FEBRUARY 2025 – A Kodak Retinette 1B (Type 037) viewfinder camera from the 1960s with Pronto-LK shutter and Rodenstock Reomar 1:2.8/45mm lens. Photo © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
I need to reduce my camera collection. So, here is another beautiful babe for sale.
Here’s what you get:
- Used Kodak Retinette 1B (Typ 037), a 35mm viewfinder camera with Rodenstock Reomar 1:2.8/45mm lens and matching brown leather case.
- Serial number 136980 indicates a manufacturing date around 1960.
- The camera has been used and shows signs of use.
- The integrated exposure meter works, and the needle in the viewfinder moves smoothly and returns plausible exposure values.
- The shutter releases smoothly, and from the sound of it, it seems to work OK.
- The film transport works.
- Matching original leather case from Kodak with neck strap.
Sadly, I cannot say whether it works correctly. The previous owner did some test shots (about a year ago) and claimed that it was working OK. And yes, from the sound and feel, I think the shutter works fine. Pressing the release I hear the soft, faint click we all love so much when shooting with old cameras! I did not have the time for a test shooting with film, though, because a Type 045 crossed my way, and THAT was the camera I was looking for (because that one was my first real camera in my youth).
It’s a beautiful camera that allows you to travel back in time to enjoy the photographic experience of the early 1960s. It makes a beautiful photo subject, too, and is also suitable for getting started in analogue photography.
Asking price: 35 Euro.
Attention: This is a private sale, and it is a camera that is roughly 65 years old. I cannot guarantee that it will work. Therefore: this camera is sold “as is”, i.e. no guarantee, no returns, no exchange, no technical support.
Shipping possible. The buyer pays shipment costs from Germany.
If interested, please drop me an email.
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