Retina IIIc type 021-I
from 1954 to 1957
production: 209,765
The first Retina with light meter, rangefinder and interchangable front element. Could be changed from 50mm to 35 or 80
This one has the harder to find Rodenstock Heligon f2 50mm lens
This was the very first Retina camera in my collection, it had belonged to a professional photographer in country Australia. I bought it from a camera shop in Orange where it had been sitting on a shelf with no one to appreciate it.
Retina IIIc type 021-II
from 1957
production: 20,000+
Basically the same as the type 021-I but with a single range light meter
Retina IIIC type 028
from 1957 to 1960
production: aprox. 68,000
It had a bright line viewfinder with lines for 35, 50 and 80mm lenses
The last of the comercially produced folding Retinas
Missing from my collection
Retina IIIC type 028N from 1977
Around 120 of these were hand assembled from left over spare parts to celebrate 50 years of Kodak AG in Germany and given as gifts to Kodak VIP's
