VTech - Kidizoom Digital Camera - Pink Rating :
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125 of 126 people found the following review helpful.
A Favorite Toy - but don't expect amazing pictures
By Sapere Aude
My daughter got a VTech Zoom camera several years ago. It's been a longtime favorite toy and she is now 8! This camera has not changed much from the version we have.
The camera is sized really well for little hands, they can grip on the rubber handles on either side. Instead of having a single viewfinder like typical cameras, this one has two - so the child looks through with both eyes, eliminating the need to squint through a single eyehole. The camera itself is okay, 1.3 megapixels is enough to take some viewable pictures, but it does poorly in low light conditions (which is a lot of places). This never bothered my kids.
What makes this camera a hit is the games on it. You can take a picture, then play games with that picture - it makes the picture into a puzzle, you have to rotate the pieces to fit it back together. You can also choose scenes which place cartoon images around the outside of the picture. There are settings where you choose to be a pirate and then a little pirate outfit appears and the child can line the persons face up with it and take the picture so they look like a pirate. They also really enjoy taking videos - this is something that children universally enjoy, saying silly things into the camera.
If you have a child who is really into photography and you think wants to take really nice photographs they want to be able to say print out, or look at on the computer later, I recommend you look into getting them an inexpensive real camera. This camera is not going to take amazing photographs. It's much better than the Fisher Price version though, which we test drove as well - that camera only takes .3 megapixel pictures, but you aren't going to get amazing photos out of it. In face, after downloading pictures the first time, we just stopped bothering with this camera - the kids enjoy tremendously as a toy.
89 of 89 people found the following review helpful.
Do NOT buy SD card!
By MomEAG
Offered as "others often buy this" is an SD memory card. This is misleading, since the camera DOES NOT have a slot for an additional memory card. DO NOT BUY for this camera!
42 of 44 people found the following review helpful.The Vtech Kidizoom Camera is an Excellent Starter Camera!
By K. Nash
Coming from a family of photographers, my five year old has been asking for a camera for quite some time now. We finally got her this one for Christmas and it was not been a disappointment at all! It has a very fast shutter that helps take pictures quickly, there are a few fun features on the camera that my daughter likes to play with (the three games, photo editor, playback for the edited pictures). Very easy to navigate through and it even has a video component too! Of course the picture quality is not that great, but its really just for fun anyway (unless your child has a HUGE desire to print their photos out...)Its also nice that the camera has a binocular-type lens since kids have a harder time focusing in on a single lens like an adult camera. Overall I would recommend this camera to kids who are four and over, since its a little advanced for anyone younger than that, but perfect for a preschooler just learning the art of photography!
** UPDATE ** Camera is toast! Was not durable and now the buttons have somehow gotten stuck so its history...
Product Description
80-122750 Features: -64MB Built-In memory.-Photo editor.-Two games.-Stores 400 photos.-Add 12 silly frames and stamps or two Kaleidoscope effects.-Batteries: 4xAA (not included). Includes: -Includes USB cable to connect to PC. Construction: -Rubberized construction. Color/Finish: -Color: Pink.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #4182 in Toys & Games
- Brand: VTech
- Model: 80-122750
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 3.20" h x6.10" w x2.20" l,
Features
- Real 1.3 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom
- Includes 3 games
- 128 MB internal memory stores up to 1000 photos
- Take photos with funny stamps, borders, or silly photo effects
- Video recording with sound
