135compact.com 35mm half format cameras Kodak Ektar H35 N
The Kodak Ektar H35N is made by Reto Production Ltd. Since 2018 Kodak is a licensor company. So
Reto has licensed the Kodak name and sells the product as a
licensee. Reto stands for "Reinvent Together" and makes other photo products like the Reto 3D film camera and the Reto ultra wide and slim.
The first H35 model was was released in 2022. The new H35 N model has
major improvements: a better lens with a coated glass element, a
built-in star filter, a cable release socket for a B shutter mode and a
tripod socket. They also improved film winding.
The Kodak Ektar H35 N is
designed to look like an old camera. It's a plastic half frame camera. Like
most half frame cameras, it's vertically orientated, so it's portrait
mode. It's not one of the smallest, as they obviously used the mould of
a cheap full frame camera and installed blinds for the smaller frame.
The camera's main features are:
35mm film half-frame camera, picture size 24 x 18 mm
22mm 2-element lens system, 1 coated glass, 1 plastic, shutter and aperture between the 2 lenses, 1/100 single speed, B with cable release
Apertures: F11, F8 with flash
Cable release socket, tripod socket, built-in flash, built-in star filter
Size 110 x 62 x 39 mm, Weight 110 gr
Some pictures of the camera:
The box. Camera, pouch and a strap. No manual, only a card with a QR code.
Front.
Viewer, flash and lens. Around the lens: flash switch (move the ring
around the lens) and star filter switch. Nice shiny old style metal
trim. If you look closely at the lens, you can see 2 aperture rings, a
bigger one in front and a slightly smaller one behind. The smaller one
is swung aside when the camera is set to flash.
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