Introduction I am occasionally gifted cameras. One of my latest was a Kodak Retinette (Type 022). The following is based upon the information available from a variety of sources plus my personal observations. I will attempt to highlight its strengths and weaknesses. The Kodak Retinette (Type 022) is a 35mm viewfinder camera produced by Kodak…
Category: Viewfinder
An Unexpected Arrival – A Kodak Retina 1a
IntroductionThis little (and I do mean little) beauty was something of an unexpected purchase. I have recently won a couple of online auctions for a variety of vintage cameras from a German seller. Nothing was very expensive but owing to a query on our address, we entered into an email conversation. He was disposing of…
Voigtländer Vitomatic 1a
I could opt for my usual claim to have bought my Voigtländer Vitomatic 1a on a whim but in all honesty, that would not be true. The truth is that I really like Voigtländer cameras! That doesn’t mean that I have a lot of them but what I have, I am very pleased with. My…