Like many 35 mm SLR cameras of West German heritage it is equipped with a leaf shutter instead of a focal plane shutter. It was made between Spring 1957 and October 1958. The Kodak Type 025 Retina Reflex is an SLR camera that uses convertible lenses (German: Wechselobjektiv), made by Kodak Stuttgart, Germany. Retina Reflex (Type 025) with Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenon standard front lens components
Retina Reflex summary : 312–326 ModelĬonvertible lens camera Retina Reflex The Instamatic Reflex was discontinued in 1974.
The Retina Reflex brand was discontinued in 1966, then revived as the Instamatic Reflex in 1968, using the same DKL-mount lenses with the easy-loading Kodapak line of 126 film cartridges. The successor cameras, starting with the Retina Reflex S (Type 034, 1959), use DKL-mount lenses, introduced with the Retina IIIS of 1958. The earliest Retina Reflex (Type 025, 1957) uses the convertible lens system introduced with the Kodak Retina IIc/IIIc in 1954. The Kodak Retina Reflex is a discontinued series of four single-lens reflex cameras made by Kodak in Germany between 19, as part of the Kodak Retina line of 35mm film cameras. Model specific: Retina convertible or DKL-mount lens bayonet
