Kodak Retina 1 compact, self-erecting, folding camera.
Kodak AG
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1936 - 1938
Materials
Metal, Lacquer paint, Glass, Leather?
Measurements
open size 88 x 120 x 82 mm
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524531.1
Summary
Kodak A. G. Retina 1 compact, self-erecting, folding camera in fitted leather case. Possibly type 119, manufactured between 1936-8, with nickel-plated control surfaces. Black leather (?) bellows supported by twin scissor struts. Fitted with a Kodak Anastigmat Ektor f3.5, 50mm lens.
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.
Makers and roles
Kodak AG, manufacturer