Customer Reviews

Kidizoom Camera Special Edition (Camo)

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SUPERB.

Rugged and reliable, with games built in, my six year old son LOVES this camera.

Pros: very rugged, simple USB interface, SD CARD PORT (unlike the Fisher Price version), and takes movies.

Cons: low resolution and weak flash mean this is not for serious photography. It is for children to play with and begin to take photos with. For that it is an excellent product.


Bottom Line: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - for young kids, preschool and early elementary age.

I never write reviews for products, but I feel compelled to inform any future buyers of this product that is is not really meant to be a camera that generates real photo quality pictures. It's a toy - a fun, very durable, very feature rich toy, but a toy nonetheless.

They claim that it's a 2.0 megapixel camera, but not until you read the fine print do you learn otherwise. Pg 9 of the instruction manual reads: "To enlarge a photo for better quality printing, you can use the interpolation feature in the Photo Editor. This feature will enlarge your photo from 0.3 megapixels to 2.0 megapixels." There you go. The pictures are always grainy.

My kids LOVE the camera. They have fun adding all sorts of graphics to each photo and love playing the little video games. But as a parent, who thought she was buying a camera that actually might yield a few decent quality pictures, I do feel I was duped by the manufacturer. Nothing worth saving in my opinion

Also, I got this on sale at Costco two years ago for ~$42 (with mfr coupon). Not sure if I just extremely lucky, or if the Amazon price is high.

Our almost four year old loves this toy. You can take pictures and add fun elements to them plus borders. She's already mastered the games and next we'll try shooting video with it. The only downside is the amazon price ([...]). [...].

My son got this camera for his 8th birthday. He has had so much fun video taping his toys in action and taking pictures of family. It has been dropped a few times and is still working fine. Hours of fun, and a great starter camera. The pictures are pretty good too!

We bought this camera for our three-year-old grandson, and he enjoys it. He appears to spend more time on the games than on taking photos, which I suppose is normal for that age. Personally, I would have preferred that there were no games. It is very durable and attractive.

my 5 and 3 year old boys love playing with this, taking pictures and videos. i put a 1 GB card in it and i still have to 'dump' it often because they fill it up with all their adventures (or the walls and ceiling). there are a couple of games on it, which they kind of like, but i think it just wastes the battery :)
great toy and tons of fun!

This toy was for a young child. He immediately began taking pictures and as children will do he dropped it multiple times...no damage; still works. In addition to it taking pictures it can do films, play games, and play with the pictures to make "funny" pictures. Can put in an SD card as well...important since the internal memory will erase the pictures if the battery goes fully dead.

Delivered fast and in good condition.

My 3 year old nephew loves it. It is very easy to use and very durable. I would recommend it to anyone. The picture quality is much better than other comparables and I love the fact that it has an sd memory card slot for expanded picture taking.

I've just bought this toy for my 7 and 5 year old sons and I was really shocked. It is overly expensive and should not have such serious flaws as I've seen:
1- it doesn't have a zoom. You can't make anything look closer or farther. You have to move your body to get the results you want.

2- I needs baterries and I thought it had a charger. By the end of the first day, the baterris were almost finished! Am I going to replace those batterries everyday?

3- The pictures taken are of very poor quality.I tried to use the different flash modes but got disappointing results with all of the modes. The pictures on the box of the toy were very beutiful and I feel I was deceived.
I bought this camera because I noticed that my 7 yeaar old son loved taking photos using my cell phone. He knows how to zoom in and out. I wanted to get him a camera so he can take lots of photos, learn how to take good photos and improve his talents. I think this camera with its bad quality photos are going to distort my son's taste. If I could get my money back, I would get an adult camera for the same price.
My son is happy with it, but it is not worth the money paid for it at all. It is no more worth than 40 dollars. Anyhow, it might be good for only three and four year olds, not for older and even for those, the price is overly high.

We purchased this camera for our daughter's sixth birthday. (Paid less than what Amazon is offering it for.) She absolutely loves it. She has mastered the features including adding overlays to the pictures and taking video. This camera has provided hours of enjoyment for both our 6 and 8-year old. It is extremely durable. They have taken it outside and were not "gentle" with it and it still looks like new. We love this camera and highly recommend it as a starter camera for children showing an interest in photography.