Tag: Kodak Retina Ia
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Kodak Retina Ia
A review of a 1950s 35mm viewfinder camera with a crackerjack lens but a uselessly tiny viewfinder.
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Lessons learned in choosing photo labs
When I started making photographs again in 2005 I couldn’t afford a new digital camera, so long story short I bought a used Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80 for $20 and some film and got to shooting. That necessarily meant I’d need to find a lab to process my film. Walmart still processed and scanned…
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Updated reviews: Kodak Retina Ia and Ansco B2 Speedex
Refreshing my reviews of two old cameras with bellows.
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A second look at the Kodak Retina Ia
Down the Road is on hiatus, returning Monday, 26 September. I’m rerunning old posts in the meantime. Here’s one of my oldest camera reviews, from when I was just learning photography. One of the things I enjoy about collecting cameras is that good-condition examples of quality vintage glass and steel remain, and average people like…
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Kodak Retina Ia
A review of a 1950s 35mm viewfinder camera with a crackerjack lens.