Kodak EasyShare
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Eastman Kodak
Eastman Kodak Company is a multinational imaging and photographic equipment, materials and services company headquarted in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded by George Eastman in 1892....
Company products identifying a consumer photography system of digital camera
Digital camera
A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...
s, snapshot thermal printers, snapshot thermal printer docks, all-in-one inkjet printers, accessories, camera docks, software, and online print services. The brand was introduced in 2001. The brand is no longer applied to all-in-one inkjet printers (now branded "ESP") or online printing services (now simply "Kodak Gallery"). Thermal snapshot printers and printer docks product lines have been discontinued.
EasyShare Digital Cameras
There are presently three EasyShare camera lines, "series", that separate the cameras into different classes: EasyShare Point and Shoot (C series), EasyShare Performance(Z series), and EasyShare Sleek & Stylish (M-Series). The original products to use the EasyShare brand were the DX3600 and DX3500 digital camera along with the EasyShare Camera Dock.Kodak EasyShare DX-Series
The DX series cameras were the first EasyShare models released. It was originally a very basic point and shoot cameraPoint and shoot camera
A point-and-shoot camera, also called a compact camera, is a still camera designed primarily for simple operation. Most use focus free lenses or autofocus for focusing, automatic systems for setting the exposure options, and have flash units built in....
series, compatible with the original EasyShare Camera Dock. The CX series eventually replaced the lower-end DX models, and the newer DX-Series models had more advanced features and higher megapixel resolution and zoom features. The DX series is now discontinued; the higher-end DX Series models eventually became the Z-Series. Models in the DX series were the last Kodak consumer digital cameras to use CompactFlash
CompactFlash
CompactFlash is a mass storage device format used in portable electronic devices. Most CompactFlash devices contain flash memory in a standardized enclosure. The format was first specified and produced by SanDisk in 1994...
external memory cards. Models include the DX3215, DX3500(2.2 mp, 38 mm zoom lens), DX3600 (2.2 mp, 35-70mm zoom lens), DX3900 (3.3 mp, 35-70 mm zoom lens), DX4330 (3.1 mp, 38-114 mm zoom lens), Kodak EasyShare DX4530(5.2 mp, 38-114mm zoom lens), DX4900 (4.1 mp, 35-70mm zoom lens), Kodak EasyShare DX6440 (4.23 mp, 33-132 mm zoom lens), Kodak EasyShare DX6490 (4.23 mp, 38-380 mm zoom lens), DX7440 (4.0 mp, 33-132 mm zoom lens), Kodak Zoom Digital Camera DX7590 (5.0 mp, 38-380 mm zoom lens) and the DX7630 (6.2 mp, 39-117 mm zoom lens).
Kodak EasyShare CX-Series
The CX series is now discontinued, replaced by the C series. The CX series grew out of the DX series. At the time, it was the range of the lowest-priced, most basic point and shoot cameras, typically with no more than a 3× optical zoom.Kodak EasyShare C-Series
The C-series is Kodak's current line of lower-priced, point and shoot, entry-level digital cameras.Kodak EasyShare Z-Series
The Z-series is the current high-zoom and performance-oriented range of consumer digital cameras, replacing the original DX series. Typically, Z-Series cameras have higher optical zooms than any other series. The highest optical zoom camera offered by Kodak is the Z990 with a 30X Optical Zoom.Kodak EasyShare V-Series
The V-Series was another style-oriented range of consumer digital cameras, replacing the original LS series. V-Series had a number of innovations, such as dual-lens technology, first introduced with the V570Kodak EasyShare V570
The Kodak EasyShare V570 is a high-end digital camera manufactured by Eastman Kodak. Announced on January 2, 2006, it is an upper model in the range, which was advertised as $400 in The United States in January 2006...
. The V-Series line has now discontinued, superseded by higher-end M-Series cameras.
Kodak EasyShare P-Series
The P-Series was Kodak's "Performance" series intended to bring DSLR-like features to a consumer model. The series is now discontinued, superseded by higher-end Z-Series models. These were the only consumer models to leverage an external flash, with the exception of the Z980.Kodak EasyShare-One Series
The EasyShare-One series were the first consumer Wi-Fi Digital Cameras, that used an SDIO card to automatically upload pictures in wi-fi hotspots. The EasyShare-One series is now discontinued.Kodak EasyShare M-Series
The EasyShare were originally a blend between thinner point-and-shoot cameras (C series) and stylish cameras (V series), now positioned as "Sleek and Stylish" with the discontinuance of the V-Series. They are usually available in a variety of colors and generally have features not available in the C-Series line.To promote the M-Series, which features the exclusive share button for social network
Social network
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media sharing, Kodak announced their "So Kodak" marketing campaign. To appeal to young and socially connected consumers, the campaign features urban artists Drake
Drake (entertainer)
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, Pitbull
Pitbull (rapper)
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and Trey Songz
Trey Songz
Tremaine "Trey" Aldon Neverson , better known by his stage name Trey Songz, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. His debut album, I Gotta Make It, was released in 2005, while his second album, Trey Day, was released in 2007...
.
Kodak EasyShare SV-Series
The original line of digital frames that played pictures and videos (replaced by M-Series).Kodak EasyShare EX-Series
The original line of digital frames that included the features of SV-Series frames but included wireless (Wi-FiWi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
) capabilities (replaced by W-Series).
Kodak EasyShare M-Series
The M-series line of "multimedia" digital frames play pictures and videos.Kodak EasyShare W-Series
The W-series line of "wireless" digital frames features Wi-Fi connectivity to a home computer or the internet.Kodak EasyShare D-Series
The D-series line of "decor" digital frames allow mounting with any off-the-shelf standard 8x10 frame.Kodak EasyShare S-Series
The S-series currently designates digital frames that are "cordless" in that they have a rechargeable battery allowing viewing without a power cable for several hours. There was a much older frame, the S510, that was not cordless and predated the P-Series.Kodak EasyShare P-Series
The P-series line of digital frames is stands for "Photo"; these frames can only be used for pictures and not multimedia.Other products
The EasyShare brand also was incorporated with the original 5000-series all-in-one inkjet printers (superseded by the ESP line), thermal photo printers and printer docks (now discontinued), and camera docks.EasyShare Software
Kodak EasyShare software is used to transfer and catalog images from EasyShare camera models and can also be used with existing images (in .gif, .png, .jpg, or .tiff format) and non-Kodak digital cameras. The most recent version of Kodak EasyShare software is version 8.2, which includes support for Windows 7. Included in the latest versions is the ability to upload picture and video to FacebookFacebook
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, YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
and Kodak Gallery. Other features included the ability to rate, tag, and caption pictures (using industry tagging standards on the files themselves), online print ordering facilities, photo enhancement and alteration capabilities, and home printing page layout control.
The updater component of the software is powered by BackWeb, which, though usually suspect for its spyware
Spyware
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associations, is said to be benign in this case.
In version 6 of EasyShare software, the Bonjour
Bonjour (software)
In computing, Bonjour is Apple Inc.'s trade name for its implementation of Zeroconf, a group of technologies that includes service discovery, address assignment, and name resolution...
software component from Apple
Apple Computer
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad...
is installed for remote service discovery, but serves no useful purpose for older models; it can be removed using "Add & remove programs
Control Panel (Windows)
The Control Panel is a part of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface which allows users to view and manipulate basic system settings and controls via applets, such as adding hardware, adding and removing software, controlling user accounts, and changing accessibility options...
" without impeding functionality.