Ektra (35mm)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
DESIGNER: Mihalyi, Joseph W.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Kodak Ektra (35mm)
INTRODUCTION DATE: Jan. 1941
PRODUCTION DATES: 1941-1948
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36 mm
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $235 / $300
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 2000
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: interchangeable back
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm rangefinder
6 LINKED COMPONENTS:
LENS: Kodak Ektar f/1.9 50mm UID: E130.00747
LENS: Kodak Ektar f/3.3 35mm lens UID: E130.00749
LENS: Kodak Ektar f/3.5 50mm UID: E130.00748
LENS: Kodak Ektar f/3.5 90mm UID: E130.00750
LENS: Kodak Telephoto Ektar lens 135mm f/3.8 UID: E130.00751
LENS: Kodak Telephoto Ektar lens f/4.5 153mm UID: E130.00752
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  Kodak Ektar 50mm f/3.5
  Kodak Ektar 50mm f/1.9
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  Focal plane shutter.
  Interchangeable film backs.
  Other Kodak Ektar lenses:
  f/3.3, 35mm
  f/3.5, 90mm
  f/3.8, 135mm
  f/4.5, 153mm
  "A precision miniature camera developed to fill the gap left by
  drying-up of supplies of German Leica and Contax cameras in World War
  Two. As well as a very accurate long-base coupled rangefinder, it
  included a number of innovative and original features, including
  interchangeable film backs, and automatic finder and parallax
  adjustment for the six Ektra lenses." (Coe, B, 1988).
  .
  It is thought that Joseph Mihalyi was in charge of the design of this
  camera. (TG)

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E130.00115
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 120

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Gibson, Dave & Ryon, Don. --Kodak Camera Chronology.-- US, NY, Rochester: UNPUBLISHED, 1984.//
Coe, Brian. --Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years.-- Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1988. p.191.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection Manuals.//