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It had an original design, very rounded like a piece of soap, and a black finish. It was an advanced camera with a coupled rangefinder and a folding optical finder.
 
It had an original design, very rounded like a piece of soap, and a black finish. It was an advanced camera with a coupled rangefinder and a folding optical finder.
   
The '''Regent II''' was its successor. It had a more conventional design, with a squared chrome top plate. The release button acted at the same time as a focusing button. The Regent II is considered to be very rare.
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The '''Regent II''' was its successor. It had a more conventional design, with a squared chrome top plate. The release button acted at the same time as a focusing button. It had a Schneider Xenar 10.5cm f:3.5 and a Compur-Rapid shutter to 1/400. The Regent II is considered to be very rare.
   
 
[[Category: 6x9cm folding cameras]]
 
[[Category: 6x9cm folding cameras]]

Revision as of 00:35, 17 December 2005

The Regent was a 6x9cm folding camera made by Kodak AG (former Nagel company), in the 1930s.

It had an original design, very rounded like a piece of soap, and a black finish. It was an advanced camera with a coupled rangefinder and a folding optical finder.

The Regent II was its successor. It had a more conventional design, with a squared chrome top plate. The release button acted at the same time as a focusing button. It had a Schneider Xenar 10.5cm f:3.5 and a Compur-Rapid shutter to 1/400. The Regent II is considered to be very rare.