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Several weeks ago, I took a look at Nikon's CoolPix P2 Wi-Fi camera. My conclusion was that the camera's bonus Wi-Fi capabilities didn't do a lot to augment its appeal. Kodak's approach was to make a connected Wi-Fi device that does a lot of things- taking pictures is just one of them. By presenting this not as a camera but as a whole new way of managing and sharing pictures, Kodak succeeds where Nikon failed...
...viewer and manager. Albums that friends and family have shared with you are also accessible. If you want to upload pictures you just took into an online album, and e-mail those albums around, you can do it with a few clicks, without once touching your computer. On the Nikon, I enjoyed being able to send shots to a slideshow in progress, but that was just a fun diversion. Here, I see the practical side of Wi-Fi connectivity...
...Like the Nikon, battery life was easily drained with a lot of Wi-Fi use. Kodak ships two batteries with the camera-just don't forget to recharge the spare. I did occasionally experience hiccups in the Wi-Fi connection, whether because of range or just the vagaries of wireless networking, I do not know. Nevertheless, when a hiccup did occur, the camera's interface made it easier to deal with. (Wi-Fi geeks might be saddened to hear that the camera only supports WEP wireless security. If your network runs the newer, safer WPA security, you'll have...
...epiphany led to a yearlong project in which Garcetti photographed workers joining and welding steel beams to assemble the curvy, complex framework of Frank Gehry's architecture. Stepping gingerly around the dangerously suspended girders with a 35-mm Nikon but no tether, Garcetti was literally and emotionally unharnessed...
...hate to condemn a first-of-its-kind technology because of herky-jerky behavior. Every product goes through a streamlining, an evolution. Nowadays, the product itself can be updated as improvements are made, and I suspect Nikon is hard at work trying to right some of the wrongs of its new release. The camera is surprisingly affordable for carrying this new capability; after all, in addition to being a wireless pioneer, it?s a solidly performing 5.1-megapixel camera with 3.5x optical zoom and a lot of great automatic and manual controls. (There?s also an 8-megapixel version...