When Kodak released its first dual lens camera (the Kodak Easyshare V570), I thought there was no way for things to get better. For one, those two lenses are just lovely. And the wide-angle shots that you could take with the camera is just fantastic (and that means I'll have less trouble taking pictures of the whole clan during holidays!). I don't even have to worry about my shaky hands anymore with the digital image stabilization technology. Taking videos with it also comes as a bonus.

Now, Kodak has announced another dual-lens camera: the V705 (just switch the numbers in your previous model, and voila! You have a new name for your new camera). More like an upgrade to the Easyshare V570, it boasts of 7-megapixel prints (its predecessor has 5MP), 5X optical zoom range for better close-ups, plus the usual video mode (you could take videos up to 80 minutes), 2.5' LCD, red-eye and blur alert, as well as cropping features and easy picture sharing. This will be available on September, and will cost $349.95 USD.

Another baby is born to the Kodak digital camera family, the Kodak Easyshare C875. It features a whopping 8-megapixel prints, 5X zoom lens as well as a 2.5'' LCD. But the striking feature of the C875 is the "smart scene" mode where it actually chooses the best scene for your shot. This will be available at the end of the month, for $299.95 USD.

The last newcomer is the Kodak Easyshare G600 Printer Dock. Just prop your Pictbridge or Imagelink compatible device on top of it, and get your pictures printing in no time (4"x6" prints are done in 60 seconds). Its built-in handle makes it convenient to lug around, and it automatically charges your Kodak camera battery, too. Plus with the Kodak Xtralife lamination, prints are guaranteed waterproof, fingerprint proof, stain resistant, and wipable. It's available in stores now, for $149.95 USD.

Are you on the hunt for a camera that will fit your budget? Then take advantage of this deal from Amazon. They are offering the Kodak EasyShare C300 3.2-Megapixel Digital Camera without the additional shipping fee.

Sporting a 5x digital zoom (no optical zoom), 1.5" LCD, video clip recording, 16MB internal memory, Secure Digital/MMC card slot, and USB connectivity this camera originally having a total price of $129.95 is now slashed to $79.88. They say that the best things in life are free, and that a picture is worth a thousand words: With this $80 camera, you can have a bunch of thousand word-worth photos, each having the potential to capture one of your life's best moments - not very far from being free if you ask me.

Kodak pays up. A digital photo-sharing service connected with the Eastman Kodak Co. opted to settle and pay for roughly $27,000 in penalty for violating a U.S. Law aimed at lessening and completely eradicating spam mail. Kodak Imaging Network, formerly known as Ofoto Inc., allegedly sent spam emails to two million recipients without giving them a way to opt out of future messages. And now they just chose to pay the price.

U.S. Law prohibits false or misleading headers on e-mails and requires commercial e-mailers to give recipients an option to opt out of the solicitation. According to a Kodak repspresentative, "this incident, which took place over a year and half ago, was a simple technical malfunction that caused the customary text to be removed from the e-mail...We identified the problem, took steps to correct it and are confident it won't happen again."
 

The Kodak Imaging Network lets consumers upload and share digital photographs and buy photo books, cards, coffee mugs and other products. And although $27K is merely peanuts to a multi-billion company like Kodak, let this incident be a lesson to spammers everywhere so that they could stop flooding our emails with useless stuff.

If this new patent filed by Kodak becomes a reality, it doesn't matter how many plastic surgeries and facelifts you get... you can't lie about your age no more! The camera conglomerate is adapting the technology used to automatically correct flash-induced "red-eye" in digital images to determine a person's age. A patent filed by researchers from the company's labs in Rochester, New York, suggests the technique could provide a quick and easy way to check someone's date of birth preventing underage drinking and the likes.

So how would this work? The "red-eye" takes care of all that. Red-eye is the effect seen when a person's open pupils allow a camera's flash light to be reflected off their retinas. Correction software analyses a picture, looking for a pair of red dots in the centre of a face, and automatically dulls them to remove the effect. And according to Kodak researchers, as a person gets older, their pupils have greater difficulty widening to cope with dim light. The good news for those who constantly lie about their age, this age-detecting camera ain't happening in the near future...it may take a while.

If you’re shopping for a good digital camera but your budget is tighter than Richard Simmon’s shorts, this is for you. In a spasm of generosity, CompUSA dropped the price of the Kodak EasyShare Z7590 5MP digital camera to $249.99. The EasyShare Z7590 features include:

• 10X zoom
• Manual exposure controls
• Easy operation
• Versatile burst mode
• Solid battery life
• Connection for external flash

The Kodak EasyShare Z7590 has an advanced function for automatic or programmed exposure. Frequently used settings for exposure, flash, image quality, white-balance, ISO, and others can also be saved in the custom mode.

There are 14 built-in scene modes for common shooting situations such as close-ups, flower photography, landscapes, night landscapes, night portraits, snow and beach scenes, fireworks, text, museums, self-portrait, parties, children, and backlighting.

CompUSA didn’t say how long they would keep these low prices, so better hurry and buy one.

Kodak just introduced its recent addition to its EasyShare camera line - the newest digicam on the block - the 6 megapixel Kodak EasyShare V610. It is of course packed with the Kodak Retina Dual Lens Technology, both are Schneider-Kreuznach C-Variogon all-glass lenses, each with 6 megapixel sensors. The wider angle lens has a 38-114 mm range and the other a 130-380mm range; combined they make the V610 capable of 10x optical zoom.

Plus, this newest Kodak contraption is embedded with BlueTooth Wireless Technology which makes it easier for future users to transmit their photos to their mobile phones, computers, and Kodak photo kiosks. This has a $449.45 price tag and shipping starts on May 8th.

Talk about another nail on the coffin of film. Eastman Kodak Co., the world's largest maker of photographic film, said that they are raising prices by as much as 17 percent on a variety of its film products. The reason for the price hike is the rising costs for raw materials like silver and petrochemicals. Also, the price hike was supposedly necessary because of growing expenses for packaging and transportation. So for you photography traditionalists, better stock up in film because the price increase is set to happen on May 1. Doesn't this tidbit just gave you more reasons to go digital?

Looking for a taste of fame? Try this: Kodak wants your pictures in their latest commercial, well, sort of.

You may have seen that Kodak advertisement where a tour guide takes wide-eyed children through an exhibit of famous pictures and photos of everyday life displayed on a museum wall. And you may have been one of those many who were, as Marianne Samenko director of Kodak's Worldwide Brand Communications, puts it "moved ...by the emotional pictures and stories in the (original) spot, and how it really captured Kodak's ability to protect and share these images". If you are, then put your own pictures alongside the pictures of Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, and Neil Armstrong while taking his first step on the moon as shown in the advertisement. By visiting the Kodak website, you can add up to five of your very own 'Kodak moments' in the original spot and e-mail your own Kodak commercial to your friends. The edited commercial will be viewable for a minimum of 30 days. "We wanted to share the Gallery experience with them, and make it more personal by incorporating their own photos,” explains Samenko.

Kodak's got a new digital camera that features Bluetooth.  From the looks of it (or its innards, what we can see of them) it's one of the point-and-shoot which sort.

We think this could've been made with Kodak's Bluetooth-enabled photo kiosks in mind - it may in fact work best with them - that'd be a good smart way for Kodak to drum up business.  Two birds with one stone, that sort of thing.

Fired Kodak director of engineering Maya Raber (who cried wrongful termination by the Kodak Imaging Network and parent company Kodak) isn't only mad, she wants to get even. The former employee accused Eastman Kodak Co. of “illegally tampering with the quality of customers' digital photos and making false advertising claims.” In fact in the lawsuit she filed against Kodak, Raber claims she was fired “in retaliation for complaining about a Kodak project that (she) alleges deceives customers and irreversibly damages customers' photo files.”

"Kodak disregarded consumers' interests in its efforts to save money," Raber said. "The plan was to hide behind the trusted Kodak brand, instead of promoting and protecting it."  A Kodak spokesperson said the allegations are "completely false." Some Kodak moments never last.