Manufactured from 1936 to 1938, this model was offered at the same time as the type 126 model and was the same camera except for the black lacquer finish and nickel plating of the bright parts.
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Retina I (type 119)
Manufactured from 1936 to 1938, this model was offered at
the same time as the type 126 model and was the same camera except for the black
lacquer finish and nickel plating of the bright parts.
Usually fitted with a Schneider Xenar 5cm f/3.5 lens like my one but also available with Zeiss Tessar. Shutter is either a Compur or a Compur Rapid.
Fortunately not many are as ugly as this example. I'm planning on restoring it sometime over the next year.