Kodak EasyShare
Kodak EasyShare is a sub brand of Eastman Kodak Company products identifying a consumer photography system of digital cameras, snapshot printers, printer docks, accessories, camera docks, software, and online print services. The brand was introduced in 2001.
Digital cameras
There are presently five sub-product camera lines, "series", that separate the cameras into different classes: EasyShare Point and Shoot (C series), EasyShare High Zoom (Z series), EasyShare Pocket (V series), and EasyShare-ONE (wi-fi capable). The original series of EasyShare digital cameras were prefixed with "DX" for the higher end 'prosumer' range, with "P" for the professional series, and with "CX" for the cheaper, more basic models.
The DX series cameras were the first EasyShare models released. It was originally a very basic point and shoot camera 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, with more megapixels and greater zoom capability eventually became the Z-Series. Models in the DX series were the last Kodak consumer digital cameras to use CompactFlash external memory cards. Models include the DX3215, DX3500, DX3600, DX3900, DX4330, DX4530, DX4900, DX6440, DX7440, and DX7590.
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.
The Z-Series is the current high-zoom and performance-oriented range of consumer digital cameras, replacing the original DX series.
The V-Series is the current style-oriented range of consumer digital cameras, replacing the original LS series. V-Series had a number of innovations, such as dual-lens technology.
The P-Series was Kodak's performance series which has recently been discontinued in favor of higher-end Z-series models. These were the only consumer models to leverage an external flash (the Kodak P20 Zoom Flash).
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.
The EasyShare M series are a blend between point-and-shoot cameras (C series) and thin and stylish cameras (V series). They are usually available in a variety of colors and generally have good features.
Other products
The EasyShare brand also includes All-in-one inkjet printers, photo printers and camera docks, and digital picture frames
Software
Kodak EasyShare software is used to transfer and catalog images from EasyShare camera models and can also be used with existing images or non-Kodak cameras. It also features online print ordering facilities as well as some photo enhancement capabilities.
The updater component of the software is powered by BackWeb, which, though usually suspect for its spyware associations, is said to be benign in this case. [1]
In version 6 of EasyShare software, the Bonjour software component from Apple is installed for remote service discovery, but serves no useful purpose for older models; it can be removed using "Add & remove programs" without impeding functionality.
The most recent version of Kodak EasyShare software is version 8.0, which includes support for Windows Vista.
References
- ^ Backweb invasion Jack Schofield; Guardian. 23 November 2006