Kodak AG is the German branch of the Kodak company. It originated as the independent Nagel, and its founder Dr. August Nagel became general director of the company when it was bought by Eastman Kodak Company on December 1, 1931. Kodak A.G. Dr. Nagel Werk developed its own line of products including the Kodak Retina Camera. The first Retina camera ( Typ 117 ) was introduced in the summer of 1934 along with a new 35mm film Daylight Loading Cartridge (DLC). Dr. August Nagel held the German patent for this new 35mm DLC. This 35mm Daylight Loading Cartridge was designed for the Kodak Retina camera and was also designed to retrofit into existing Leica and Contax cameras. Nagel's son Helmut Nagel led the company after the war.
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Kodak made in Germany |
Contents
35mm[edit | edit source]
Folding[edit | edit source]
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Retina I |
- Kodak Retina I (117, 118, 119, 126, 141, 143, 148, 149, 010, 013)
- Kodak Retina Ia (015)
- Kodak Retina Ib (018)
- Kodak Retina II (122, 142, 011, 014)
- Kodak Retina IIa (150,016)
- Kodak Retina IIc (020)
- Kodak Retina IIIc (021)
- Kodak Retina IB/IIC/IIIC (019/029/028)
Viewfinder[edit | edit source]
Retina
- Kodak Retina I BS (040)
- Kodak Retina IF (046)
- Kodak Retina IIS (024)
- Kodak Retina IIF (047)
- Kodak Retina IIIS (027)
- Kodak Retina Automatic I 038
- Kodak Retina Automatic II 032
- Kodak Retina Automatic III 039
- Kodak Retina S1, S2(060, 061)
Retinette Folding and Viewfinder
- Kodak Retinette (Types 147 - 1939, 012 - 1949, 017 - 1952, 022 - 1954)
- Kodak Retinette I (Type 030 - 1958)
- Kodak Retinette IA (Types 035 - 1959, 042 - 1960, 044 - 1963)
- Kodak Retinette Ib (Type 037 - 1959)
- Kodak Retinette IB (Type 045 - 1963)
- Kodak Retinette II (Types 160 - 1939, 026 - 1958)
- Kodak Retinette IIA (Type 036 - 1959)
- Kodak Retinette IIB (Type 031 - 1958)
SLR[edit | edit source]
126 film[edit | edit source]
Viewfinder[edit | edit source]
See the Instamatic page for a comprehensive list.
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Instamatic 500 |
SLR[edit | edit source]
110 film[edit | edit source]
- Mini-Instamatic S 30
- Mini-Instamatic S 40
- Pocket Ektra 200 Camera
- Tele-Ektralite 600 Camera
- Pocket Instamatic 300 Camera
- Pocket Instamatic 500 Camera electronic
127 film[edit | edit source]
folding[edit | edit source]
rigid[edit | edit source]
- Pupille
- Ranca
120 & 620 film[edit | edit source]
folding[edit | edit source]
- Duo Six-20
- Regent
- Regent II
- Vollenda 620
- Kodak Junior 620
- Kodak Box 620
- Kodak Box 620C
616 film[edit | edit source]
folding[edit | edit source]
plate[edit | edit source]
folding[edit | edit source]
Literature[edit | edit source]
- Nagel, Helmut: "Zauber der Kamera - Beispiele aus dem Kodak- Nagel-Werk" (1977)
Links[edit | edit source]
Camera industry in Stuttgart |
Contessa | Contessa-Nettel | Drexler & Nagel | Ebner | Kenngott | Kodak AG | G. A. Krauss | Nagel | Zeiss Ikon |
- Kodak Classics by Mischa Koning ~ Contains, besides information about more than 500 Kodak cameras, online copies of the "Retina Guide", the "Retina Reflex Guide" and the "Retinette Guide" by Focus Press.
- Kodak Retina documentation (German)
- Kodak patents, over 1,200 patents related to Kodak cameras.
- Cameras and User manuals at www.collection-appareils.fr