The Retina IIIC was manufactured by the Kodak A. G. company of Stuttgart Germany from 1958 to 1961. The big C serial number ranges were 200078 to EK299762 and 510241 to 722683. The Retina IIIC was a well made 35 mm coupled rangefinder camera. Fitted with a Schneider Xenar 50 mm f2 coated lens, in a Synchro-Compur shutter with ten speeds ranging from 1 second to 1/500 of a second. This model had an improved brighter view finder compared to older models. Additional features included filed of view frame and guide marks to allow for parallax, lever type advance and shutter set, light value scale translates meter readings into correct exposure, and synchronized flash. Originally priced at $190.

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