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April 3, 2022

Kodak Retina Ib – 018

Kodak Retina Ib – 018 Kodak Retina Ib – 018 user manual Kodak Retina Ib – 018 current value Kodak Retina family Still within the Retina I realm, Kodak introduced the Ib (018) in 1954. In the tried and true Kodak tradition, three years later they’d added two other cameras under the same name, the [019-1] and the [019-2]. As...

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March 21, 2022

Kodak Retina IIa – 016 / 150

Kodak Retina IIa 016 / 150 Retina IIa 150 user manual Retina IIa 016 current value Retina IIa 150 current value At the heals of the successful early Retina camera models, being viewfinders, came an improved model, a rangefinder, under the Retina II umbrella. The first models, the Retina II 122 and 142, were sold in Europe, with no official...

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December 19, 2021

Polaroid 900 Electric Eye

Polaroid 900 Electric Eye Polaroid 900 Electro Eye user manual Polaroid 900 Electro Eye current value I collect cameras, with one exception – Polaroids. They do indeed take pictures but have no soul. Everywhere you look, they are there. On camera store shelves, on eBay listings, in market stalls. I long gave up making sense of them as they all...

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October 28, 2021

Kodak Six-16

Kodak Six-16 Kodak Six-16 current value Kodak Six-16 User manual List number 29219 Brand Kodak Format 616 Model Six-16 Introduced 1933 AKA Six-16 Hawk Eye Qty made Country USA Type Klapp Body material Metal Mode Manual Weight 730 gr, Body with lens Class average weight gr, Body with lens ASA range N/A Kit lens Lens make Kodak Filter size N/A...

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October 21, 2021

Kodak Retina I (117)

Kodak Retina I (117) Retina I 117 current value The first of the Retina line, a lovable and popular Kodak product. American as it comes but designed and made in Germany. A brainchild of Dr (jur) August Nagel, a trailblazer to whom we owe the 35mm film cartridge. Other klapp cameras of the time were larger than the petite Retina...

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October 18, 2021

Kodak Retina I (119)

Kodak Retina I (119) Retina I 119 current value Retina I 119 user manual, French The third Retina, made in 1936. See more on the Retina family. Similar to the 117 and 118, with wind and rewind buttons made smaller, the frame counter moved from the rewind to the wind side, on the top. The manual frame advance lever is...

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March 23, 2021

Kodak Retinette family

Retinette family model list Model Model number Value Type Qty made Year Retinette 147 Value Klapp Viewfinder 20,000 1939 Retinette II 160 Value Klapp Viewfinder 41,000 1939 Retinette 012 Value Klapp Viewfinder 30,000 1949 Retinette 017 Value Klapp Viewfinder 31,000 1952 Retinette 022 Value Monoblock Viewfinder 50,000 1954 Retinette F 022-7 Value Monoblock Viewfinder 70,000 1955 Retinette I 030 Value...

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March 19, 2021

Kodak Retina family

Kodak Retina family model list Common wisdom cites Kodak as the creator of the home photographic hobby in the late 1880s and into the 20th century. It is correct, to a degree. Early cameras were massive contraptions of wood and brass, a kind of elite cabinet making, complemented with a crude lens and media holder. They were not easily portable, more...

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