Kodak Ektra • Hacker News Board

Re: Kodak Ektra

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Post by MrZongle2 » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 8:51 PM UTC

If Kodak really wants to make a killer product, they should focus on battery life at the expense of size (within reason, of course).

Re: Kodak Ektra

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Post by serge2k » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 8:56 PM UTC

kamkha wrote: post #34

serge2k wrote: post #16

wait, this is a DSLR? Why would they do that instead of mirrorless?

There is no viewfinder. It is mirrorless.

Then they are lying in their presentation.

Re: Kodak Ektra

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Post by DocG » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 8:57 PM UTC

Seems cool. But they cant do very good mobile page. Laggy scrolling and jumpy loading on G4.

Re: Kodak Ektra

#54

Post by kerbalspacepro » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 8:59 PM UTC

botexpert wrote: post #48

patrickg_zill wrote: post #39

While it may seem an irrelevant detail, the camera-like leatherette case that flips or snaps open like the old camera cases did, not only made me smile but gave me hope that they were clued in enough to their market as to make it a success.

To me it's a huge drawback and makes it a no buy. No way I'm going to vote with my money and award them for using inefficient, unrecycled, inferior material instead of abundant recyclable non-animal sourced material. Edit: Thanks for the flags and downvotes, hate is so fresh here.

Something tells me you wouldn't have gotten it anyways...

Re: Kodak Ektra

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Post by achamayou » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 9:01 PM UTC

simonsarris wrote: post #2

Their "Specs" link at the bottom 404s! Ow. Much more info in this blog post: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/Consumer/Press_Center/KODAK_EKTRA... KODAK EKTRA Smartphone key features: * ANDROID 6.0 (Marshmallow) * Professional results from a 21MP fast focus camera sensor with F2.0, PDAF, OIS, Dual LED Flash * 13MP phase detection auto focus front-facing camera with F2.2 PDAF * Helio X20 2.3GHz Decacore processor with 3GB R…

No word on the either the size of the sensor nor the focal length of the lens. Not what you would expect from a camera announcement...

Re: Kodak Ektra

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Post by vladimir-y » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 9:03 PM UTC

What is the camera sensor model and manufacturer? So far based on hardware features list it doesn't look like a photo oriented smartphone, but more like a regular Androind based phone.

Re: Kodak Ektra

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Post by jra101 » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 9:04 PM UTC

No mention of sensor size?

Re: Kodak Ektra

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Post by pliu » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 9:06 PM UTC

jake-low wrote: post #41

Odd choice for the name, since Kodak also has a color negative film called "Ektar" [0] which is just a single transposition away from this new phone's name. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ektar

It's named after a classic Kodak camera model from the 40's

http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Kodak_Ektra

Re: Kodak Ektra

#59

Post by botexpert » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 9:08 PM UTC

kerbalspacepro wrote: post #54

botexpert wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me it's a huge drawback and makes it a no buy. No way I'm going to vote with my money and award them for using inefficient, unrecycled, inferior material instead of abundant recyclable non-animal sourced material. Edit: Thanks for the flags and downvotes, hate is so fresh here.

Something tells me you wouldn't have gotten it anyways...

I'm a huge fan of customizable camera firmware. Playing with software controlling visual input brings me joy, have bunch of cameras and lack of leather is not a problem at all.

Re: Kodak Ektra

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Post by patrickg_zill » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 9:08 PM UTC

botexpert wrote: post #48

patrickg_zill wrote: post #39

While it may seem an irrelevant detail, the camera-like leatherette case that flips or snaps open like the old camera cases did, not only made me smile but gave me hope that they were clued in enough to their market as to make it a success.

To me it's a huge drawback and makes it a no buy. No way I'm going to vote with my money and award them for using inefficient, unrecycled, inferior material instead of abundant recyclable non-animal sourced material. Edit: Thanks for the flags and downvotes, hate is so fresh here.

Actually I used "leatherette" in the generic sense of "looks like leather". TBH I have no idea what material it is made of.