My New Everyday Camera! Kodak IIIC (Big C)

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Kodak Retina IIIC recently CLA'd and taking amazing photographs. This little rangefinder is incredible, and i am glad I spent the money on it. The camera lens is tack sharp, the exposure meter works perfectly, and it is just a joy to use for making photos!

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26 июл 2024

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@TeliportMe 2 месяца назад

Love the retractable mechanism ! Old school mechanical stuff feels so pleasant - the craftsmanship is on a different level.

@prizepictures1 2 месяца назад

Really breath-taking photo quality here. There’s something magic about it. Thank you for sharing.

@MattRyanPhoto55 2 месяца назад

Thank you! I fell in love with it even before I saw the quality of the lens.

@patrickrostker6693 2 месяца назад

Incredible images and spectacular camera! So happy theres folks, at least one, that can service these cameras. Truly a gem! Great video, thanks for sharing!

@MattRyanPhoto55 2 месяца назад

Thanks! It’s really a pleasure making photos with this camera. I have another Retina, a IIa that I am going to send in to get cla’d at some point. It’s smaller and has the film advance on the top and it is actually wrapped in real leather versus most cameras which are using leatherette (vinyl I think)

@northwestdepressed 2 месяца назад

Lovely camera and a great video! I've always wanted one of these Kodak rangefinders. Thank you for all the information on these cameras!

@MattRyanPhoto55 2 месяца назад

You can find them in great shape online but they tend to go for a few hundred+. My opinion, well worth it. I have a IIa I bought for $50 that I am going to send out for CLA soon.

@Ztiworoh Месяц назад

I have been using a IIIc as my main camera for a while now and it is always a joy to use. The quality of the photos it produces is reliably astounding.

@tuisitala9068 2 месяца назад

I have the 1B (big finder but no rangefinder or frame lines) and a IIIc (small finder with no frame lines). These cameras are awesome. I love the mechanical perfection, the beautiful sound and feel of the action and the design of the lens retraction. This means that there is no messing around with lens caps and is super quick to use. I have many, many film cameras but these two are my go-to's. I would not bother with the 35mm and 80mm lenses. I had them and they were ridiculously awkward to use and completely took away the whole point of the retractable front as you cannot close the camera with either fitted.

@MattRyanPhoto55 2 месяца назад

Yeah the quality in the build of these cameras is impressive, the weight and feel just makes it even more enjoyable to use. I think this is part reason why I love my Nikomat FtN, it's a brass cinderblock but it just feels like I could use it to break through a door if I needed too. And yes the add on lenses are generally awkward to use, I have them for my TLRs and don't really enjoy them, but I just want the whole kit for this camera even if i do not use them.

@chrisesparza1872 2 месяца назад

Omg i meet you at art a whirl and I knew you looked familiar hahahaha. I’m glad I got to meet you.

@MattRyanPhoto55 2 месяца назад

Hey! Yes we did meet! How is it going?

@chrisesparza1872 2 месяца назад

It’s going good just took the day off and enjoying the rainy weather. How was the rest of your art a whirl weekend.

@MattRyanPhoto55 23 дня назад

Sorry for not responding sooner, for some reason YT put your comment in the Held for Review section. It was good enjoyed it, I will be back out there next year for it. You ever find the camera meetup group was taking about?

@tmstone835 16 дней назад

The Rodenstock lenses aren't really rare. That's a myth driven by USA buyers. Kodak had both Schneider-Kreuznach and Rodenstock supplying lenses for them because of high demand. I own both and the lens quality is exactly the same.

@MattRyanPhoto55 16 дней назад

@@tmstone835 I have it directly from Dr. David Jentz, a historian and author on the Retina cameras that 5% or less of this serial number IIIC had Rodenstock lenses.