Dora the Explorer Talking Digital Camera

by Dora the Explorer

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0031OBZEW
• Item model number: 88067
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,383 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 22, 2009

Product Description

One of your little girl's most proud moments in her life will be when she receives her first. yes, her very own. camera! The Dora the Explorer Talking Digital Camera is the perfect way to introduce her to taking pictures of her own adventures, her own memories of family vacations, birthday parties, trips to the zoo, flowers or lady bugs in the backyard - all of which are ways that she will be able to express herself by taking photos. The camera makes picture taking exciting as it speaks 3 different encouraging phrases with the click of the button.

The Dora the Explorer Talking Digital Camera is easy to use and comes with the software needed to connect to your computer and upload her pictures. Different features on the program allow her to write her own story and illustrate with fun stickers and frames.

Package Contents:

* Pink Digital Camera
* CD-ROM Software
* User Manual
* USB Cable

Uses 2 AAA Batteries (not included)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars bare bones, but software includes games, July 10, 2010

By 

Stu n Kellie (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dora the Explorer Talking Digital Camera (Electronics)

We purchased this for our daughter's fourth birthday. While she was delighted with the Dora on the front, and likes the audio for each picture, she has trouble actually getting a shot that resembles anything. Now, some of this is the picture-taking skill of a four year-old child. Some of it is the quality of the camera. Even I found it frustrating to use as you MUST use the viewfinder and the viewfinder is not true. What I saw in the viewfinder was not accurately framed in the actual picture. You also have to be able to be very still to get a good shot, or everything is just a blur. Not something most kids this age are great at.

The only display on the back is a tiny window that tells the number of pictures left. The function abbreviations are confusing in the display, which allowed my daughter to accidentally delete the entire contents of camera. (This probably wasn't a great tragedy as I'm sure most of the pictures were just a blur.)

The camera does come with software, which you MUST install in order to retrieve the pictures. The software has some cute things on it, but even my husband and I were frustrated navigating it. (And it wasn't just that we aren't computer savvy--my husband's job is computers.) I won't be too harsh here, though, as these things really are just extras. The games entertained my daughter, but one of them was too difficult for her. Truth be told, one of them was too difficult for me to actually win!

Bottom line--would I spend the money on it again? No. My daughter understands that this is a real camera, but it honestly feels like a toy. We paid less for it than it is listed on this site, and we wouldn't even spend that on it again. In fact, we have an old Kodak digital easy share that we may just give her. At least that has a screen on it for her to view her pictures, unlike this where you have to upload them to the computer before viewing them. The camera will take 26 pictures on the highest quality.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage., January 16, 2011

By 

Roland Kissoon "Rolls" (Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dora the Explorer Talking Digital Camera (Electronics)

Light, cheap piece of plastic garbage.

I did not expect canon quality, but for 30 dollars, I expected something a little more than what looks like a disposable $1 toy.

cons:

-the plastic on this thing feels like no more than 1mm, so cannot withstand a single drop

-it comes with a propriety cable, so if you lose it, then there is no way you can download your pics

- you need to purchase a set of miniature screwdrivers to install the batteries. The battery compartment is screwed down with a Philip head screw about the size of a screw you find on a pair fo reading glasses.

- there is no viewfinder, just a LCD which displays how much photos you have taken.

Pros:

- My 2 year old daughter likes it because it is dora branded

- pics are awful, so if you lose the propriety cable to download pics, it is no real loss

At the time of purchase, I also bought a pink 5.1 megapixel $39 vivitar camera for my 4 year old and I would recommend that you buy one of these - a real camera instead with video capability. Where you would get some use out of it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this works!, December 24, 2010

By 

Steven "mkayk55" (OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dora the Explorer Talking Digital Camera (Electronics)

For the price I paid, I didn't think this would work as well as it does! I got it last-minute, because it is really cute. It tells how many pictures you can take depending on hi or low resolution. We chose high res which probably picked up too much movement because 4 year olds shoot while walking. But she did get some very nice pictures during our Christmas gift exchange,and it did very well when she took close-up shots on faces. The software was easy to load, the cord to connect to the computer is included. And, it talks! She hears a cutesy comment with every click. We haven't even tried the games included in the software, that's a plus. So we let her shoot about 14 pictures, loaded them onto our computer hard drive and set Media Center for slideshow! Sure we got some good laughs at her first attempts at photography but for the money, we're really impressed! It was a perfect Christmas present for a little girl, and I had only bought it as a stocking-stuffer! awesome deal!