Customer Reviews

Digital Concepts Crayola VGA Camera with 1.1 Preview Screen

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(26)

 

 

We bought 2 cameras for our daughters ages 4 and 7. They both loved being able to take photos very easily and were able to maneuver their way around all the controls. For my younger daughter, the highlight was just taking the photos. We helped her create the puppets with the software provided and had a lot of fun doing this craft together. My older daughter was able to utilize the software on her own for the most part and tried out all the different games and crafts pretty much on her own. This camera's price and ease of use was perfect for our kids. I did not expect it to operate like our $500 camera, but more like their first experience with a digital camera and it held up to our expectations.

Bought this camera for my son. He took the 24 pics (memory aloud) then the camera turned off. We lost all the pics. This happen 3 times then the camera did not turn back on.
I would not recomend this camera. Son was very upset that it did not work.

We bought this for our daughter who loves to take pictures with our Canon Rebel XT. This is the worst camera ever. We bought the first one and had to take it back the same day. She took maybe 10 pictures with it before the batteries died, which means that the pictures were lost. We used the manufacturer suggested batteries. She (and we) are very disappointed that Crayola would put their name to this product. Since we didn't get to print any of the pictures, we can't say much about the picture quality.

I bought this camera for my 5 year old nephew and it was a complete waste of money. You would think that for $40 the camera would be decent, but you'd be wrong. The box is closed on the back, so in the store you can't see how big the LDC preview screen is, and once you open it you find that it is only about an inch big. Then once you turn the camera on, you find that the preview image is horrible. The image, if you can even call it an image, is blurry and grainy and completely undecipherable. For a camera that is marketed towards children who thrive on instant gratification, it fails to deliver and is useless. My nephew took one picture, saw that he couldn't see the picture, and never touched the camera again. Do not waste your money on this camera.

I purchased 2 of these for my kids for Christmas. They looked great in the store, they worked fine when we opened them. We have not had any problems with losing pictures or poor battery life. Our problem is that the software is not compatible with Windows Vista, so we have no way to get the pictures off the camera. Crayola Customer support was terrible, the only thing they could tell me was to return the cameras. Unfortunately, that is not possible because I bought them before Thanksgiving and wrapped them for Christmas. Very disappointing!

Our twins each got one of these for Christmas since they both like to play with my 'real' digital camera. Neither one has worked right from day one. I can view pics on the back screen on the camera, but when I installed the software and connected the camera to the computer, it says 0 pictures.

The screen on the back is so small and grainy, and the frame rate is so poor it is basically useless.

Sometimes it clicks when you take a picture, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes the flash works, sometimes it doesn't.

Don't waste any money on this product.

My son got this camera as a gift. It took about 3 pictures and then died. We changed the batteries several times but the camera would not restart. Do not buy this camera. My son would have better off just using my husband's old digital camera.

Please, don't waste your money on this camera...it is absolutely the worst!
The lcd viewer is worthless and the pictures are just terrible....grainy, blurry, poor color....Crayola did not do their homework on this product. (I guess neither did I!)

I got this for my daughter since I'd rather not have her playing with my nice expensive camera. She loves it. It has few buttons, so it's easy to learn to use. I didn't install the software yet, she hasn't noticed. I like that the batteries and SD card slot are secured from tiny hands just pulling them out, but the tiny screws were a pain. At least I had a small screwdriver handy. I like that it has an SD card and not just internal memory. One big drawback is the flash. It whitewashes everything almost unrecognizable. And it takes a few seconds between pushing the shutter button and when it flashes or takes a picture. At first this resulted in a lot of blurry pictures. Now that my daughter has gotten the hang of it though, it's better. The display screen is small and blurry and fairly useless, but my daughter loves it anyway. I'd give it a 2, but my daughter would give it a 5, so I gave it a 4, since it's her camera after all.

The preview screen is worthless. Unless your subject stands perfectly still or you have steady hands the pictures come out blurry. The flash causes anything close to be all white in the picture. The camera makes a "Click" sound a full second before the flash goes off so it tends to cause your subject to move just before the pic is taken. I have luckily not experienced the losing power/pictures issue. Regardless off all those things that simply drive me mad my 7 year old loves her camera and taking pictures and using the software. She would rate it a 5, I would rate it a 1 so I'll give it a 3.