Photobird.com Press Release

200 cameras, 1000 reviews in 12 languages.  Comprehensive, easy-to-use, and free.

San Francisco, CA - October 11, 2005 - Photobird.com, the easy way to share your photos around the world, today announced the immediate availability of the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide.  This comprehensive and frequently updated list of 200 digital cameras and 1000 reviews in 12 languages makes it easy to shop for digital cameras. The intuitive, easy-to-read design assists digital camera shoppers with their research and helps them choose from a myriad of available digital camera features and options.  The Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide is available for free at www.photobird.com/buyersguide/ and can be found in the Photobird Learning Center at www.photobird.com/learn/ .  A free trial to Photobird.com and more information about easily sharing your photos with friends and family is also available at www.photobird.com .

“There is an overwhelming number of digital cameras available and so many websites that review digital cameras, that shoppers needed a comprehensive, easy-to-read, frequently updated list of digital cameras and digital camera reviews to jump start their research.  Shoppers now have a buyer’s guide that’s comprehensive, free from advertising clutter, and makes shopping for a digital camera much easier,” said Ed Krimen, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Photobird.com.  “If you’re the type of shopper who just wants some simple details before making a purchase decision, then you’ll really like that the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide helps you quickly find the right cameras.  If you’re the type of shopper who spends hours and hours researching every specific camera detail, then you’ll appreciate that the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide links to the highest-quality digital camera reviews and sample photos that are available on the web.”

Using Photobird’s “Top 10 List for Buying a Digital Camera” as a foundation, the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide focuses on the most important digital camera features to help you start shopping.  The Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide lists cameras along with:
- relative size of the camera
- price
- number of megapixels
- LCD size
- zoom capabilities
- memory card compatibility
- battery type
- manufacturer
- model name

To expedite your research, the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide also helps you focus your choices by allowing you to sort digital cameras by size:
- All cameras
- Tiny cameras only
- Tiny and compact cameras
- Compact and medium-sized cameras
- Medium, large, and SLR cameras

Several times a week, the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide is updated with the latest reviews from the best digital camera review websites.  The Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide is also updated when new digital cameras are announced and when digital cameras are no longer available.  You can track these on-going changes in the Changelog for the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide which is available at www.photobird.com/learn/buyersguide/changelog/ and linked from the bottom of the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide.

While shopping for your new digital camera, if you want some feedback from customers or have a question about the camera you’re interested in, you can peruse discussions and post questions in the new Photobird forums, which are now available in conjunction with the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide.  The Photobird forums have individual forums for each camera manufacturer as well as forums for sharing your photos with others and learning new digital photography skills.  The Photobird forums are linked from each digital camera in the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide, and are also available at www.photobird.com/forums/ .

Finally, when you’ve completed your research, you can purchase your digital camera online using the “Buy” links that are available throughout the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
The Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide announced today is available for free to everyone who visits Photobird.com.  For sharing your digital photos, Photobird.com offers flexible and convenient monthly and yearly subscription options, available at www.photobird.com/subscribe. Photobird.com is currently offering a 50% discount on yearly subscriptions until October 31, 2005. For about $2
per month—less than the price for storage space for a website that you would need to build yourself—Photobird.com provides the storage space and the unique, professionally-designed website to make it easy to create your own online photo albums.

ABOUT PHOTOBIRD.COM
Photobird.com makes it easy for digital camera users to share their photos with friends and family around the world. As a family-owned and operated business with a focus on the needs of customers, Photobird.com wants your experience sharing and viewing photos to be the best it can be. For more information about Photobird.com, visit www.photobird.com.