Kodak announces new digital cameras

Kodak announced several new consumer-friendly compact digital cameras on Tuesday. On the Kodak side, the EasyShare C875 is an 8-megapixel compact camera with a 5X optical zoom, and includes a novel technology that Kodak calls Smart Scene. After it reads the lighting condition of a particular scene, it then determines which scene configuration will take the best shot. The scene modes it chooses include portrait, text, backlight, and beach/snow modes, among others. Stay tuned for our upcoming First Looks review to see how smart the Smart Scene technology actually is, ABC News reports.

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This feature allows the camera to be set in one of nine scene modes. It decides which scene configuration will take the best photo by reading the light conditions of a particular place.

The EasyShare C875 camera has 8-megapixels and includes a 5X optical zoom lens. It also has a 2.5-inch LCD screen, VGA video capabilities and 30 fps with MPEG-4 compression.

It has another feature that is rare for low- and mid-range compact cameras - full manual functionality.

Kodak plans to ship the camera at the end of August. It will retail for $299.95, All Headline News reports.