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Kodak Digital Photo Frames Preloaded with Your Photos

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 9:49 AM Posted by seraph

Kodak has announced that it will be offering Kodak Digital Photo Frames and Kodak Picture Cards pre-loaded with your favorite photos from the Kodak Gallery. Perfect as gifts for family and friends, you can have the digital photos preloaded and shipped directly from the online Kodak Gallery.

Kodak Digital Picture Frames have been very popular and the Kodak Picture Cards are compatible with various digital photo frames that have memory card slots. For more information, go to the Kodak website.

EMERYVILLE, California, May 13, 2008 - KODAK Gallery, a leading online photo service with 70 million members worldwide, today announced that members can now purchase KODAK Digital Picture Frames preloaded with up to 100 of their favorite Gallery photos. It only takes a few clicks online to choose the frame you want, select your pictures and Gallery will load the pictures on the frame and ship the package directly to you or your friends and family members.

“KODAK Digital Pictures Frames are very popular and we’re thrilled to build on that popularity by offering an easy way for people to share pictures with the people they love, and the best part is that we do the work for you,” said Madhav Mehra, General Manager of KODAK Gallery. “These new preloaded frames make great gifts and with the preloaded KODAK Picture Card, you can continue to send new pictures anytime.”

With pre-loaded KODAK Digital Picture Frames, offered exclusively through KODAK Gallery, anyone can experience the benefits of the latest digital display technology, regardless of technical ability. Whether you are purchasing a frame for yourself or as a gift, it provides an effortless way to enjoy digital pictures.

Details about Preloaded KODAK EASYSHARE Digital Picture Frames and Preloaded KODAK Picture Cards:

Minutes to Make: simply choose the frame you want and select up to 100 of your favorite KODAK Gallery photos. We’ll ship the package to you or someone else.
Effortless Operation: We load the pictures for you. Simply plug in your preloaded KODAK EASYSHARE Digital Picture Frame and enjoy the show!
Sleek, Stylish and Intuitive: KODAK EASYSHARE Digital Picture Frames preloaded with up to 100 of your photos come in a variety of sizes – 7-inch ($144.95 plus shipping), 8-inch ($174.95 plus shipping), and 10-inch ($224.95 plus shipping) standard frames and a 10-inch wi-fi enabled wireless frame ($274.95 plus shipping).
Unsurpassed Quality: All frames feature KODAK Color Science, delivering vibrant color and crisp detail; a clean, thin design; plug-and-play simplicity; as well as support for both vertical and horizontal photos.
Music to Your Ears: Play your favorite MP3s on your frame through built-in stereo speakers.
Room to Grow: KODAK Picture Cards ($19.95 plus shipping) are preloaded with up to 100 of your favorite Gallery photos and are also sold separately so you can always have your latest and greatest memories on display. KODAK Picture Cards are compatible with any brand of digital frame that has a card slot.

Go to Kodak.com to purchase digital photo frames or Kodak Picture Cards preloaded with your favorite digital photos.

Online Digital Photo Sharing

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 7:35 PM Posted by seraph

Online photo sharing services has cropped up all over the Internet due to the flourishing of the digital photography industry. Although initially online photo sharing services were part of digital photo printing services, there are now numerous options which are not directly connected to digital photo printing.

Online photo sharing services facilitate the publishing of digital photos on the Internet that can then be easily shared with friends and family. Budding photographers also use these services to showcase their work to a wide audience. Some online photo sharing services also provide complete digital photo organization tools to manage users' images and videos.

The latest development in online photo sharing involve integration with mobile devices such as camera phones and even WiFi-capable cameras. Some of these services also come with dedicated desktop applications that facilitate the uploading and sharing of digital photographs. Some of the more popular online photo sharing services are described below.

Google Picasa

Google's Picasa is a free service with 1 GB space for uploading most digital photo formats including RAW as well as videos. The standalone Picasa software allow desktop digital photo management as well as seamless uploading to the web albums. Picasa also allows uploading directly to most of the digital photo printing services available. It also has integrated tools for photoblogging and a very clean, fast interface. It is available free from Google.

Flickr

Flickr online photo sharing is owned by Yahoo and is also a free service that allows up to 100 MB digital photo uploads per month. You also have the option to pay for a Pro account that has unlimited uploads and larger file sizes. Flickr features innovative tools to organize and share digital photos and also videos. Digital photos can be uploaded through a browser or the standalone Uploadr application as well as Mac's iPhoto and Aperture softwares. Flickr also allows direct blogging tools to simplify posting photos to a variety of blog services. Flickr seems to be the choice for professional photographers as well as advanced enthusiasts. Flickr is available free at Flickr.

Photobucket

Photobucket online photo sharing is one of the most popular services available. The free service provides 1 GB space, with an optional Pro service that comes with 5 GB storage space. Photobucket also allows sharing of video files and its digital photo hosting services is used by many popular social networking sites. Photobucket claims to have over 5 billion digital photos uploaded to their service. Photobucket allows easy uploading through browsers and has tools to create slideshows and home videos. This service is available at Photobucket.

Kodak Gallery

Kodak Easy Gallery online photo sharing is part of Kodak's online digital photo printing service. This online photo sharing service has basic digital photo management tools as well as integrated photo printing tools. The Kodak Easy Gallery is free but requires at least one digital photo printing order per year to maintain the account. This service is available at Kodak Easy Gallery.

Digital Photo Printing

Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 12:22 AM Posted by seraph

Beautiful Prints from your Digital Camera

by Timothy Rea

There are basically two options when it comes to printing your digital photos and get photographic quality prints for your scrap books or your wallet. Whether you like to be served, or you are a do-it-yourself kind of person, you can get beautiful, high-quality prints from your digital camera.

Online or Retail Store Prints

After you take your digital photos, you can go online to a site like Shutterfly, Snapfish, KodakGallery, or Walgreens Photo Center among other choices to print them. Click here to read about the different online digital photo printing services available.

On these sites you can upload your digital photos into your own private gallery. From there you can order prints in all sizes and have them shipped to your home with a minimal shipping fee. You will have to register on the site, and upload your digital photos from your camera to your computer so that you have them available to upload to the site.

Major retailers like Wal-Mart, Walgreens, CVS, and other regional or national stores with online digital photo printing services will also allow you to upload your pictures and order prints to be mailed for you to be pick up.

Additionally, you can take your memory card out of your camera and take it to your local pharmacy or to a discount store and look for the digital photo print customer service desk. Here you will hand your memory card to a customer service person to have your prints made. Some of these stores also have kiosks where you can order your prints and download digital photos for printing using step-by-step instructions on the kiosk touch screen.

Home Digital Photo Printers

The other option you have to print your digital photos is to get your own photo quality printer. Companies like Dell, HP, Epson, Samsung, Sony and others make photo lab quality printers to instantly print your digital photos.

Some printers allow you to print your digital photos by docking your camera directly on the printing station and downloading your photos there.

Others require you to upload your pictures to your computer and then send them to your digital photo printer to get prints of your digital photos. If you are in the market for one of these digital photo printers, you will want to check the resolution and print quality and figure in the cost of photo quality paper, and the color printer cartridges with which you will print your digital photographs.

For some people, this cost outweighs the advantage of getting instant pictures. It really depends on how much you plan to use your digital camera and how often you want prints of the pictures you take. Click here for home digital photo printing tips.

Whether you choose to let someone else print your digital photos and send them to you, or go to a local store and upload your digital photos to get prints, or buy your own printer and go the self-service route, you are bound to get beautiful, high-resolution pictures with little or no trouble.

Online Printing Services

Friday, April 18, 2008 at 12:37 AM Posted by seraph

An integral part of digital photography is printing services, and more people are turning towards online photo printing services all the time due to its convenience, quality and cost advantages over traditional alternatives. Even though every type of photographers still print some of their photos at home, most turn to in-store or online photo printing services for their big projects.

Not only are printing services cheaper than printing at home, they are also more convenient and, regularly, produce better quality prints. For large photo batches, printing services are almost the only choice. And the trend also shows more people turning towards online printing services over in-store printing.

This is due to a number of factors, the most important being convenience. Online printing services generally require customers to upload their digital photos onto their websites for printing. It is easy to order prints on special items such as mugs, t-shirts, calendars and puzzles. You can even design your own photo books with custom texts and descriptions.

There are a number of viable options for online digital photo printing - Snapfish, Kodak Gallery, Walgreens Photo Center, Walmart Digital Photo Center, Winkflash, CVS Photo Center, and Shutterfly.

Each has its own ups and downs, and prices vary. Generally, photos can be delivered to you or picked up at a store. According to Consumer Reports, online digital photo printing services outperform in-store and home printing in photo quality, but take longer to have the pictures ready unless you are willing to pay extra for express printing services.

Here is a look at some of the online digital photo printing services available: