Kodak Retinette IB - Quick and Dirty Review

[@museonfilm8919]

I've fixed plenty of selenium cells. The main issue is not the Selenium 'wearing out' but rather the contacts can tarnish. Disassembling a cell is fairly easy, and you can use everyday products to clean the copper contacts. It's worked for me in all cases, apart from where the cell itself has been cracked.

[@thatfrenchbloke8892]

Thanks for this review. I remember my grandfather using this very camera when I was a kid. When he passed away, I was asked if I wanted a keepsake. Obviously my answer was this camera. I have run many film though it, and I love the results I got. I still wish it was a rangefinder, bur I love this camera. I find the bottom rewind lever so cool! I must admit mine have been sleeping at the bottom of a drawer for about 10 years. But the day I dye, this camera will still be in my possession.

[@BriansPhotoShow]

The Retinettes do seem to inspire loyalty among those who have used them.

[@christinasmith9032]

Hey! Just bought this camera! Cheap as heck. Thanks for your videos.

[@markberry2969]

I think your pictures are stunning. Well done.

[@sergeantcrow]

Thank you Brian for sharing the photos..

[@mathewrupp8568]

If you can find a original German Retina in good shape it is a fine camera. kodak had a long history of making low quality consumer cameras and wanted to get into the market for a high quality camera. To do that they went to Germany pre-WW2, The Retina is like a fine watch and it will likely need a CLA. The Retina was a expensive camera that can be found for reasonable prices. They often have broken shutter advance because people advance it to far when they get to the end of the roll and try to force it to get one more shot, it's not a F2.

[@boyboymalloy9665]

This tutorial was really helpful. Thank you. Running my first roll through it, although it's the other model with a cold shoe. You have a great eye, I love the saturation in the skin colour of your model. Who's fine as hell by the way. Keep it up!

[@rowansumner9088]

Thanks for this video, really helpful. I just picked one up for £11, never had a camera before and always been curious. Wish me luck!

[@randallstewart175]

The camera uses a late version of Prontor shutter, not a Compur. Prontor shutters were/are considered a somewhat lesser quality compared to the various Compurs of the same vintage and was less costly to the maker. Kodak did use Compurs in the main line Retina models. He refers to the camera as the last of the line of Kodak Retina rangefinder cameras, but in fact it does not have a rangefinder; it is zone focus model. He may be the only person to ever advance film by turning the camera upside down. In use, the bottom wind, using the right thumb to advance the bottom lever, is convenient.Pincushion distortion is where a straight line parallel to the edge of the frame bows slightly toward the center of the image.

[@Sara-tp6zd]

Thank you so much for these tutorials! Keep going

[@pedromeza2398]

Thank you for an informative video with a lot of information.

[@BriansPhotoShow]

My pleasure; I hope you found it helpful.

[@canche3885]

The 1B that my son recently purchased in the UK lacks a hot shoe and has the serial number 269xxx.

[@sergeantcrow]

Ha ha... Great... In my mad period bidding on old cams I bought 2 of these... Still have yet to run a roll through..

[@BriansPhotoShow]

Yeah this was my cabin fever purchase during the first lockdown earlier this year. Glad I pulled the trigger on this one; it's a fun little camera.

[@neilpiper9889]

Made by Nagel for Kodak. Great Schneider lens

[@BriansPhotoShow]

This one's got a Rodenstock lens, though they're both called "Reomar" so I guess maybe Schneider licensed the name to Rodenstock?

[@ronaldsand3000]

It’s like a grandfather of camera’s like the Fuji XT100V

[@jdebultra]

I had one, lens was sharp as piss. I gave it away because.... well, how many shooters can a guy have? My metern was dead.

[@BriansPhotoShow]

It's really a perfect camera to give to someone who's just learning to shoot film.

[@jdebultra]

@@BriansPhotoShow exactly, now if he could just learn how to develop...very lazy and/or sloppy. I raised the white flag on him last week....

[@emiliogonzalez2807]

Too much talk. No photos examples?