Kodak Retina Reflex DKL for Canon EOS R and EF-Mount - an overview

In this video I give you an overview of lenses for the Kodak DKL bayonet.
I show you some lenses in detail, give you tips on how to use these lenses - also on analog or digital Canon EOS Ef and R cameras.

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In the days of analog photography, the Stuttgart camera factory launched the Kodak Retina Reflex III in 1961, an SLR camera with a larger selection of interchangeable lenses with a leaf shutter.

For the Retina Reflex III and its later successor, the Retina Reflex IV, some special interchangeable lenses were produced. The rear lens group was permanently installed in the camera body. This lens group contains only the leaf shutter. The central shutter is a Synchro Compur MX. The front lens group is interchangeable so that different focal lengths can be made available.

From the third series onwards, Retina Reflex S and above, the lens mount described above was known internationally as the DKL mount.

The so called DKL-mount was a bayonet lens mount invented and introduced by Deckel, Munich, the famous producer of leaf shutters in Germany. In fact, the DKL-mount included a Synchro-Compur leaf shutter behind the lens. It was introduced in 1956.


00:00 Start
00:22 Introduction of Retina and DKL bayonet
01:38 DKL bayonet also for Voigtländer Bessamatic
02:12 Adapter: my recommendation for you
02:55 Schneider-Kreuznach Curtagon 4.0/28mm
03:30 Schneider-Kreuznach 2.8/35mm
03:58 Schneider-Kreuznach 2.8/50mm
04:25 Schneider-Kreuznach 1.9/50mm
04:57 Schneider-Kreuznach-Arton 4/85mm
05:41 Schneider-Kreuznach-Arton 4/135mm
06:15 More lenses from Rodenstock and Culminar
06:51 Some sample photos