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Kodak_C663.jpgKodak has just released a couple of new digital cameras among them the Kodak C663 digital camera.

This 6.1 megapixel camera features a Schneider-Kreuznach lens, 3X Optical Zoom, a 2.5-inch LCD screen, 32MB of internal memory and a SD/MMC expansion slot. The camera also has built-in color correction capabilities, that bring our detail in shadows at the press of a button - Kodak calls it Perfect Touch technology.


17 programmed scene modes are available including auto, sport, portrait, snow, fireworks, backlight and party as well as five different color modes. The camera is also capable of recording 24fps MPEG-4 video at VGA (640x480) resolution.

The Kodak C663 will be available in March for $299.95. www.kodak.com.

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Kodak C663 Quick Specs:
Still capture modes: auto, program/manual, portrait, sport, night portrait, night landscape, snow, beach, text/document, fireworks, flower, museum/manner, self portrait, party, children, backlight, close up
Color modes: high color, low color, natural color, sepia, and black and white
Click to capture: < 0.6 sec. (preview on)
Shot to shot: < 1.2 sec. interval until buffer full (3 images) < 6.6 sec. interval with full buffer
Video mode: continuous MPEG-4 compressed video
Video resolution: VGA (640 x 480 pixels) QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) at 24 fps
Video length: continuous based on memory capacity
Video format:QUICKTIME MOV (MPEG-4) with audio recording during capture and audio playback
Video features: action print—4, 9, or 16 up
Auto focus: continuous AF, TTL-AF, single AF
Auto focus modes: multizone, center zone
Focus range
normal: 2 ft (0.6 m)–infinity
macro, wide: 0.43–2.3 ft (0.05–0.7 m)
macro, tele: 0.73–2.3 ft (0.22–0.7 m)
landscape: 32.8 ft (10 m)–infinity
Sensitivity: auto 100 – 400 (still) and 100 – 400 (movie), 140 (flash)
White balance: auto, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, open shade
Exposure metering: TTL-AE, multi-pattern AE, center-weighted AE, and center-spot AE
Exposure compensation: ±2.0 EV with 0.3 EV step increments

The C-Series cameras include KODAK EASYSHARE software for WINDOWS and MACINTOSH systems, a part of the innovative, award-winning KODAK EASYSHARE digital photography system — consisting of cameras, snapshot printers, services, 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.com./go/EasyShare/