Overview

The Kodak Easyshare V603 is an ultra compact 6 megapixel camera with a 3x optical zoom lens and a 2.5 inch screen. The Easyshare V603 has been designed with ease of use in mind and features a selection of scene modes and in camera picture enhancing features such as red eye reducing. The high quality movie mode offer electronic picture stabilization, ensuring a steady picture even with a bit of camera shake. Like all Easyshare cameras, the V603 is compatible with Kodak’s Photo Printer and Printer Dock, allowing you to print directly from the camera without the need for a computer.

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Available Reviews

• Kodak Easyshare V603 review at Steve's Digicams
• Kodak EasyShare V603 review at CNet
• Kodak Easyshare V603 review at DigitalCameraReview
• Kodak EasyShare V603 review at CNet Asia

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Specifications

Resolution: 6.1 megapixels
Focal Length: 36–108 mm, 35 mm equivalent
Optical Zoom: 3x
Exposure Modes: Auto, Scene Modes
Macro Mode: 5cm
Movie Mode: 640×480 at 30fps
Shutter Speed: 8–1/1448 sec.
LCD Display: 2,5 inch
Storage Media: SD/MMC card
Battery: battery pack
Dimensions (H x W x D): 3.6 × 2.0 × 0.9 in. / 92.0 × 50.0 × 21.6 mm
Weight: 4.2 oz / 120 g, body only

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Press Release

The KODAK EASYSHARE V603 Zoom Digital Camera is designed for people who want a small, stylish camera packed with innovative features to enhance the photography experience. It is the latest in the V-series line of cameras which features exciting digital advancements wrapped in sleek camera bodies while remaining true to Kodak’s signature ease-of-use.

The tiny, 6.1-megapixel V603 features a SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH C-VARIOGON 3X optical zoom lens, a 2.5” high-resolution display, in-camera picture enhancing features such as KODAK PPERFECT TOUCH technology and multiple color and scene modes including panorama stitch.

“Kodak continues to merge innovation with style in its V-series line of digital cameras,” said Mary Hadley, General Manager, Digital Capture, Consumer Digital Imaging Group, Eastman Kodak Company. “The combination of high tech, high style and high performance at an affordable price is something that people have come to expect from Kodak and the V603 delivers.”

The KODAK EASYSHARE V603 zoom digital camera records TV-quality video, up to 30 frames per second (fps) using advanced MPEG-4 compression with the ability to split video with a simple on-camera editing feature. Built-in image stabilization technology during video reduces on-screen shaking from unintentional hand and camera movement. The camera also offers zoom during video including auto focus with its professional-caliber 3X SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH C-VARIOGON optical zoom lens. And it is simple to select any frame in a video, then save and print from video in just seconds. Then watch the videos on the camera’s big, bright 2.5-inch LCD screen.

The KODAK EASYSHARE V603 Zoom Digital Camera, which comes in black or silver, will be available worldwide beginning in April 2006 and will retail for (US$299 MSRP).

Making the EASYSHARE System Connection

The V-Series cameras include KODAK EASYSHARE software version 5.2 for WINDOWS and MACINTOSH systems, providing effortless digital picture organization, editing, sharing and printing. The exclusive One Touch to Better Pictures feature takes advantage of proprietary color technologies developed by Kodak to help users get vibrant, true-to-life prints from inkjet printers. Version 5.2, which is available for free download from www.kodak.com, also makes sharing your favorite pictures as simple as possible, automatically placing them in albums on your camera, on your computer, and in your online KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery albums.

Kodak also makes it easy to accessorize the new V603 camera with a range of products that help show off your pictures. For instance, the popular KODAK EASYSHARE Printer Dock Plus Series 3 (US$179 MSRP) makes it one-touch simple to print real KODAK pictures at home in just 60 seconds -with or without a computer. The Printer Dock Series 3 also transfers pictures to a connected computer, and recharges and reconditions the cameras’ batteries. Pictures made from EASYSHARE printer docks are vibrant, borderless, waterproof, and will last a lifetime, under typical photo album display conditions.

The optional KODAK EASYSHARE Photo Frame Dock 2 provides one-touch picture transfer to a connected computer while keeping the cameras’ high-capacity battery charged and ready to go - can play video and photo ‘slideshows’ on the cameras’ high-resolution LCD screens, providing an additional degree of elevated design and innovation to EASYSHARE V-Series camera owners.

The KODAK EASYSHARE digital photography system consists of cameras, snapshot printers, services, docks, software, inkjet and thermal photo papers, and accessories, making taking, organizing, sharing, and printing high quality digital pictures effortless. Further information on KODAK EASYSHARE products is available at www.kodak.com/go/EasyShare.
(source: Kodak)