Kodak Retina 1a Archives

1 July, 2023

5 Frames with Kodak Retina Ia crossing the wild Carpathians

By Julian Tanase

Winter of 2005 in Romania. Very cold, but not much snow, in fact less than expected. I was travelling on business, to some destination in the heart of Transylvania, W. of Romani...

16 April, 2023

5 Frames with the Kodak Retina 1a & Very Expired Ilford FP4

By Peter Kay

Word is, Folding Kodak Retinas are a lovely piece of kit, provided your winding mechanism isn't broken. I had a beautiful Retina iia with a dodgy winder. F2 Schneider lens, nice...

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Dave Powell on Ansco Titan – A Stylish 6×6 120 Folder
Thanks my friend! And yes, I was much too careful bracketing my shots. It was before I got into bulk…
Jeffery Luhn on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
Pentax made some solid cameras, especially the Spotmatic. My negative files from the 1970s are loaded with sharp images from…
Eric Rose on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
Love your photos and story. The Pentax Spotmatic is and always will be an iconic camera. The 28mm lens is…

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