Kodak EasyShare-One Digital Camera
MobileWhack takes a closer look at the KODAK EASYSHARE-ONE Camera, it was announced a while back at CES 2005 and since then it has received 100's of accolades of praise for it's groundbreaking design and functionality. Kodak announced that it was first digital camera in the world to feature Wi-Fi.
Kodak has a interactive tour of the EASYSHARE-ONE camera, at http://www.kodak.com/go/easyshare-one.
With its ability to send e-mail from the camera, to connect to the KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery at home and on-the-go from thousands of public hotspots worldwide, to store up to 1,500 favorite pictures, and to simplify viewing and operation via its unique touch screen and graphical menus, the Kodak EASYSHARE-ONE camera marks a new era in digital photography. As the ultimate picture sharing device, it delivers a completely new digital photography experience unmatched by any other camera.
Global Praise:
The Kodak EASYSHARE-ONE camera continues to win global praise for its multi-faceted innovation. In addition to receiving extremely high praise from hundreds of journalists and analysts, it has also won some of the consumer electronics industry's top awards, including:
Next Big Thing 2005 from C|NET
Best of CES: Picture Perfect from G4techTV
Editor's Choice from American Photo
Innovative Digital Product from the Digital Imaging Marketing Association
Best of CES – Show Star from Stuff (U.K.)
From Point-and-Shoot to Point-and-Share
Hotspot Providers and Retailers Prepare:
Kodak is working with the world's leading wireless companies to make sharing pictures across town, across the country, or across the globe as easy and convenient as possible. All EASYSHARE-ONE camera purchasers receive a complementary, camera-specific trial service in conjunction with major hotspot providers. In addition to service from T-Mobile USA, with more than 6,000 T-Mobile HotSpots across the United States, EASYSHARE-ONE camera owners will also be able to enjoy public connections in other key world markets. Kodak plans to announce further market-specific service providers, as well as retailers that will sell the EASYSHARE-ONE camera, in the coming weeks.
It incorporates multiple benefits that avid picture sharers could only dream of until now, including:
E-mail and online picture sharing without a computer, using a direct, wireless connection to the KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery service. By connecting to the Gallery through a compatible home or public network*, people can upload pictures and videos for near instantaneous electronic sharing with friends around the world.
On-the-spot sharing of up to 1,500 favorite pictures, synchronized with a person's PC-based picture collection, thanks to a huge, 3-inch, high resolution, rotating LCD touch screen that's protected when not in use, plus a generous 256 megabytes of internal memory†. In addition, when connected wirelessly to the KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery, Kodak EASYSHARE-ONE camera owners can also view thousands more of their pictures stored online, including albums shared by their friends and family.
Significantly enhanced ease-of-use for picture sharing and taking, including the ability to create on-camera albums in which to store pictures, intuitive menu options with touch screen selection, automatic organization of pictures by date taken, and even richer, graphical scene modes to help get the best possible picture in a variety of outdoor and indoor environments. The dynamic user interface was developed in MACROMEDIA FLASH, a first for digital cameras.
Wireless picture printing with KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology when used with the new KODAK EASYSHARE snapshot printers (optional KODAK WI-FI card required for the printer).
Pictures with professional-quality color and sharpness, with the use of a renowned SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH C-VARIOGON 3X optical zoom lens (36 – 108 mm equivalent), a 4-megapixel sensor, and the exclusive KODAK Color Science image processing chip.
Smooth, vibrant video taking and sharing, with its built-in high frame-rate motion and sound recording, plus the ability to share those videos via the KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery.
Premium customer service from Kodak, providing EASYSHARE-ONE model owners with priority inquiry handling, assistance with the camera’s wireless setup and operation, and other benefits made available to only these customers.
The innovative KODAK EASYSHARE digital photography system - consisting of cameras, viewers, software, docks, home snapshot printers, services, papers and accessories - makes taking, organizing, sharing, and printing high quality digital pictures effortless. More information on KODAK EASYSHARE products is available at www.kodak.com/go/EasyShare.
* At launch, the KODAK EASYSHARE-ONE camera will be compatible with most in-home and public Wi-Fi networks that support 802.11b technology, with the option to enable 64- and 128-bit WEP security. 802.1x support and WPA security is planned for a future firmware release.
† Up to 1500 images, marked as Favorites, optimized for viewing on the camera. 256 MB internal memory/185 MB available for picture storage (1 MB equals one million bytes).
Kodak, EasyShare, EasyShare-one and Perfect Touch are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company. Schneider-Kreuznach, and Variogon are trademarks of Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH used under license by Eastman Kodak Company. Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. 2005
Kodak EasyShare-One Digital Camera Features Include:
Kodak EasyShare-One Digital Camera Specifications:
| CCD resolution | 4.23 MP (2408 × 1758 pixels) |
| Image resolution | 4.0 MP (2304 × 1728 pixels) |
| Picture quality |
4.0 MP—best (print, enlargement) 3.5 MP—best (optimized ratio for 4 × 6 in. (10 × 15 cm) prints; 3:2) 2.1 MP—better (small prints) 1.1 MP—good (email) |
| Zoom |
3.0X optical zoom, 6.0–16.6 mm (35 mm equivalent: 36–108 mm) 3.3X advanced digital zoom 10X total zoom |
| Auto focus | TTL auto-focus with selectable modes: multi-zone, center-spot |
| Focus distance | wide—23.6 in. (60 cm) to infinity; tele—23.6 in. (60 cm) to infinity |
| Display | 3.0 in. (7.6 cm) high-resolution (230K pixel) indoor/outdoor display with polarizer and touchscreen with stylus |
| Aperture | f/2.9 or f/4.7 (wide); f/4.9 or f/8.1 (tele) |
| Shutter speed | 4–1/1400 second |
| ISO equivalent | automatic; manual (80, 100, 200, 400) |
| White balance | auto, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent |
| Flash mode | auto, red-eye, fill, off |
| Flash range | wide—2.0–10.2 ft (0.6–3.1 m); tele—2.0–6.9 ft (0.6–2.1 m) |
| Self-timer | user-selectable 2–30 seconds |
| Performance Features | |
| Scene modes | auto, portrait, close-up, self-portrait, museum/manner, night landscape, night portrait, sport, landscape, snow, beach, party, children, flower, backlight, fireworks |
| Macro/close-up mode | wide—4–27 in. (10–70 cm); tele—17–27 in. (43–70 cm); |
| Burst modes | 2 fps, up to 6 pictures |
| Color modes | high color, standard color, low color, black and white, sepia |
| Light metering method | automatic: TTL-AE; selectable: multi-pattern, center-weighted, center spot |
| Exposure compensation | +/- 2.0 EV in 0.3 EV step increments |
| Exposure control | programmed AE |
| Click to capture | <0.5 seconds (wide) |
| Shot to shot | <1.5 seconds |
| Movie mode | continuous digital MPEG-4 video with audio capture, playback on camera |
| Movie image resolution |
VGA (640 × 480 pixels) at 30 fps |
| Zoom during movie capture | 3X optical zoom |
| Movie length | limited by capacity of external memory card |
| Sound | selectable sound themes |
| Ease of Use Features | |
| Auto-orientation | auto picture rotation, auto display orientation |
| Dedicated buttons | power, delete, menu, Share, flash, back, info, capture/review mode |
| Review mode | slide show, multi-up, protect, share/print, image storage, copy, picture info, favorites, view by date, view by album |
| Video out | NTSC, PAL (user-selectable) |
| Software | KODAK EASYSHARE Software |
| Compatibility | Dock compatability—KODAK EASYSHARE Camera Dock Series 3, KODAK EASYSHARE Printer Dock Series 3, KODAK EASYSHARE Printer Dock Plus |
| Additional Features | |
| Storage | 256 MB internal memory*, SD/MMC card expansion slot |
| Wireless | SDIO WiFi 802.11b |
| Power options | KODAK Rechargeable Li-Ion Digital Camera Battery KLIC-5000, DC-in jack on side of camera for 5V adapter, via the KODAK EASYSHARE Dock Terminals |
| Image file format | Still: JPEG/EXIF v2.21, Video: Quicktime MOV |
| Interface | USB compliant, KODAK EASYSHARE Docks Series 3, audio/video connectors |
| Lens protection | built-in lens barrier |
| Tripod mount | 1/4 in. standard |
| Weight | 7.9 oz (225 g) |
| Dimensions | W × H × D: 4.1 × 2.5 × 1.0 in. (103 × 63 × 26 mm) |
| Warranty | 1 year |


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