The Regent was a dual-format 6x9cm & 6x4.5cm folding camera made by Kodak AG (former Nagel company), introduced in c.1935.
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 introduced at the same. It had a more conventional design with a squared chrome top plate, and with more features. 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.
Links
- The Kodak site by Brian Wallen has a page about the Regent
- The Kodak Regent Camera (1935-39), an article by K. Kekatos at the Chicago Photographic Collectors Society
- Ross Alford's Classic Rollfilm Camera page] has a 3D photo of a Regent]