[rollei_list] Re: Retina Camera Lenses
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:36:00 -0400
At 03:29 PM 10/25/2009, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> I am puzzled about when Kodak would have had to use
>Ektars in the Retina. Since the camera itself was not
>available during the war the lens source would have made no
>difference. There may have been a period right after the war
>when Schneider could not supply lenses but that also does
>not make sense since they were able to supply lenses to F&H
>when Zeiss could not. Schneider was in the Western Zone and
>would not have been affected by the convoluted politics
>confronting Zeiss.
> I do remember seeing Ektar lenses for the Retina but am
>at a loss to know when. Its also possible that they were
>Kodak branded Schneider lenses in the same way that many
>Kodak folders have "Kodak-Zeiss" lenses. I don't know if the
>latter were made by Zeiss or Kodak under license although I
>suspect the latter.
Richard
I would have to look it up or ask Dr Jentz, but I
believe the Retinas with Ektars were made in the
immediate Prewar period for sale in the US.
Zeiss never licensed Kodak to make any lenses,
and I cannot find any record of a "Kodak-Zeiss"
lens. B&L acquired the rights to produce Zeiss
designs under the Alien Properties Act of 1917,
and many of the B&L "Anastigmat" lenses produced
by them for Kodak were actually CZJ Tessar designs.
Marc
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