Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andre Jean Quintal wrote: > Doesn't ANYBODY own a Kodak Retina or Retinette ? > > Always wondered how they performed and were like > in real life use. > I have a Retina IIIc, though it is really my wife's camera (she doesn't like those new fangled things). It has a lovely Scheidner 50mm f2 lens on it and does some wonderful stuff in BW. The light meter doesn't work anymore and even in it's prime wasn't that great, but it is a fun camera nonetheless. Strangely enough, my ex-girlfriend collected Retinas, mostly found at thrift stores for $5-10. Lucky thing. Now she has some offbeat cameras. Last time I saw her, her favorite war an old Balda rangefinder. And I'm with Walt, I always wanted an Alpa 6c -10d,too. They are just lovely old hunks of metal. Keith Bingman