Camera of the Day - Bring Back a not so Oldie - Kodak Retina IIa (Type 150)

One of only 5107 pre-WW2 Retina IIa cameras made.

They were made from 1939 to 1941 with one of three lenses:

Retina-Xenon f/2
Retina-Xenon f/2.8
Kodak-Ektar f/3.5

My camera has the fast f/2 Xenon. The Type 150 is unusual in having the top, front and back plates on the top housing separate, in high chrome and screwed into place. I wonder how many f/2 equipped cameras were made?

The shutter is a little sticky (works ok after a few wind ons) but otherwise the camera is immaculate.

The pre-WWII Type 150 Retina IIa is a redesign of the preceding Type 142 Retina II. This reshaped the top plate, combined the rangefinder and viewfinder into one eyepiece, and moved the frame counter next to the wind knob. There is a depth-of-field scale wheel on the camera's bottom.

The Type 150 Retina IIa was manufactured from 1939 to 1941. Three lenses were offered, ranging from an f/3.5 Ektar to a f/2.0 Retina-Xenon; all are in Compur-Rapid shutters.

The War-time German government ordered a stop to all camera production at Kodak A.G. in the summer of 1941.

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Taken on: January 31, 2015

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