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		jrussino on June 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long batt... I wonder how much would it decrease the battery life to add a screen. Maybe just an e-ink display that refreshes to show the most recent image? I'd love to have a dead-simple point-and-shoot camera for my little kids to play with.

labaron on June 4, 2024 [–]

That market already exists, for example I got a simple camera from kidamento.com for my kids.

I hope OP doesn’t increase the cost of the product and decrease the battery life by adding edge case features like this.

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