The Kodak Ektra was a 35mm coupled
rangefinder camera
A rangefinder camera is a camera fitted with a rangefinder, typically a split-image rangefinder: a range-finding focusing mechanism allowing the photographer to measure the subject distance and take photographs that are in sharp focus. Most var ...
launched by
Kodak USA in 1941. Originally regarded as one of the most innovative yet quirky cameras of its type when first released, the Ektra featured the ability to cover both the highpoint and lowpoint of 35mm operation, but suffered from a faulty shutter. The camera was phased out after 1948, but the ''Ektra'' name was reused in the 1970s and later the 2010s.
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Rangefinder cameras
Kodak cameras