Keith Whaley wrote:
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
I've had/seen several Retina bodies (IIIc) but have never
> had a IIa or IIc. How do they differ from the IIIc?
Cord has some nice old Schneider Retina lenses if anyone
> is interested. And they include the original plastic cases!
These are probably for use with the Retina IIIs or Retina Reflex. Beautiful lenses they are... BTW, who's "Cord?" That name doesn't ring a bell...
No mention yet of the (ever-so-popular) Canon G-III QL17
>rangefinder. While I don't do street shooting, it would > seem good for that function. Quiet and compact.
CRB
The similarity is great, actually.
The IIa had a 50mm f/2.0 Retina-Xenon lens. The IIc had a 50mm Xenon-C or Heligon-C with a replaceable front element, to make it an 80mm f/4.0 or 35mm f/5.6 W.A. lens, and an LVS scale added. The IIIc had a built-in light meter, same lens as above. I think this one was slightly larger body, but I'd have to confirm that with my Retina book. (Or, lazy me, I'd only have to take both out to measure them!) The IIIC was a IIIc with viewfinder enlarged to accept bright frame lines for standard, wide-angle and telephoto lenses.
keith whaley
