KODAK ON-LINE PICTURE EXCHANGE SERVICE TESTED AT HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 13 -- Eastman Kodak Company today announced a
three-month pilot of an application of Kodak's new on-line image service
called the Kodak Picture Exchange. The application, called the Eastman
Exchange, is designed to assist Hollywood studios in the selection and
evaluation of film production sites. The application will consist of a
private image database of key national locations that can be accessed
using the Kodak Picture Exchange.

The Eastman Exchange's image database will comprise digitized still
photographs of film sites compiled by state film commissions. During the
test period, images will be provided by state film commissions in New York
and Arkansas. Test program participants will include Disney, Universal,
Warner Brothers, and Twentieth Century Fox studios.

Film producers will have immediate access to these images through standard
telecommunications networks and computing platforms, including both
Macintosh computers and computers using the Windows operating system.
Location scouts can research images on their computers using simple key
words and phrases. More detailed searches also can be conducted using over
40 image descriptors. Producers can review, browse, and even print out low
resolution images on the spot.

Currently, film producers need to contact state film commissions by phone
in order to discuss and obtain photographs of specific sites. Commission
employees must search, process, and mail out the images to producers. This
can be a timely and expensive process for both parties.

The Eastman Exchange pilot application and Kodak Picture Exchange services
are examples of the benefits provided by the Kodak Photo CD System, which
provides cost effective storage of images on compact discs.

"We view this venture as an important example of the value of the Kodak
Photo CD System and the Kodak Picture Exchange to businesses today," said
Phil Vogel, Manager of Worldwide Marketing, Kodak Motion Picture and
Television Imaging. "By offering this pilot program to our customers, we
hope not only to reduce the costs for location searches, but also to
expand the number of sites that studios can access and vice versa."

If proven successful, Kodak plans to offer the use of the Eastman Exchange
as a cost efficient service to film commissions and studios nationwide.
Future applications for the Eastman Exchange could be used for talent and
prop searches as well.

Eastman Kodak Company, 343 State Street, Rochester, New York 14650-0519

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