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Kodak announces the Theatre HD Player, a High Definition media player that enables you to interact more freely and creatively with your pictures, podcasts, videos and music. The remote-operated Theatre HD Player lets you view customized slideshows, incorporate personal music and video collections, and view online video- and photo-sharing sites. You can also edit and upload images and videos to these sites from the HDTV in the comfort of your living room. The new Theatre HD Player will retail for US $299.99 from September 2008…
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After lagging behind its competitors for the last few years, Kodak is poised for a comeback with its new EasyShare M1033 ($199.95 direct), a simple camera that boasts a generous feature set. The 10-megapixel M1033 adds style, comes in six colors, and is easy enough for any beginning photographer. It even offers 720p resolution HD video capabilities. Although it’s not quite on a par with Canon’s high-quality cameras, the M1033 is certainly an affordable alternative.
At 5.12 ounces, the M1033 is lightweight and small enough to fit into a pocket but feels solid at the same time. Its big, bright 3-inch LCD screen makes framing shots easy, and to my amazement I found it viewable even in direct sunlight. This is especially important because the camera lacks an optical viewfinder.
Kodak has launched two new entry level digital cameras in their EasyShare C-series: the 8 Megapixel model C813 and the 7 Megapixel model C713. Both cameras feature a 3x optical zoom lens, a 2.4 inch (6.1 cm) indoor/outdoor color display, digital image stabilization, ISO up to 1250 and video with sound and print options. The HD still capture option allows you to view your pictures in high definition on an HDTV or any other HD device. The cameras are available now: $119.95 for the model C813 and $ 99.95 for the model C713…
Eastman Kodak Company continues to change the way the world prints at home with its new KODAK ESP 5 All-in-One (AiO) Printer. The newest device in Kodak’s consumer inkjet printer portfolio offers the latest in design and performance, providing a high-quality, easy-to-use printing system at a significant value. It leverages Kodak’s premium, low-cost ink that allow consumers to print more photos and documents for their money.
“Kodak is delivering on its promise to end ink profiteering and to bring people affordable, premium ink with the introduction of the new KODAK ESP 5 All-in-One printer,” said Randy Brody, worldwide marketing director, Inkjet Systems at Kodak. “We are focusing on delivering easy-to-use products that provide superb-quality and save up to 50 percent on everything they print compared to similar consumer inkjet printers*.”
The KODAK ESP 5 AiO Printer ($169.99 U.S. MSRP) features a small, sleek design with print, scan and copy capabilities. It has a large 3” color LCD display along with memory card and USB slots to allow consumers to view, edit and print with or without a computer. The KODAK ESP 5 uses Kodak’s high-quality pigmented inks that come in a simple two-cartridge setup – a full black cartridge ($9.99 U.S. MSRP) and a five-ink color cartridge ($14.99 U.S. MSRP).
At least Kodak spared us the insane Pentax / Canon / Fujifilm camera rush we had the other week and just calmly released the new Easyshare Z1012 IS at the Photo Marketing Association show.
It’s a 10 megapixel camera with 12 x optical zoom, true HD image capture, optical image stabilisation, face detection and high ISO equivalents up to 3200. There are also five colour modes and multiple scene modes, not to mention advanced settings to control aperture and shutter priority and a fully manual mode. The click to capture mode is being touted by Kodak as "best in class"; by capturing an image in 0.23 seconds, you can nail an action shot at high speed. Plus you can do a little editing on the camera itself, constructing a slideshow with background music and transitions directly on the device.
It’ll be available in the UK from May 2008 at around £199.99.
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Kodak updated most of their digital camera lineup. The first camera (in an otherwise unremarkable group) is the awkwardly named EasyShare Z8612 IS, which has these features:
EasyShare Z8612 IS
- 8.1 effective Megapixel CCD
- F2.8-4.8, 12X optical zoom lens, equivalent to 36 - 432 mm
- Optical image stabilization
- 2.5" LCD display (no viewfinder of any kind)
- Full manual controls
- Auto scene selection, face detection, Perfect Touch image enhancement features
- Records VGA quality video at 15 frames/second
- Can use AA or lithium-ion rechargeable batteries
- Ships in March for $249
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The P-880 is Kodak’s latest 8 mega-pixel prosumer digital camera. At a glance, the camera contains many professional features including RAW file capture, a wide 24-140mm (35mm equivalent) zoom, 50 ISO film base rating and shutter speeds up to 1/4000th of a second.
One of Kodak’s biggest selling points for the P-880 will be the large 2.5 inch LCD screen. The screen is clear, colour rich and offers a live histogram with highlight and shadow clipping for immediate on-camera exposure assessment.
The zoom lens is quite unique at 24-140mm. As most of the competition in the market place has opted for a base of 28mm, Kodak offering 24mm now puts the camera in a new class. Combined with a Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon lens and manual focus option the results the photographer can now capture are more creative and sharper than ever.
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Since the introduction of its revolutionary inkjet business model and groundbreaking consumer value proposition, Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) has signed premier retail accounts across consumer electronics, office superstore, warehouse and mass merchandising outlets. With the latest additions of Circuit City and Sam’s Club in the U.S. and Wal-Mart in Canada, Kodak EasyShare All-in-One Printers are now available in more than 7,600 retail stores worldwide.
"Growing demand for Kodak’s inkjet printers validates our reasons for entering the category — consumers are looking for high-quality, affordable solutions to home inkjet printing," said Phil Faraci, President and COO, Eastman Kodak Company. "We will continue to expand retail availability, so everyone interested in printing more for less can do so with a Kodak inkjet printer."
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Kodak’s 7.1-megapixel EasyShare Z712 IS excels by combining an optically stabilized 12X zoom with a set of manual and automatic controls that are easy to operate. Snapshot photographers who want greater creative control will benefit from this compact EVF (electronic viewfinder) camera’s enhanced features without spending more than they would on a typical point-and-shooter, such as the Fuji FinePix F40fd or the Canon SD1000. But the EasyShare Z712 IS doesn’t have the performance muscle, feature set, or photo quality to satisfy serious amateur photographers.
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The 2.5-inch screen on the EasyShare Z1275 is about average for a point-and-shoot, and while it appears there was more room for Kodak to squeeze in a slightly larger LCD, it is adequate. Like many new digital point-and-shoot cameras, there is no optical viewfinder, so all shots must be lined up on the LCD. We’re not huge fans of this trend, but it doesn’t hamper our overall experience. It did a slightly below-average job of representing what the picture will look like on your computer. We expected better from such a chunky package.
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