Retina I (Type 117)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Kodak AG
DISTRIBUTOR: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Stuttgart
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1934
PRODUCTION DATES: 1934-1935
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36 mm.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $52.50
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 60,000
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm (other)
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 50mm f/3.5 Schneider Xenar in Compur shutter
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "The first Kodak 35mm miniature camera. Black enamelled bodywork,
  leather covering. Shutter release on shutter." (Coe, 1988).
  The Kodak 35mm magazine was introduced with this camera in December
  1934. TG

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: K762.00002
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 28

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Gibson, Dave & Ryon, Don. --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1988. pp 204.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 167.//