Beautiful pictures, more oftenautomatically.Get stunning pictures at an affordable price with the sleek Kodak EasyShare M340 digital camera. With innovative features like Smart Capture, the M340 automatically adjusts camera settings to deliver beautiful pictures, more often – automatically. And with easy upload to YouTube and Kodak Gallery, you can share your beautiful shots with friends and family. Amazing quality prints with 10.2 megapixels10.2 megapixels means you can make stunning prints up to 30 x 40 inches More megapixels mean you can crop and still get a great picture However you choose to print–at home, at retail, or online–trust Kodak for picture quality thats truly exceptional and for memories that will last 3x optical zoom lens3x optical zoom (35 mm equivalent: 35-105 mm) gets you closer to your subjects without reducing image quality The Kodak AF optical aspheric lens captures crisp detail 5x digital zoom enlarges your pictures even moreBlur reductionReduce blur caused by camera shake, subject movement, or fast-action situationsThe camera automatically minimizes the effects of camera shake to deliver a clearer pictureShow off your pictures Get a good look at your pictures on the large 2.7-inch color LCD Whether you shoot your pictures vertically or horizontally, view them right side up with auto picture rotationBeautiful pictures, more oftenautomaticallyWho says you cant have it all? The Kodak EasyShare M340 digital camera blends the latest picture-taking technology with the ultimate in style–and with Kodaks innovative Smart Capture feature, its the take-anywhere camera that does it all–automatically.Kodaks Smart Capture featureTake better pictures than ever before. Kodaks innovative Smart Capture feature adjusts camera settings for great pictures in just about any environment–automatically. Intelligent scene detection–detects and analyzes scene conditions Intelligent capture control–automatically sets camera settings including exposure, focus and ISO for clear, sharp pictures even in low light and challenging situationsIntelligent image processing–reduces noise and clears up dark shadows for vibrant, crisp details and true-to-life colorsTrue HD quality: capture stunning pictures HD picture captureCapture beautiful HD pictures in 16:9 format View your pictures in high definition on an HDTV or other HD devices Get stunning pictures at an affordable priceWhen the perfect picture taking opportunity arises, well make sure youre ready–with features like face detection, Kodak PERFECT TOUCH Technology, scene modes and much more. And after you take the shot, do even more. Turn your pictures into a multimedia slideshow, complete with music and effects.Face detectionFor great shots of friends and family, face detection locates faces and automatically adjusts camera settingsHigh ISOCapture the details in low light conditions and fast action situations with high ISO (up to 1600)
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Kodak EX 811 Easyshare 8 inch Digital Picture Frame with Wireless Capability
Start viewing your pictures and videos right away by inserting a memory card or connect your digital camera. Wirelessly add pictures and videos from your computer or the Kodak Gallery using your Wi-Fi network. Set the mood with music by listening to your favorite MP3s with built-in speakers while you view your vacation photos. Fill it up with memories thanks to 128 MB of internal memory. The convenient drag-and-drop feature makes transferring pictures easy. View your pictures on the 8-inch (20.3 cm), 16:9 wide screen featuring Kodak Color Science for vibrant color and crisp detail. It is optimized with Kodak Light Management Film to provide a bright, clear display with excellent viewing angle. Aspect ratio – 16 – 9 widescreen Display type – aSi TFT active matrix, with Kodak Light Management Film Display backlight – LED Display brightness – 350 NITs Wireless compatibility – 802.11 b/g Contrast ratio – 300 – 1 Image file formats – JPEG & EXIF Video formats – MOV, AVI, MPEG 1 and 4 Audio formats – MP3 128 MB internal memory available Memory cards supported – Secure Digital (SD), Multimedia Card (MMC), Memory Stick (MS), xD-Picture Card (xD), CompactFlash (CF) & MicroDrive (MD) System Requirements – Windows XP or higher, Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, 600 MHz processor or greater, Macintosh OS X 10.3 or higher; PowerMac/PowerBook G3, G4, G5, iMac, eMac, iBook, MacBookPro, Safari 1.1 or higher, 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended), 200 MB hard disk drive space available, CD-ROM drive & Available USB port Dimensions – 11.2 8.3 1.5 inch (284 211 38 mm)
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Do not purchase!
It is really unbelievable to me what a terrible product this is. I am on my second frame because I thought the first one was defective, but I am having the same issues with this one as well. It is EXTREMELY slow, many times not responding to the remote at all. Either the frame freezes or the screen turns black. The only button that works 100% of the time is the on/off button. It takes at least 10 tries to actually connect with kodak gallery to display pictures I have online. I really wanted this frame in particular because I have TONS of photos on kodak gallery, but it is much more effort to get it to work than it’s worth. It’s a nice idea, but Kodak needs to go back to the drawing board on this one . . . .
1 Star OK frame – Bad Service with Kodak Gallery wifi
This was a good frame until kodakgallery started charging for photo storage. If you plan on using the wifi feature, skip this frame and go with one that syncs with flickr.
1) The Ex-811 will let you connect ONLY to kodakgallery.com
2) kodakgallery.com now charges $5 per year to store photos.
I bought this & set it up at a relatives house out of state. Whenever & where ever I, or other family members, feel compelled, we upload photos to kodakgallery.com & then, like magic, they show up on the frame. Its a great way to connect our family members & share photos with people who live all over the country. I realize $5 isn’t much, however I feel the photo storage should be included as a part of the purchase price of the frame – for this reason alone I gave it 1 star.
No one charges for photo storage & Kodak Gallery has been free, but as of May 2009 they will implement the “$5+ per year or deletion policy”.
1 Star The Kodak brand is now a liability
Many digital frames are now available. In searching for a frame as a gift for elderly parents, I decided to purchase a “reliable” brand rather than a newer entrant into the market. I wanted to minimize any problems and was more than willing to pay pay a premium to ensure low-effort, high-enjoyment for my parents. Granted, George Eastman’s legacy is film, not electronics – but this is the 21st century, isn’t it?
If you simply want an frame to display digital pictures from a flash memory card, this unit will work fine. The picture quality is certainly acceptable. However, you will be overpaying by about 2x. The wireless connectivy with the Kodak Gallery is absolutely unreliable and unusable. You could get a frame without wireless capability with 2x the display area for the same cost.
I wanted a frame that would allow me to send pictures electronically (didn’t care how: web based, email, etc.) to my parents living on the opposite coast for immediate display (or even “almost-immediate” – within 24 hours – refresh). Kodak claims that with their Kodak Gallery web site, with proper setup one can upload pictures to private/shared areas and the frame will automatically be notified and download and display the pictures. And (at the time) there were no fees or subscription required (compared to the original Ceiva frame, for example, which required yearly fees). Of course, I expected that this would function without a full-time IT support staff.
As it turned out, the frame’s wireless capability is terrible. I am a computer/network professional. I had no problem setting up the frame to connect to the wireless network. Upgrading the firmware was simple. Pictures from the SD memory card displayed correctly on the screen. However, the wireless connection is totally unreliable. It is not the wireless network as it is stable and the WAP is 10 feet from the frame. I contacted Kodak support, and it was a terrible experience. After going through the scripted questions and rote responses, struggling to educate the 3rd-world support personnel, waiting for return calls that were promised and didn’t happen, and interminable hold times, I was finally “allowed” to call a “technical specialist” in the US. At that time I was told that unless I was using a wireless router from an approved list, I would not be supported – so I purchased an approved router. Still the same problem. Then the “specialist” said there was a problem with the Kodak web site and I’d have to wait a week for it to be repaired. Two weeks later and still the same problems. I was finally given a RMA number to return the frame for repair. Three weeks later I received the frame, with a note from the “authorized repair facility”. Along with the (same) frame there was a note included stating that they had tested the unit with a memory card, checked the display, and tested to be sure the unit would establish a wireless connection. No malfunction found. They had not even tested the ability to automatically view pictures uploaded remotely to the Kodak Gallery. I don’t know if they bothered to read the very specific description I included with the frame, but I doubt it.
I’ve given up with this item. It is now functioning as a 2x overpriced flash-memory reader with 1/2 the display size. I send a new SD card through USPS Mail every so often with new pictures. Kodak has also now changed their policies regarding storage space on the Kodak Gallery – you have to purchase a minimum amount of product from the site to avoid having your pictures deleted.
Bottom line: the Kodak brand, in my experience and opinion, is a liablity, not something that warrants a premium price. Support is terrible, product does not function as advertised, and this was a waste of my time. I can’t think of any reason to purchase this item and highly recommend against it. If you want wireless picture display this will not work; if you want flash-memory picture display many other, larger, less expensive options abound.
2 Stars Unfulfilled Potential
The concept of a wireless photo frame (EX811) has the potential to simplify the process of refreshing the pictures on a photo frame. Most people already upload pictures from a digital camera onto a computer. What if you could simply drag the pictures into a folder on your computer where the frame is “watching” via WiFi. Nice!! No fumbling with memory cards and waiting for the files to transfer. So what’s the problem? Well apparently the picture frame couldn’t be made smart enough to remember what computer and share drive you want it to view when you power on the frame. I mean it remembers your network name and encryption keys but they couldn’t afford one extra bit of data to say “start” here. Instead it reads pictures from internal memory at start-up. So I’ll just leave it on all the time. Right? Wrong!! You see it grabs all the picture at the start of the slideshow and it doesn’t appear to ever go back for more. In addition, it struggles if the folder has a large number of photos. They couldn’t grab some at random periodically. It restarts on its own periodically when it drops its network connection. After mashing on the remote for a couple of hours, I decided that it would be easier and more reliable to fumble with a memory card. In conclussion, my advice is to skip the WiFi features for now. Eventually a manufacturer will focus on how people will try to use the frame. For now they seem content to just stamp “WiFi” on the front of the box.
1 Star Junk!
I expected more from Kodak. The stand on the back of the frame is flimsy and the frame keeps falling over. Also, its operation was quirky out of the box.
I own some off brands that are better than this.
Stay away.
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Kodak EasyShare W1020 10 Inch Wireless Digital Frame
PRODUCT FEATURES:10 in. (25.4 cm) high-quality displayWi-Fi enabledKodak’s Quick Touch BorderAccess the latest news, weather, sports, and moreAutomatically send and receive pictures from Kodak Gallery members right on your frame with the Picture Mail feature – simply touch along the bottom and right hand side of the border of the frame to navigate menus.View news, weather, and sports updates to stay informed throughout the day, plus humor, horoscope, sports, traffic, and more – powered by Framechannel.
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Wirless sucks and sharing site is subscription
I bought this product for my parents -to share pictures with them remotely, but the wireless on this frame really sucks and it interface is very clumsy. We are using it but without the wireless features. The website that allows you to remotely upload pictures is paid subscription -the interface with flickr is really awefull, the images are distorted (scale x and scale y is messed up for flickr images)
Get something else…
4 Stars Kodak Photo Frame
I read several reviews here before buying this Kodak Photo frame and was not sure about the wireless feature being easy to set up. After receiving it I was happy to see that the setup was very easy. I had no problems as described by other reviewers. The only negative thing I can comment on is that if the frame sits above eye level, the LCD is hard to see. Like an old big screen TV viewed from the side. I can tilt it down some to help the problem somewhat. I am very happy with the picture quality and the wireless features are great.
1 Star Doesn’t support WPA KEY
The manual states that a WPA key is 8-63 characters long, really not 64…63. Well it seems the software engineers don’t want you to use a secure key. Sorry for the block of chat but pay attention to where he says I’m the only one that uses 64 bit key.
Keith Johnson (1:51:53 PM): I recently purchased a W1020 digital frame & one of the main feature wireless connection to my secure network was the main reason I bought the Kodak over your competitors. I try twice to set up my 64 character wpa password & it won’t take the last character. I then look in the manual & see that somebody thinks that wpa is 1-63 characters long, it isn’t. WPA password can be 64 characters long. One guess on how long my password is? I have 4 other wireless devices that have no problem with my security & I’m sure not gonna change it because somebody thinks that 8 whole bytes of password is too long. How will you rectify my situation?(1:51:53 PM)
[An agent will be with you shortly.](1:53:08 PM)
[You are now chatting with Benjamin G .]Benjamin G (1:53:13 PM): Welcome to Kodak, my name is Benjamin. Please wait while I review your question so that I could assist you properly.
Benjamin G (1:58:04 PM): In order to address your issue properly, I will transfer you to our Digital Frame Support.
Keith Johnson (1:59:46 PM): took 5 minutes to figure out I had a digital frame…this is gonna be fun(2:00:46 PM)[You have been transferred to queue: DCD Theatre HD Chat]
(2:00:50 PM)[You are now chatting with Clark D. .]Clark D. (2:01:27 PM): Welcome to Kodak, my name is Clark. Please wait while I review your question.
Clark D. (2:03:12 PM): I understand, do you have the frame with you?
Keith Johnson (2:03:29 PM): Yes
Clark D. (2:04:21 PM): Can you please provide me the serial number of the frame?
Keith Johnson (2:05:43 PM): xxxxxxxx
Clark D. (2:05:50 PM): Thank you.
Clark D. (2:06:38 PM): When you connect your other devices on the wireless network, do you use the same 64 bit password?
Keith Johnson (2:06:48 PM): yes
Clark D. (2:07:51 PM): Ok.Keith Johnson (2:09:53 PM): I have inputted it twice double checking to make sure I didn’t put any extra characters but it seems that the manual is right. It only allows 63 characters..I also upgraded to the latest firmware but it was for flickr evidentlly.
Clark D. (2:11:08 PM): As I checked, it can only accomodate 63 characters.
Clark D. (2:11:21 PM): That goes to all of our frames.
Keith Johnson (2:11:40 PM): YES but WPA is 64 characters long
Clark D. (2:11:56 PM): I understand.Keith Johnson (2:12:30 PM): I know most kodak customers might be less than tech savvy but if Kodak states WPA security it should at least I don’t know do as advertised.
Clark D. (2:12:35 PM): But it is not required for the WPA security key to always be 64 characters long.
Keith Johnson (2:13:40 PM): Then it should state that it supports SOME WPA security. it currently does not support wpa as advertised
Clark D. (2:13:44 PM): It supports WEP and WPA.
Keith Johnson (2:14:19 PM): Can we escalate this to get a fix…this is a BIG oversite by the software engineersClark D. (2:14:20 PM): It still supports WPA security.
Clark D. (2:14:57 PM): It is just the characters of your security key that is not being accommodated.
Clark D. (2:15:05 PM): Right now, I’m doing that.
Clark D. (2:15:39 PM): By the way, please take note of this case id # xxxxxx.
Keith Johnson (2:16:12 PM): ok
Clark D. (2:17:35 PM): But for the meantime, it will be best to use a security code that has less characters.
Clark D. (2:18:36 PM): Actually, this is the first instance that we had encountered someone utilizing the 64 bit security key for WPA.
5 Stars Excellent digital frame!
A little pricey compared to other digital frames, but the features like the touch panel and its Wi-Fi capability make it a pretty good value. The touch panel feature takes a little getting used to, but once you have it down, it actually makes browsing the features fairly simple. Last, but not least, the frame has the ability to display slideshows of albums that you have created on your online Kodak Gallery account. These are just a few of the many features that this frame has. I actually purchased 3 of them.
2 Stars Good concept but flawed in implementation–not industrial strength
A great concept–photographs taken years ago and which I had forgotten about would pop up and I’d spend minutes in front of this thing, going into reveries.
However, the downside is that it is not quite ready for “prime time.”
It works fine when you have say 200 photographs stored locally in frame memory. However, if you have a say 3000 photographs stored on a remote disk and try to connect wirelessly, it works fine for an hour or so, then (possibly due to a momentary loss of connection), it goes back to displaying the same old 200 odd photographs from its frame.
I then tried a 16GB USB card, but the software seemed buggy–it would someitimes load the photographs from the USB pretty quickly and then you would have a great time watching old photographs go by. But mostly, it would freeze on the USB and not load the photographs.
It comes with other options such as news and other features, but in reality I didn’t find them useful. Also, the propriatory tie in to the Kodak picture service was very irksome–If I paid for it, why can’t I get my photographs from say Picassa? I got mine as a gift, but still found I was irked by the propriatory tie in to Kodak. I feel that they should give it as a freebie if it is tied in to their service.
Lastly, the definition is low–forget about seeing your 10Mega Pixel photographs in crisp definition–you will see them a bit fuzzy.
As I wrote earlier, I got it as a gift, and in its present state, would NOT buy it. IF the problems I describe above are fixed, then it would be a great thing to have.
Filed under Photography by on Nov 10th, 2009. Comment.
