Kodak Retinette IIB + acc. | Analogue camera

The Retinette IIB (type 031) is a 35mm rangefinder camera with a fixed housing, produced in Germany by Kodak AG between 1958 and 1959. The unit is equipped with a built-in, uncoupled selenium light meter, similar to that of the Retina IIIC; it was the first Retinette model to feature a light meter. The camera is fitted with a Schneider-Kreuznach Reomar 45mm f/2.8 lens in a Compur-Rapid shutter, with shutter speeds from 1 to 1/500 second, plus the 'B' setting. The shutter uses the 'Exposure Value' system, whereby the shutter speed and aperture settings are linked. The lens is equipped with a dynamic depth-of-field scale (the two red pointers visible in the photo), linked to the aperture control — a provision that was also applied to later Retina models with fixed housings. The camera has a 'bright-line' viewfinder (an inverted Galilean finder with illuminated frames) that includes parallax-correction markings. The film is advanced by means of a metal lever on the bottom of the camera. The unit uses the same type of film counter as the IIc and IIIc models, which, like those models, automatically returns to the starting position. In total, about 40,000 specimens of this camera were produced. The separate case contains 3 auxiliary filters (red, yellow, green). On one side the stitching has come loose. (see photo). Shipping insured with tracking.