Kodak Retina IIc

Kodak Retina Ia

Kodak Vest Pocket Model B

The Vest Pocket Model B took 4x6,5cm photos on 127 film. The lens in mine is a Doublet f8, fix focus. The camera has to be loaded through the front side, after removing the whole bed and bellows unit, which is a pain! The camera has the "Autographic" window on the back, that could be used to scratch notes into the backing paper of the autographic film. The notes were burnt into the film by the sunlight, some early version of a data back.

Kodak Retina Ia

Lens is a Retina Xenar 50mm/3,5, the frame counter is stuck, but everything else is fine, even the bellows.







Film stand developed at room temperature for 25min. Fresh mixed baths (Tetenal colortec)

The lost cameras (III, Kodak EK 2)

Since the beginning of my relationship with photographic gear in 1979 I lost lots of equipment.
Some cameras died, some were sold, some I gave away as gifts. Luckily the photos survived.

You remember: Kodak once made Instant cameras and films too! Okay, only as long as Polaroid let them do so;-)
My first Instant camera was the Kodak EK2. See here:
It´s the model that didn´t have a motor to throw out the picture, no, you had do do this by winding a crank! When Kodak stopped producing instant films, Polaroid had a change-your-camera offer here in Germany and I gave away the EK2 and bought an Image (Spectra) instead. I still have some photographs from the EK2: