Kodak Duaflex II. This TLR box camera has a lid that closes over the viewing screen, unlike the first model. It takes 620 film (or 120 trimmed to fit) and has B & I settings for the shutter. A Kodak plastic film can lid (the old gray ones) makes a perfect lenscap to avoid double-exposures. After some time, I finally loaded a roll of film and was surprised at the results. |
Kodak Retina IIa - This one was a gift from my mentor, Bill Brudon. With a very sharp Schneider-Kreuznach 2.8 lens, a sweet-sounding shutter and good rangefinder, it is a wonderful camera to use. Plus it slips easily into a pocket! The folding Retina line is the zenith of Kodak's german camera manufacturing. |
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Retinette 1A - not even close to the same class as the Retina, but this
camera does have a Schneider lens, and takes pretty good photos. Very similar
to the Agfa Silette camera of same vintage and style. |
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Special 620. A camera worth respooling 120 film onto 620 reels. The
6 x 9 negatives are.. BIG! I paid $20 for it at a camera swap, and it is
a beauty. |
March 15, 2004