Comments on: The Schneider Kreuznach 50mm f/2.8 Lens – Or Why I Love To Hate the Kodak Retina Ib https://casualphotophile.com/2018/02/07/schneider-kreuznach-50mm-f-2-8-m42-kodak-retina-ib/ Cameras and Photography Fri, 19 Jan 2024 05:59:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Julian https://casualphotophile.com/2018/02/07/schneider-kreuznach-50mm-f-2-8-m42-kodak-retina-ib/#comment-22922 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 05:59:57 +0000 https://casualphotophile.com/?p=10215#comment-22922 Along the years, I acquired three of these beautiful cameras: Ia (013), Ia (015) and a Retinette 1b. While this last one has a Rodenstock Reomar lens, a very good lens in its own right, those little folders both sport S-K lenses, Retina Xenar. Really great shooters, if you ask me. Thank you for your good writing, enjoyable as always !

]]> By: William Bolton https://casualphotophile.com/2018/02/07/schneider-kreuznach-50mm-f-2-8-m42-kodak-retina-ib/#comment-21945 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 03:18:08 +0000 https://casualphotophile.com/?p=10215#comment-21945 I am eagerly awaiting delivery of an SK Retina-Xenar 38mm f2.8 lens. I bought it from Bernd on Etsy (vintageglas) who removed it from a Kodak Instamatic 500 and 3D printed an m39 mount for it. He does good work. I’m particularly excited about this lens because it’s close to my favorite focal length, 40mm, and focuses down to about 2 feet.

]]> By: eric https://casualphotophile.com/2018/02/07/schneider-kreuznach-50mm-f-2-8-m42-kodak-retina-ib/#comment-21194 Sat, 20 Aug 2022 03:48:18 +0000 https://casualphotophile.com/?p=10215#comment-21194 Fantastic lens

]]> By: eric https://casualphotophile.com/2018/02/07/schneider-kreuznach-50mm-f-2-8-m42-kodak-retina-ib/#comment-17380 Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:25:01 +0000 https://casualphotophile.com/?p=10215#comment-17380 Fantastic review.
I love all these old lens, they are full of charm, there are many, reason why I am not a fan of new one’s especially if they are not made in Germany, Japan, I mean when this is poor cheap copy or only a cheap modern lens made in one particular country, of course I don’t buy. We have seen many reviews here about all these old lens, especially the Schneider Kreuznach, in my point of view they could be the best vintage lens. We cannot be wrong with this brand. Have a Schneider on our camera is the real path to have top original images. And of course, of course, if we use film, not digital camer, also if it is a very good Fuji, film will increase this great effect. This is the reason why, this kind of review is a treasure 😉
Gratitude.

]]> By: viewfindr https://casualphotophile.com/2018/02/07/schneider-kreuznach-50mm-f-2-8-m42-kodak-retina-ib/#comment-16883 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 22:09:04 +0000 https://casualphotophile.com/?p=10215#comment-16883 Informative article … but two corrections.

You said “Kodak’s only in-house attempt to build a high quality camera” was the Ektra. I beg to differ. The ’51-’58 Signet 35 was every bit a competitor to the finest German cameras, and built in Rochester. The attached Ektar 44mm f3.5 lens was simply superb, as were all Ektars, the coupled rangefinder accurate, and the camera was built like a tank. In fact, the US military was so enamored with it, thousands were supplied to the army and air force that were identical to the consumer versions, just painted black (for the air force) and olive (for the army).

The last correction, I fully admit, is a tad pedantic, but worth mentioning nonetheless. The most notorious of those “uppity Germans” who interrupted Kodak Retina production was, in fact, an Austrian: Adolph Hitler. And these days, historians blame the war on the Nazis, who ranged in nationality – with some of the worst of them being French, Polish and Ukrainian, among others.

But I digress. 🙂

]]> By: TX https://casualphotophile.com/2018/02/07/schneider-kreuznach-50mm-f-2-8-m42-kodak-retina-ib/#comment-9499 Sun, 10 Feb 2019 20:27:24 +0000 https://casualphotophile.com/?p=10215#comment-9499 You should try the Xenon 50mm 1.9, same version (m42, zebra), a very, very good and sharp lens !

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