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- My "How to" repair guides for Retinas & Retinettes
- My YouTube camera repair videos
- How to adjust the rangefinder on a Retina IIa
- How to assemble the Retina Ia, IIa film advance lever and frame counter
- How to remove the top cover on Kodak Retina II camera
- How to remove the top cover on Kodak Retina Ia & IIa cameras
- How to clean the rangefinder on a Kodak Retina IIa camera
- How a Synchro-Compur shutter works
- How to check the retard gear train (Synchro-Compur shutter)
- How to strip-down and service the Synchro-Compur shutter (Kodak Retina Ia or IIa)
- How to CLA the Prontor or Vero shutter of a Retinette 1A (pdf)
- How to open a Xenon lens from a Retina IIc, IIC, IIIc, or IIIC camera
- How to reassemble Retina Ia, IIa film advance mechanism and cocking rack
- How to replace a missing Retina rewind button
- How to replace the shutter cocking rack in a Retina IIc
- How to reconnect the aperture pointer on a Retina IIIc
- How to strip and reassemble the focus mechanism on the Retina Ia and IIa
- How to repair the front door stand on a Retina camera
- Service manuals & parts lists
- Kodak Retina IIc, IIIc and related models parts list (pdf)
- Kodak Retinette 1A parts list (pdf)
- Kodak Retina IIa parts list (pdf)
- Kodak Retina IIIS service manual (pdf)
- Kodak Retina Reflex III service manual (pdf)
- Kodak Retina Automatic I parts list & service manual (pdf)
- Kodak Retina Automatic II parts list & service manual (pdf)
- Kodak Motormatic 35 parts list (pdf)
- Kodak Motormatic 35 service manual (pdf)
- Common Retina problems
- Finding the camera parts you need for your repairs
- Is it worth getting my camera repaired?
- Causes of shutter-cocking rack failure on the Retina IIIc and similar models
- Stripping down a Retina Reflex S, and reassembly!
- Usual things found during a typical service of a Retina IIIC
- servicing a Retina I type 010
- What to do when D.I.Y goes wrong
- My "How to" repair guides for Retinas & Retinettes
- Retina info
- Kodak Retina and accessories instruction books
- Kodak Retina Close-up Rangefinder instructions
- Kodak Retina N-type close-up lens instructions (pdf)
- Kodak Retina R-type close-up lens instructions (pdf)
- Kodak Ground glass adapter instructions
- Kodak Retina I type 118 instructions (pdf)
- Kodak Retina I type 119 instructions (pdf)
- Kodak Retina I type 126 instructions (pdf)
- Kodak Retina Ia instruction instructions(pdf)
- Kodak Retina II type 011 instructions
- Kodak Retina II type 122, instructions(pdf)
- Kodak Retina IIc instructions (pdf)
- Kodak Retina IIC instructions (pdf)
- Kodak Retina IIIC instructions (pdf)
- Kodak Retinette IIA instructions (pdf)
- Kodak Retinette type 017 instructions (pdf)
- A few of the many Kodak Retina lenses & accessories
- Filters for the Kodak Retina & Retinette cameras
- An early roll of Kodachrome film
- A quick guide to using a Retinette II (Type 160)
- How to change the speed film setting on the Retina Reflex S or IIIS
- Retina IIIc or IIIC?
- Kodak Retina IIIc production changes
- A cut-away model of the Retina IIIc camera
- Kodak Retina Stereo Attachment
- Retina Ia brochure, in German (pdf)
- Retina Stereo Adapter brochure, in German (pdf)
- Kodak Retina "C" type lens mounts
- Pre WW2 Kodak Retina serial numbers
- Post WW2 model Retina serial numbers
- Some of the secrets to using a Kodak Retina
- Kodak Retina and accessories instruction books
- Other camera stuff
- 110 film cartridge meter setting notch
- Signet 35 frame counter repair
- Adventures with a 'parts or repair' camera
- Agfa Solinette II Instruction Book (pdf)
- Pentacon FM instruction manual in German (pdf)
- A brief history of the early Braun Paxette cameras
- Accessing the shutter in a Mecaflex camera
- Honeywell Spotmatic II with mirror lock-up
- Links to some useful camera-related sites
- Pentax 50mm f1.4 Super-Takumar dismantling instructions
- Yashica Minister D instruction manual
- Synchro-Compur shutter assembly animation
- Zeiss Ikon film? It's amazing what turns up
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Purma Special
A bakelite camera from Britain made from 1937 to 1951. A very sleek looking camera giving square exposures on 127 roll-film. The spring-loaded lens assembly pushes back into the body when the lens cap is screwed on. The shutter has three speeds controlled by a moving weight inside the camera, when held horizontal you get the medium speed, held vertically one way, the slow speed, and held vertically the other way, the fastest speed.
and here are the instructions....
