Customer Reviews

Hello Kitty: Digital Camera VGA with Flash Software

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1 star:		(22)

 

 

We bought this camera for our daughter's 6th birthday, she was so happy and spent all day taking pictures of everything. Then I tried to put the pictures on the computer and all I got was 11 pictures of rainbows, every picture blurred so bad they were just streaks of colored light - the quality is HORRIBLE, you can hardly make out what the pcture is supposed to be of - this was even the case when I took a picture (and I placed the camera on a bookshelf to avoid it moving while taking the picture).

The software is a problem to install and use. When I tried to upload the pictures they remain on the camera so you can easily fill it up and not be able to use.

overall this was a huge disappointment, save your money and avoid this agrevating product.

This was a waste of money. My 5 year old loves taking photos. She uses my digital camera sometimes. I thought this would be a great gift for her. She could see the photos on the back of the camera like mom's. This was not the case. The LCD does not project the images and it is so small you can not read what mode you are in. If the batteries run out, it erases the photos. I think they should have made it and the directions kid friendly. My daughter was frustrated quickly and it has laid in the drawer for 3 months.
If your child likes to take photos, I would invest in something else.

Overall, I was entirely disappointed with this camaera. The packaging and description were deceiving. There was no view finding screen, only a teeny, tiny window as in a regular camera. This was a gift for a child who would have had just as much fun with a throw away camera. I bought it because I wanted to give her a digital that had a large view finding screen. The construction would not hold up to a single drop on the ground. I would not recommend this to ANYONE.

First, I want to defend this camera's lack of an LCD viewscreen--really unrealistic to expect something like that at this price point.

What's wrong with this camera is that it tries to do so many different things that it doesn't do the one thing it NEEDS to do well--i.e., take a picture with the push of a button.

This product would be much better if you took out all the settings (what kid needs different resolution settings on a cheap camera, for crying out loud?) and simply put in an auto-flash. As it is, you must consult the manual, push the mode button until you find the correct symbol for the flash (which is NOT intuitive, so you'll need to carry the manual with you), press the shutter button to turn the flash on, wait for the little red light to come on, and THEN you can take a picture. Then you shut it off or it goes off by itself after a very short period of inactivity, and the next time you want to take a picture you have to do it ALL OVER AGAIN!

Oh, and did I mention that it won't take a picture if there isn't enough light (there wasn't even in the brightest room in my house), so you MUST use the flash?

Clearly, the makers of this product did not test it on real children. Heck, MY digital camera is easier to use than this! We never even got to see the picture quality--after trying to get it to even take a picture, I knew this was going back to the store ASAP!

My four year old daughter recieved this as a birthday gift. I read the reviews and suggested it anyway for the price. The camera has more features than she is capable of, but she was able to take 83 High Resolution pics before the camera stated full!!! The pictures are of OK quality but it great for our use. The camera also has an auto shutoff feature of a few mintes, so I am unsure how batteries have died on previous customers. And for downloading the pictures, it is a two step process to get them to work with the software, but it is CLEARLY stated in the directions. The software itself is pretty amazing, you can do everything from play games with them and edit them. I highly recommend this for someone who has small children, and who doesn't want to waste money on processing film.

The box says it has an LCD display, but that only shows the number of photos taken. Not the actual photo.

This camera is a waste of money and should be taken off the market. After purchase we were never able to retreive pictures. The computer would recognize the camera but stated that no pictures were available to download. It not only is difficult to use but not even an adult could figure out how to take a picture and this product is made for a child. The instructions are complicated and eventually you give up. Even putting in the batteries is complicated and you need a screwdriver (the smallest one you can find) to achieve it. Unfortunately, I have wasted my money but luckily you don't have to.

I bought this camera for my 4yr old granddaughter who can handle my digital camera quite well and found it to be a total waste. The camera was much smaller than expected, trying to figure out what mode you're in is ridiculous and the display is quite difficult to see let alone interpret. Nothing is a simple "one step" procedure which you would expect for an item geared towards children. I was so frustrated setting it up that I didn't bother giving it to her. The software installed okay but was also far from "kid friendly". I wish I would've found and read these user opinions before making the purchase. Ironically, the reviews I did see made it out to be better than the other cameras on the market for kids. I believe you'd be better off purchasing a "regular" inexpensive digital camera for your potential "shutterbugs".

This camera takes virtually worthless pictures and the camera settings are very difficult to change/adjust. The included instructions are a joke. Save you money to buy something else.

I found it on sale- luckily because it did not work. Cute as the dickens and came with a great strap and the art program was fun for the kids- but no go on the camera. Never able to get it to power up- yes fresh batteries too. We were very disappointed :(