Kodak

Once again Kodak has built a small city inside the Kolnmesse (though noticeably it has lost its prime spot by the entrance) - it even has it's own map. The booth is a lot cleaner and trendier than previous shows (a lot less yellow and far fewer 'caring sharing' slogans) and is so spread out that actually finding any product is something of a challenge. There are a few new camera models here - two new compacts (V705, C875) and the Z710, announced Monday. The Z710 is another shiny small budget, big zoom EasyShare (this time 7MP and 10x zoom) with a decent level of photographic control, but no image stabilization. The C875 is actually a very nice budget 8MP model with a 5x zoom lens and lots of features; the dual lens V705 also sports a 5x zoom lens in its ultra-slim body, plus a fixed 23mm wide angle. The rest of the booth is full of printers, printer docks, kiosks and some stuff we eventually identified as 'film'...