The Family Camera
In addition to being simple enough for inexperienced shooters, a family camera should offer practical features such as a camera dock (to simplify image transfers to a PC) and software that makes setting up an online photo gallery easy.
Kodak EasyShare Z740
Price: $380 camera only ($480 with printer dock)
Photograph: Robert CardinFor families that are always on the go, Kodak's EasyShare Z740 makes sharing photos through prints, e-mail, and Web sites simple and quick. For $100 extra, the camera comes with the Printer Dock Series 3, a portable dye-sublimation printer that makes 4-by-6-inch prints.
The camera has an automatic mode, or choose from 17 scene modes; the generous 10X optical zoom helps you capture your child scoring a winning goal from the far end of the field.
Using the camera's share button to tag each of your shots, you can make 4-by-6-inch prints simply by inserting the camera into the printer's docking station and pressing its print button. When you connect the printer to your PC, pressing the transfer button fires up the EasyShare software, which you use for uploading photos, sending copies by e-mail, or adding images to an online album at the EasyShare Gallery Web site (formerly Ofoto).
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