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New KODAK EASYSHARE Z7590 and Z730 Digital
Cameras Deliver Greater Picture Range via
Extended Zoom
Z-Series Designed to Bring Everyday
Picture Takers Closer to their Subjects
ORLANDO, Fla., February 20 - Eastman
Kodak Company today announced two additions
to the new line of KODAK EASYSHARE Z-Series
digital cameras, which now features four
models with extended optical zoom lenses
up to 10X. The KODAK EASYSHARE Z-Series
cameras help everyday picture takers get
closer, better, more creative shots.
The new KODAK EASYSHARE Z7590 (10X optical
zoom, 5 megapixel resolution, CDN
$579.95 MSRP) and Z730 (4X optical
zoom, 5 megapixel resolution, CDN
$499.95 MSRP) digital cameras
combine fast-performing, point-and-shoot
flexibility with the photographic control
achieved through extended optical zoom lenses.
They join the previously announced EASYSHARE
Z740 and Z700 cameras, which are being shipped.
"People are realizing that the secret
to a great digital picture isn't just about
the number of megapixels in the camera,"
said Greg Morrison, Digital Product Marketing
Manager, Kodak Canada Inc. "EASYSHARE
Z-Series cameras bring extended zoom capabilities
such as more flattering portraits and capturing
detail from afar - until now the domain
of higher-end digital cameras - to more
people."
KODAK EASYSHARE Z7590 zoom digital camera
The KODAK EASYSHARE Z7590 camera is ideal
for people who want to further experiment
with photography using a fast performing
digital camera that includes both automatic
and manual settings. Specifically, the Z7590
model offers a professional quality SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH
VARIOGON 10X optical zoom lens (38 - 380
mm equivalent) for outstanding dynamic range,
fine detail and delicate highlights, and
it is the first Z-Series camera to feature
flash sync connection. Further, the camera
is equipped with a live histogram, which
enables users to see the exposure of their
subject before taking the shot. Additionally,
the exclusive KODAK Colour Science chip
results in portraits with edge-to-edge sharpness
and brightness, rich colour, and highly
accurate exposure.
The EASYSHARE Z7590 camera will be available
worldwide (including Canada) beginning in
May 2005.
KODAK EASYSHARE Z730 zoom digital camera
Designed for "zoom seeking" picture
takers, the fast-performing KODAK EASYSHARE
Z730 digital camera incorporates advanced
features that offer outstanding performance
without sacrificing ease of use. The professional
quality SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH VARIOGON 4X
optical zoom lens (33-132 mm equivalent)
allows greater photography experimentation
and more range than with a comparable 3X
optical zoom. In addition, a 2.2-inch, high-resolution
LCD screen can be used to preview and instantly
review shots. Continuous auto-focus delivers
rapid click-to-capture (0.2 second), precisely
freezing action at a desired moment, while
the lithium-ion battery delivers extended
shoot times and rapid recharging.
The EASYSHARE Z730 camera will be available
worldwide (including Canada) beginning in
May 2005.
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 90 seconds, using
the new KODAK EASYSHARE Printer Dock Series
3. This version is 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.
Only the EASYSHARE line of 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 and
the United Kingdom, according to The NPD
Group, Inc. and The GfK Group. Since Q2
2003, Kodak has shipped more than two million
EASYSHARE printer docks worldwide.
Kodak has also announced the EASYSHARE
Camera Dock Series 3 (May
2005 availability; CDN
$99 MSRP), which provides one-touch
picture transfer to a connected computer,
video out for television viewing, and battery
recharging and reconditioning.
The Z-Series cameras include new KODAK
EASYSHARE software version 4.0 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 4.0
- also available for free download from
www.kodak.com - now includes the ability
to edit pictures in third-party applications
and optional Video CD and DVD burning.
In the J.D. Power and Associates 2004 Digital
Camera Satisfaction Study SM evaluating
performance, connectivity, cost and appearance,
KODAK EASYSHARE cameras in the $200-399
and $400-599 price ranges ranked highest
in customer satisfaction among U.S. consumers.
Digital cameras in these segments comprise
more than 60 percent of the U.S. market,
according to data from The NPD Group, Inc.
The award-winning KODAK EASYSHARE digital
photography system - consisting of cameras,
printer docks and camera docks, software,
inkjet and thermal photo papers, and accessories
- makes taking, organizing, sharing, and
printing high quality digital pictures effortless.
Further information on KODAK EASYSHARE products
is available at www.kodak.ca/go/EasyShare.
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 as healthcare IT solutions and services;
Graphic Communications - offering on-demand
color 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.com.
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