Kodak EasyShare Gallery Review
High quality prints, best line of photo accessories and books, useful online tools, order CD backups of original photos, Premier Account Upgrade, something always on sale
Print price is a bit high, no customizable photo galleries, visitors must log in to see your photos, cannot download original photos, Annual purchase requirement or account is deleted
KodakGallery.com Review Summary
With the one of the most recognizable names in photography, Kodak has
a solid service offering, despite some weaknesses, you may find exactly
what you are looking for.
Kodak Quick Stats:
| Pricing | Good, Free with annual purchase |
| Intro Offer | Great, Free prints or other great discounts - Current Best Kodak Intro Offer and Coupon |
| Kodak Print Prices (4x6 glossy) | Good, 15 cents each (or 10cents with Premier Plan at $49.99 yearly) |
| Customizable Galleries? | Poor, no customization |
| Backup Photos? | OK, you must pay to download your original full resolution photos or upgrade to Premier Plan for free downloads |
| Print at Home? | OK, up to 8x10, for free with you have a PC with Windows XP. Mac users are out of luck. |
| Easy to Share Galleries? | OK, your friends must sign-in to see your prints |
EasyShare Likes:
The Kodak Gallery site (previously Ofoto.com) was one of the first and is still one of the best websites for sharing and ordering prints, books, calendars, etc. Besides the website, Kodak offers free "Easy Share" software, that lets you tag, rate, and categorize all your photos on your computer. It will also keep you organized and allow you to order backup CDs of all your photos at a reasonable cost your photos easily in case your computers hard-drive ever crashes. Kodak also lets you print some of the best quality photo books, with a full range of selection from beautiful leather bound copies suitable for weddings, to small books inexpensive enough for everyday occasions.
If you are a Kodak fan, you may want to consider their Premier Service for $24.99 a year of the Premier Service with discount prints for $49.99. With the upgraded accounts, you can create customized web galleries (similar to SmugMug but not as advanced), create your own unique domain name, and password protect your photo galleries if you wish. You can also create and market completed photo books that you can sell for a profit.
EasyShare Dislikes:
On the downside, the online galleries are not at all customizable, and you can only share small resolution photos with your friends. Also, make sure you make at least one purchase a year, or your photos may be deleted. Your friends must sign-in or create an account to view your photos, and the print prices are slightly more expensive then the discount sites. However, the frequent sales and promotions, (check back here to see the latest one), will help take the sting out of the slightly more expensive products.
Bottom Line:
Overall, the Kodak Gallery is a great choice for printing your digital photos, on either high-quality photo paper or on a variety of other items (espeically nice photo books are created very easily). Their Easy Share software is not bad, and could certainly help organize an unruly photo collection, not to mention make ordering from the Gallery quite easy.