kodak AG, Stuttgart, Germany
Retinette IA is engraved with uppercases
Model: c.1966. Type 044, later model produced between 1963-1966
All Retinette IA produced between 1959-1966
35 mm film Viewfinder camera
The type and manufacturing year by serial no. are as to Camerapedia
Lens: Schneider-Kreuznach Reomar, 45mm f/2.8 three elements,
Aperture: up to f/22, setting ring and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Focus range: 1-10m +inf.
Focusing: front element focusing, gues the distance, also there are symbols for portrait, group and landscape on distance scale, w/DOF scale
Shutter: Prontor 300S, speeds: 1/30-1/300 +B setting : ring ans scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Cocking lever: rapid, also winds the film, double exposure prevention, on the right of the bottom plate
Shutter release: on the top plate, left, w/ cable release socket
Viewfinder: bright frame, w/ parallax correction frames
Frame counter: decreasing type, manual setting, window on right of the top plate
Re-wind knob: on the top plate, left
Re-wind release: a small knob, beside the cocking lever
Memory dial: coupled with the re-vind knob
Flash PC socket: on the front plate, all speeds with electronic flash, only 1/30 for bulbs
Self timer: lever on the lens-shutter barrel
Back cover: hinged, small opening buton on the bottom plate, left
Hot-shoe
Tripod screw 1/4''
Body: die cast aluminum alloy; Weight: 440g
Serial no. 428640 (on the hot-shoe)
More info: Camerapedia, in Sylvain Halgand collection, in Kodak Classics by Mischa Koning
+Original ever ready case