diff --git a/modules/contrib/include/opencv2/contrib/retina.hpp b/modules/contrib/include/opencv2/contrib/retina.hpp
index b7f3fe1d59..6d626c5092 100644
--- a/modules/contrib/include/opencv2/contrib/retina.hpp
+++ b/modules/contrib/include/opencv2/contrib/retina.hpp
@@ -116,22 +116,22 @@ public:
 
 	/**
 	 * Main constructor with most commun use setup : create an instance of color ready retina model
-	 * @param parametersSaveFile : the filename of the xml file that records the used retina parametes setup
 	 * @param inputSize : the input frame size
+	 * @param parametersSaveFile : the filename of the xml file that records the default retina parameters setup, if empty, then, no default parameter file will be written
 	 */
-	Retina(const std::string parametersSaveFile, Size inputSize);
+	Retina(Size inputSize, const std::string parametersSaveFile="");
 
 	/**
 	 * Complete Retina filter constructor which allows all basic structural parameters definition
-	 * @param parametersSaveFile : the filename of the xml file that records the used retina parametes setup
          * @param inputSize : the input frame size
+	 * @param parametersSaveFile : the filename of the xml file that records the default retina parameters setup, if empty, then, no default parameter file will be written
 	 * @param colorMode : the chosen processing mode : with or without color processing
 	 * @param colorSamplingMethod: specifies which kind of color sampling will be used
 	 * @param useRetinaLogSampling: activate retina log sampling, if true, the 2 following parameters can be used
 	 * @param reductionFactor: only usefull if param useRetinaLogSampling=true, specifies the reduction factor of the output frame (as the center (fovea) is high resolution and corners can be underscaled, then a reduction of the output is allowed without precision leak
 	 * @param samplingStrenght: only usefull if param useRetinaLogSampling=true, specifies the strenght of the log scale that is applied
 	 */
-	Retina(const std::string parametersSaveFile, 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);
+	Retina(Size inputSize, const std::string parametersSaveFile, const bool colorMode, RETINA_COLORSAMPLINGMETHOD colorSamplingMethod=RETINA_COLOR_BAYER, const bool useRetinaLogSampling=false, const double reductionFactor=1.0, const double samplingStrenght=10.0);
 
 	virtual ~Retina();
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ protected:
 	const bool _convertCvMat2ValarrayBuffer(const cv::Mat inputMatToConvert, std::valarray<float> &outputValarrayMatrix);
 
 	//! private method called by constructors, gathers their parameters and use them in a unified way
-	void _init(const std::string parametersSaveFile, 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);
+	void _init(const std::string parametersSaveFileName, 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);
 
 
 };
diff --git a/modules/contrib/src/retina.cpp b/modules/contrib/src/retina.cpp
index 5840c28f02..458a50a3a8 100644
--- a/modules/contrib/src/retina.cpp
+++ b/modules/contrib/src/retina.cpp
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@
 namespace cv
 {
     
-Retina::Retina(const std::string parametersSaveFile, const cv::Size inputSize)
+Retina::Retina(const cv::Size inputSize, const std::string parametersSaveFile)
 {
     _retinaFilter = 0;
     _init(parametersSaveFile, inputSize, true, RETINA_COLOR_BAYER, false);
 }
 
-Retina::Retina(const std::string parametersSaveFile, const cv::Size inputSize, const bool colorMode, RETINA_COLORSAMPLINGMETHOD colorSamplingMethod, const bool useRetinaLogSampling, const double reductionFactor, const double samplingStrenght)
+Retina::Retina(const cv::Size inputSize, const std::string parametersSaveFile, const bool colorMode, RETINA_COLORSAMPLINGMETHOD colorSamplingMethod, const bool useRetinaLogSampling, const double reductionFactor, const double samplingStrenght)
 {
     _retinaFilter = 0;
     _init(parametersSaveFile, inputSize, colorMode, colorSamplingMethod, useRetinaLogSampling, reductionFactor, samplingStrenght);
@@ -303,9 +303,9 @@ void Retina::getMagno(std::valarray<float> &){_retinaFilter->getMovingContours()
 void Retina::getParvo(std::valarray<float> &){_retinaFilter->getContours();}
 
 // private method called by constructirs
-void Retina::_init(const std::string parametersSaveFile, const cv::Size inputSize, const bool colorMode, RETINA_COLORSAMPLINGMETHOD colorSamplingMethod, const bool useRetinaLogSampling, const double reductionFactor, const double samplingStrenght)
+void Retina::_init(const std::string parametersSaveFileName, const cv::Size inputSize, const bool colorMode, RETINA_COLORSAMPLINGMETHOD colorSamplingMethod, const bool useRetinaLogSampling, const double reductionFactor, const double samplingStrenght)
 {
-	_parametersSaveFileName = parametersSaveFile;
+	_parametersSaveFileName = parametersSaveFileName;
 
 	// basic error check
 	if (inputSize.height*inputSize.width <= 0)
@@ -320,22 +320,24 @@ void Retina::_init(const std::string parametersSaveFile, const cv::Size inputSiz
            delete _retinaFilter;
 	_retinaFilter = new RetinaFilter(inputSize.height, inputSize.width, colorMode, colorSamplingMethod, useRetinaLogSampling, reductionFactor, samplingStrenght);
 
-	// prepare the parameter XML tree
-	_parametersSaveFile.open(parametersSaveFile, cv::FileStorage::WRITE );
+	// prepare the default parameter XML file with default setup
+	if (_parametersSaveFileName.size()>0)
+	{
+		_parametersSaveFile.open(parametersSaveFileName, cv::FileStorage::WRITE );
 
-	_parametersSaveFile<<"InputSize"<<"{";
-	_parametersSaveFile<<"height"<<inputSize.height;
-	_parametersSaveFile<<"width"<<inputSize.width;
-	_parametersSaveFile<<"}";
+		_parametersSaveFile<<"InputSize"<<"{";
+		_parametersSaveFile<<"height"<<inputSize.height;
+		_parametersSaveFile<<"width"<<inputSize.width;
+		_parametersSaveFile<<"}";
 
-	// clear all retina buffers
-	// apply default setup
-	setupOPLandIPLParvoChannel();
-	setupIPLMagnoChannel();
-
-	// write current parameters to params file
-	_parametersSaveFile.release();
+		// clear all retina buffers
+		// apply default setup
+		setupOPLandIPLParvoChannel();
+		setupIPLMagnoChannel();
 
+		// write current parameters to params file
+		_parametersSaveFile.release();
+	}
 	// init retina
 	_retinaFilter->clearAllBuffers();