Newest Kodak Products Enhance All Links of Digital Image Chain; Digital Cameras, Software, Printers and Accessories Introduced

Business Wire, August 28, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2000

Lower Prices Make Digital Imaging Accessible to Broader Audience

Eastman Kodak Company, the world's imaging leader, today unveiled a spectrum of affordable products designed to enhance the digital image experience from capture right through to display. The new products range from digital cameras to effortless file-transfer and color management software and include easy-to-use printers and a unique electronic frame for digital pictures.

"With these new products, Kodak has, in essence, enhanced virtually every link of the digital image chain," said Philip Gerskovich, Kodak vice president and chief operating officer, Digital and Applied Imaging. "Just as we've done for a century with traditional pictures, we've made it easier and more fun to take digital images, transfer them to a computer, share them with others, print them, even display them digitally."

To capture pictures, Kodak announced two new digital cameras. The stylish Kodak DC3800 digital camera weighs less than three candy bars and fits in the palm of a hand yet its 2.3-megapixel sensor will capture pictures for quality output up to 8 x 10 inches. It has a suggested price of $499. Joining it in the capture line-up, the Kodak EZ200 digital camera allows computer users to take and share digital still images and capture short video clips. It also doubles as a PC video camera for videoconferencing, all for a list price of $149.

Once the pictures are captured, Kodak Pictures Now software - bundled with the Kodak USB Picture Card Reader - makes it faster and easier to manipulate and share digital pictures. From instantly uploading images to the computer and customizing picture files to automatically removing old images from a memory card and reusing it, Pictures Now provides a hassle-free solution to image creativity and control.

Simplifying the best quality printing, Kodak One-Touch Printing system automatically configures a printer to Kodak specifications for media type and color management. Based on these values, the system delivers photographs with increased brightness, contrast and sharp detail. Users need only select the Kodak paper type, printer model and click the print button to get the best possible images. The software is bundled with the Kodak Premium Picture Kit for Borderless Inkjet Print Products and the Kodak Picture CD software.

To print a picture, the new Kodak Personal Picture Maker 200 by Lexmark - which does not need a computer to print - offers a new level of convenience with a full-color screen that previews images before they're printed. Joining it are the Kodak Personal Picture Maker 120 - a faster and affordable addition to the photo printer line-up - and three new ink cartridges specifically designed for use by the Personal Picture Makers. The Kodak Personal Picture Maker 200 has a suggested retail price of $299, the 120 model a suggested price of $179.

With the new Kodak Smart Picture Frame, people can display their digital pictures in a stylish electronic frame, one picture at a time or in a rotating display of up to 36 pictures. Using an analog phone connection and the Smart Picture Frame's built-in modem, users can send and receive pictures to other Smart Picture Frame owners and view information, such as news, weather, traffic, sports and entertainment through the Storybox Network. In addition, owners can order prints of their favorite pictures through Print@Kodak. The frame has a suggested list price of $349, which includes a six-month subscription to Storybox Network. The Kodak Smart Picture Frame is one of more than 150 accessories for Kodak digital cameras that include high-capacity memory cards, battery charging units and lens kits.

All the new products will be available in September with the exception of the Smart Picture Frame, which will be available in October, and the DC3800 digital camera and PM120 printer, which will be available in November.

(Kodak is a trademark of Eastman Kodak Company.)

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