Share pictures effortlessly.
With a touch of the Share button you can e-mail or upload your favorite moments to the Kodak Gallery, YouTube, Facebook, FLICKR, and ORKUT sites easier than ever before.

Looking for a camera that makes sharing your pictures as simple as 1, 2, 3? Then you’ll love the Kodak EasyShare C143 Digital Camera. Uploading your pictures is now quick and easy thanks to Kodak’s Share button. And because it’s from Kodak, your memories will be as vivid as the moment they happened. If you want an affordable camera you’ll feel good about, look to the name you know and trust. Whether it’s for you, or a gift for someone else, the C143 is perfect for sharing your memories. The real Kodak moment happens when you share.

One-button upload—turn moments into memories
With the Share button and Kodak’s Share button app, sharing your pictures is amazingly simple.

• Snap your picture
• Press the Share button and tag it to Kodak Gallery, YouTube, Facebook, FLICKR, and ORKUT sites, plus e-mail too
• Connect your camera to your computer, and with Kodak’s Share button app, your pictures are automatically uploaded
• Your pictures and videos are automatically transferred to your computer

Share your world big and bright with 12 MP

• 12 MP means you can make stunning prints up to 30 x 40 in.
• More megapixels means you can crop and enlarge and still have great picture quality
• However you choose to print—at home, at retail, or online—trust Kodak for picture quality that’s truly exceptional and for memories that will last

3X optical zoom lens
3X optical zoom (35 mm equivalent: 32–96 mm) gets you five times closer to your subjects without reducing image quality

Blur reduction
Reduce blur caused by subject movement or fast-action situations to deliver clearer, sharper pictures

2.7 in. bright LCD

• Relive moments and view pictures with brilliance and clarity
• Brighter, more vibrant details thanks to Kodak Color Science

Kodak’s Smart Capture feature
Choose the camera that does the thinking for you. Kodak’s innovative Smart Capture feature automatically identifies the scene and adjusts camera settings for a great picture in just about any environment.

• Intelligent scene detection—analyzes the scene to give you better pictures under various conditions
• Intelligent capture control—automatically sets camera settings for clear, sharp pictures even in low light and challenging situations
• Intelligent image processing—reduces noise and clears up dark shadows for vibrant, crisp details and true-to-life colors

Kodak’s Face Recognition feature

• Find, organize, and share your pictures easily
• Camera automatically recognizes up to 20 pre-tagged faces so you can easily locate and share them later
• Recognizes up to five faces in a single image
• Name tags carry over to your favorite photo management software for easy searching

HD picture capture

• Take stunning HD pictures in 16:9 format
• View your pictures in high definition on an HDTV or other HD devices1

Shoot video with ease

• Record life in motion with continuous VGA video featuring audio capture and on-camera editing
• Enjoy video print options including 9-up prints, plus view and share single frames

Scene and color modes

• Get great shots time after time with multiple scene modes, including auto, sport, portrait, snow, fireworks, and backlight
• Have fun with five different color modes: vivid, full, and basic color, black & white, and sepia

High ISO
Capture the details in low-light conditions and fast-action situations with high ISO (up to 1600).

Picture enhancing and editing features

• Achieve your perfect shot with on-camera features such as cropping, undo-delete, picture rotation, and self-timer
• Capture the details of your pictures with on-camera text tagging and multi-field search

Never miss a moment with AA batteries
Your camera can always be ready to go using convenient AA batteries.

Kodak EasyShare Software
The complete solution for transferring, online sharing, e-mailing, organizing, editing, and creative printing of your pictures.

• Organize your pictures with your own tags, star ratings, and date and time stamps, then use the search feature to quickly find any picture in your collection
• Edit your pictures with ease — select from a variety of simple tools that reduce red-eye, improve lighting, remove wrinkles and blemishes, and add text
• Create photo projects online or at home — choose from hundreds of templates and designs to create album pages, cards, invitations, and much more
• Manually upload to Kodak Gallery, YouTube, Facebook, FLICKR, and ORKUT sites, plus e-mail too

Ready to go — right out of the boxKodak EasyShare C143 Digital Camera

• Kodak Alkaline AA Batteries or equivalent
• Wrist strap
• USB cable
• User Guide

Splash! Whether it’s a dunk in the pool, a windy day on the trail or a spilled drink at the restaurant, life can catch you off guard. Be ready with the KODAK EASYSHARE SPORT Camera. Take a dip and take your best shot – up to 10 feet underwater. Check out the great outdoors without worrying about dirt, dust, or sand. Plus, wherever you go, your friends will wish they were there. With Kodak’s Share button, you can tag pictures directly from your camera for e-mailing to friends and KODAK PULSE Display and post pictures or videos to FACEBOOK, FLICKR, KODAK Gallery, YOUTUBE, ORKUT, TWITTER, YANDEX, and KAIXIN001 sites. Just press to impress. The dustproof, waterproof EASYSHARE SPORT.

Technical Details

We receive numerous inquiries from readers looking for new photography tips. While some sites offer the occasional useful tip, the following sites are consistent producers of excellent content to boost the photography education level for any photographer, i.e., Photoshop tutorials, detailed photography knowledge, flash lighting techniques, and much more! Check out this great sites and hope you enjoy.

• Digital Photography School
• Kodak Photography Tips and Techniques
• Strobist
• Psd Tuts
• Photo Tuts
• Amateur Snapper

Hope you enjoy our wonderful photography choices for today. The selection criteria for this group of sites was based on their wow factor….for me, that includes great poses (for candid or formal portraiture), variety of composition, strong use of color or effectiveness of black and white, sound post processing techniques, and let’s not forget to mention the blog structure itself….layout and usability.

As Kodak’s market share continues to plummet, Microsoft founder and chairman, Bill Gates recently acquired 8 million shares of the photo gear and supplies giant and now controls 5.2% of the common stock. Eastman Kodak Co., the camera pioneer lost more than $4.5 billion in market value last year and expects to lose another $400 million in 2009 as it struggles to shift to digital photography. While the Kodak  brand still has marketing appeal, Kodak must deal with the loss of it’s highly profitable chemical sector and try to compete in the already overcrowded consumer camera space.

Although Gates has the resources to take advantage of Kodak’s suppressed stock price, he was never known for just throwing money away. Perhaps Kodak has some major announcements yet to come which will revitalize this once historic photography icon….let’s hope so.

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Tough times ahead for Kodak…one the most famous names in photography, will be forced to break up as a result of a collapse in demand for its digital cameras and printers.

Kodak gave warning on Wednesday that revenues and profits for 2008 would fall well below Wall Street expectations as American consumers stopped spending on all but essentials, such as food and petrol. It also said that it had been forced to suspend some of its executive retirement contributions and that all boardroom pay would be frozen.

Shares in the American group, which are traded in New York, sank by 12 per cent as traders considered the gloomy prospects for the company, which had already reduced its revenue and profit forecasts in October. The shares, which traded at $30 at the beginning of the year, were yesterday valued at $6.40 each.

Shannon Cross, an analyst at Cross Research, told clients: “We think Kodak will need to make some hard decisions regarding its consumer inkjet business, Stream and Nexpress, as investment required to support these initiatives may be too high given deteriorating end markets.”

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