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Kodak Unveils World's
First Dual Lens Digital Camera;
Combines Ultra-Wide Angle and Zoom Lenses
in Compact Body
Innovative KODAK EASYSHARE
V570 Camera with RETINA Dual Lens Technology
Shown First at CES 2006 in Kodak Booth #31400
(LVCC South/3)
LAS VEGAS, January 2 - Kicking off
this week's 2006 International Consumer
Electronics Show (CES), Eastman Kodak Company
today introduced the world's first dual
lens digital still camera, the KODAK EASYSHARE
V570 dual lens digital camera. Using proprietary
KODAK RETINA Dual Lens technology, the elegant
V570 camera wraps an ultra-wide angle lens
(23 mm) and an optical zoom lens (39 - 117
mm) into a small, sleek package less than
an inch thin.
The innovative EASYSHARE V570 camera's
ultra-wide angle lens coupled with its optical
zoom lens produces a total 5X optical zoom
range, providing more options to help today's
picture takers capture the perfect shot
-group photos, scenic landscapes, dramatic
portraits, and close-ups. No other consumer
digital camera offers such a wide angle
of view, nor the unique, sophisticated design
of this model, whose all-glass, stacked
SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH C-VARIOGON prism lenses
never extend from the camera body.
"Today's picture takers expect high-performance
features in an attractive package. Kodak
is first to give them a coveted but previously
unavailable ultra-wide angle lens in a pocket-size
camera," said Greg Morrison, Digital
Product Marketing Manager, Kodak Canada
Inc. "Capturing high quality photos
with maximum ease of use are at the top
of people's lists when buying a new digital
camera. By delivering on these needs in
a completely new way, the EASYSHARE V570
camera pushes the boundaries of innovative
design for ultra-compact cameras."
Wide-Angle Panorama Stitching and Advanced
Video Performance
In addition to its dual lens design, the
5-megapixel V570 camera boasts a variety
of notable features to enhance the photography
experience, including in-camera panorama
stitching, which automatically combines
three pictures into a panorama photograph.
Using the ultra-wide view in panorama scene
mode, people can take in a 180-degree vista
with just three shots -- an industry exclusive.
Packing advanced video performance, the
camera makes it easier for users to shoot
all types of action in the way that many
filmmakers prefer -- with an ultra-wide
angle to capture more of the scene. The
EASYSHARE V570 camera records TV-quality
video, up to 30 frames per second (fps)
using advanced MPEG-4 compression. Built-in
image stabilization technology reduces on-screen
shaking from unintentional hand and camera
movement. The camera also offers an optical
zoom feature for video including auto focus.
And it is simple to select any frame in
a video, then save and print it as a "freeze
frame" still picture in just seconds.
Other notable features of the V570 camera
include:
* A big, brilliant 2.5-inch, high-resolution
LCD screen;
* The exclusive KODAK Colour Science image
processing chip for phenomenal image quality
with rich colour, accurate skin tones, low
noise and precise exposure;
* Automatic red-eye reduction, on-camera
cropping, picture blur alert and auto picture
rotation;
* In-camera distortion correction to compensate
for ultra-wide angle fish-eye effects, which
can be turned on or off;
* Twenty-two scene modes plus three colour
modes, helping snap shooters capture the
best possible shot with the least possible
effort;
* The KODAK EASYSHARE Photo Frame Dock 2,
which provides one-touch picture transfer
to a connected computer while keeping the
cameras' high-capacity lithium-ion battery
charged and ready to go, and which can play
video and photo 'slideshows' on the camera's
high-resolution LCD screen; and
* 32 megabytes (MB) of internal memory,
plus a SD card slot for additional storage.
The KODAK EASYSHARE V570 dual lens digital
camera with Photo Frame Dock 2 will be available
in Canada beginning
February 2006 for CDN$499
(MSRP).
EASYSHARE Software and Accessories
The KODAK EASYSHARE V570 camera includes
KODAK EASYSHARE software for WINDOWS and
MACINTOSH systems, providing effortless
digital picture organization, editing, sharing
and printing - and even CD and DVD burning.
The exclusive One Touch to Better Pictures
feature takes advantage of proprietary colour
technologies developed by Kodak to help
users get vibrant, true-to-life prints from
inkjet printers, while the enhanced favourites
feature helps you always have your best
shots at hand, whether on your camera, on
your computer, or online via the KODAK EASYSHARE
Gallery.
Kodak also makes it easy to accessorize
the new V570 camera with a range of products
that help show off your pictures. For instance,
the popular KODAK EASYSHARE Printer Dock
Plus Series 3 (CDN$229.95
MSRP) makes it one-touch simple
to print real KODAK pictures at home in
just 60 seconds -- with or without a computer.
Kodak Innovations
Following on the heels of its revolutionary
wireless KODAK EASYSHARE-ONE zoom digital
camera introduction at CES 2005, Kodak continues
to bring groundbreaking features to its
award-winning KODAK EASYSHARE digital photography
system, enhancing the digital photography
experience for consumers worldwide. The
EASYSHARE system consists of cameras, snapshot
printers, services, docks, software, inkjet
and thermal photo papers, and accessories,
making taking, organizing, sharing, and
printing high quality digital pictures effortless.
Further information on KODAK EASYSHARE products
is available at www.kodak.ca
About Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak is the leader in helping people take,
share, print and view images - for memories,
for information, for entertainment. With
sales of $13.5 billion in 2004, the company
is committed to a digitally oriented growth
strategy focused on the following businesses:
Health -- supplying the medical and dental
industries with traditional and digital
imaging-information products and services,
as well healthcare IT solutions and services;
Graphic Communications -- offering on-demand
colour and black and white printing, wide-format
inkjet printing, high-speed, high-volume
continuous inkjet printing, as well as document
scanning, archiving and multi-vendor IT
services; Digital & Film Imaging Systems
-- providing consumers, professionals and
cinematographers with digital and traditional
products and services; and Display &
Components -- which designs and manufactures
state-of-the-art organic light-emitting
diode displays as well as other specialty
materials, and delivers imaging sensors
to original equipment manufacturers. More
information about Kodak (NYSE: EK) is available
at www.kodak.ca.
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