Kodak Retina IB Type 019 model 1. With EV case.

The Retina Ib was introduced at the Photokina 1954. It had the new fast Synchro-Compur shutter with light-value setting mode. That means that several appropriate aperture/shutter-speed settings easily could be found when the actual light value was preset. It lacks a rangefinder. Retina Ib (and the later IB models) are equipped with the sharp Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 2.8/50 lens. The front element can be removed just as with the Ic/C and IIIc/C models, but the reason for that is that the camera used the same bayonet mount for the front element to simplify production. The Ib/IB can’t use the wide angle and tele accessory lenses.

This model differs from the Type 018 Retina Ib by the addition of a single range exposure meter and a new-style top housing. The viewfinder remained the same size as the Type 019 Retina Ib.

Interchangeable lens: Schneider Retina-Xenar f/2,8 50mm

Shutter: Synchro-Compur (Light Value) 1 sec – 1/500

Level wind on base, with double exposure prevention

Self-timer – X & M flash synchronization

Viewfinder: bright-line, with parallax-correction marks

Filter size 32mm

Dimensions: 122mm x 85mmx 90mm (open), 47mm (closed)