diff --git a/modules/contrib/include/opencv2/contrib/retina.hpp b/modules/contrib/include/opencv2/contrib/retina.hpp
index 75d4effc96aebf015c4069cb011d85a37e799f65..cebe72c429131ce9def968160e8f57bd40c93952 100644
--- a/modules/contrib/include/opencv2/contrib/retina.hpp
+++ b/modules/contrib/include/opencv2/contrib/retina.hpp
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ public:
     */
     virtual void activateContoursProcessing(const bool activate)=0;
 };
-Ptr<Retina> createRetina(Size inputSize);
-Ptr<Retina> createRetina(Size inputSize, const bool colorMode, RETINA_COLORSAMPLINGMETHOD colorSamplingMethod=RETINA_COLOR_BAYER, const bool useRetinaLogSampling=false, const double reductionFactor=1.0, const double samplingStrenght=10.0);
+CV_EXPORTS Ptr<Retina> createRetina(Size inputSize);
+CV_EXPORTS Ptr<Retina> createRetina(Size inputSize, const bool colorMode, RETINA_COLORSAMPLINGMETHOD colorSamplingMethod=RETINA_COLOR_BAYER, const bool useRetinaLogSampling=false, const double reductionFactor=1.0, const double samplingStrenght=10.0);
 
 }
 #endif /* __OPENCV_CONTRIB_RETINA_HPP__ */
diff --git a/modules/contrib/src/retina.cpp b/modules/contrib/src/retina.cpp
index b0af7d75ee94201971b6f7de0bec5a7da9fba155..e9d4de6693134cf8dafaaa49048a6e4e357d5a3f 100644
--- a/modules/contrib/src/retina.cpp
+++ b/modules/contrib/src/retina.cpp
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ void RetinaImpl::getParvoRAW(cv::Mat &parvoOutputBufferCopy){
 const Mat RetinaImpl::getMagnoRAW() const {
     // create a cv::Mat header for the valarray
     //const cv::Mat output=    
-	return Mat(_retinaFilter->getMovingContours().size(),1, CV_32F, (void*)&_retinaFilter->getMovingContours()[0]);
+	return Mat(_retinaFilter->getMovingContours().size(),1, CV_32F, (void*)(&_retinaFilter->getMovingContours()[0]));
 
 }
 
@@ -573,11 +573,11 @@ const Mat RetinaImpl::getParvoRAW() const {
     if (_retinaFilter->getColorMode()) // check if color mode is enabled
     {
         // create a cv::Mat table (for RGB planes as a single vector)
-        return Mat(_retinaFilter->getColorOutput().size(), 1, CV_32F, (void*)&_retinaFilter->getColorOutput()[0]);
+        return Mat(_retinaFilter->getColorOutput().size(), 1, CV_32F, (void*)&(_retinaFilter->getColorOutput()[0]));
     }
     // otherwise, output is gray level
     // create a cv::Mat header for the valarray
-    return Mat( _retinaFilter->getContours().size(), 1, CV_32F, (void*)&_retinaFilter->getContours()[0]);
+    return Mat( _retinaFilter->getContours().size(), 1, CV_32F, (void*)&(_retinaFilter->getContours()[0]));
 }
 
 // private method called by constructirs