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New KODAK EASYSHARE Z650
Digital Camera
Brings Users 'Closer' to Picture Perfection
via its 10X Extended Zoom Capabilities
Fast Performance, Stunning
Shots Define the Latest Z-Series Camera
LAS VEGAS, January 4 - On the eve
of the 2006 International Consumer Electronics
Show (CES), Eastman Kodak Company announced
the new KODAK EASYSHARE Z650 zoom digital
camera, the latest model in its Z-series
line. The 6.1-megapixel camera offers aspiring
photographers exceptional performance and
greater photographic control through its
professional-quality SCHENIDER-KREUZNACH
VARIOGON 10X optical zoom lens, helping
capture detail from afar and flattering
portraits.
"As with the entire line of EASYSHARE
Z-Series cameras, the Z650
delivers more advanced control when needed
and simplicity of operation for everyday
situations," said Greg Morrison, Digital
Product Marketing Manager, Kodak Canada
Inc. "Although the new Z650 has an
impressive resolution, is also demystifies
the conception that megapixels are the only
standard of measurement when buying digital
cameras. By adding advanced features like
10X optical zoom and a live histogram, Kodak
has raised the bar by providing photographers
with the tools to create high-quality photos,
enhancing their overall digital photography
experience."
The EASYSHARE
Z650 camera will be available in Canada
beginning March 2006 for CDN$379 (MSRP).
Other Innovative Features of the Z650
Camera
The EASYSHARE Z650 camera builds in a number
of innovative features that photographers
will appreciate, including:
* The exclusive KODAK Colour Science image
processing chip that results in portraits
with edge-to-edge sharpness and brightness,
rich colour, accurate skin tones and highly
accurate exposure;
* Remarkable dynamic range, fine detail
and delicate highlights;
* A large 2.0-inch, high-resolution indoor/outdoor
LCD screen that allows previewing of shots
or reviewing pictures stored in 32MB internal
memory or on an optional SD/MMC card;
* A live histogram that enables photographers
to see the exposure of their subjects before
taking the shot;
* Automatic, aperture priority and shutter
priority modes, plus 17 scene modes;
* A high-speed precision auto-focus system
that offers fast click-to-capture times;
* First and last burst modes and flash compensation;
* On-camera editing features includes automatic
red-eye reduction, cropping, blurry picture
alert and auto picture rotation;
* 5X advanced digital zoom delivers noticeably
sharper pictures
than regular digital zoom;
* The exclusive Share button to tag pictures
for e-mailing, printing and saving to the
on-camera digital photo album, computer,
and online album as favourites.
Making the EASYSHARE System Connection
Z-Series camera owners can quickly print
KODAK 4 x 6-inch pictures with just one
touch in as little as 60 seconds, using
the new KODAK EASYSHARE Printer Dock Plus
Series 3. The Series 3 printer docks are
the first to support the new IMAGELINK print
system, working with new EASYSHARE cameras
and other manufacturers' compatible cameras.
The Printer Dock Series 3 also transfers
pictures to a connected
computer, and recharges and reconditions
the cameras' batteries. Pictures made from
EASYSHARE printer docks are vibrant, borderless,
waterproof, and will last a lifetime, under
typical photo album display conditions.
The line of EASYSHARE printer docks makes
printing truly one-touch simple, and does
not require people to connect a cable between
camera and printer. Their convenience, print
speed, ease-of-use and phenomenal picture
quality have resulted in overwhelming demand
from picture takers worldwide, with the
line having achieved the number one market
position in the United States, Australia
and the United Kingdom, according to The
NPD Group and GfK.
The Z-Series cameras include new KODAK
EASYSHARE software version 5.2 for WINDOWS
and MACINTOSH systems, providing effortless
digital picture organization, editing, sharing
and printing. 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. Version 5.2,
which is available for free download from
www.kodak.ca, also makes sharing your favourite
pictures as simple as possible, automatically
placing them in albums on your camera, on
your computer, and in your online KODAK
EASYSHARE Gallery albums.
The KODAK EASYSHARE digital photography
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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