Kodak's EasyShare system turns five

Damian Koh | Apr 26, 2006

While some are partying away, others are working hard. Kodak celebrated the fifth anniversary of its EasyShare system by rolling out two cameras: The second dual-lens camera (EasyShare V610) and a successor to the Wi-Fi-enabled EasyShare-One. We just hope this time it wouldn't take too long to be available. Oh wait, the first EasyShare-One isn't even available yet.

According to Kodak, the EasyShare V610 is the world's smallest 10x optical zoom (38mm-to-380mm, 35mm equivalent) camera at less than an inch thick. Beneath the classy chassis, a closer look at the specifications reveals a shocking revelation (ok, it's not that shocking since it was the same with the EasyShare V570). The unit isn't a true-blue 10x zoom camera since the focal length is only effective between 38-to-114mm and 130-to-380mm.

That said, the EasyShare V610 does come with features which we may like, including a Bluetooth wireless connection, anti-blur technology and a high-res (230k-pixel) 2.8-inch LCD screen.

Here's the interesting part. We've all heard about the Wi-Fi-enabled EasyShare-One announced some time back. Even before it's available in our stores, Kodak has unveiled the 6-megapixel successor to the EasyShare-One. New features include a WISPr (Wireless Internet Service Provider recommendation) protocol that is supposedly able to increase the number of hotspot locations for connecting to the Web.

Seriously, we wonder if this is going to be a case of all talk and no camera.

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