Vtech Kidizoom Pink Camera

by VTech

Product Features

• Real 2.0MP resolution

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.4 x 5.3 x 2.4 inches ; 12.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0012XBOYA
• Item model number: 77353
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 12 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,821 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #52 in Toys & Games > Preschool > Pre-Kindergarten Toys > Electronic > Cameras
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Product Description

Real 2.0MP resolution 256MB of internal memory (stores approx. 2,000 digital photos) Built-in auto flash and SD card slot 2x digital zoom 2" LCD screen with stereo viewfinders

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a disappointment, November 16, 2009

By 

James E. Rardon - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Vtech Kidizoom Pink Camera (Toy)

I am really disappointed with this camera.

Based on the reviews, it seemed to be just the ticket for the daughter of a semi-pro photographer.
The camera is indeed durable; it's been dropped from two or three feet, with no ill effects. Unless abysmal image quality, random flash performance, and lousy battery life were the result of the drop.

The camera has a nice solid feel, and is easily holdable by a child. The binocular viewfinder is a nice touch. Includes a wrist lanyard, too.

But the pictures are a joke. You can buy a six megapixel camera for what this thing costs. For fifty bucks, they could have made this one at least two or four, but it's 640 by 480. The package says 'Two megapixel', with an asterisk indicating 'interpolated'.

The flash fires when it wants, and is purely random. I have shot weddings on film with guide number flash and manual focus in all kinds of mixed lighting. I could not produce a flash picture from this thing that I couldn't have done better with a phone. The flash will fire without regard to distance or lighting, on random shots. Doesn't matter if it has fresh batteries or not.

The camera has a lot of features a kid will love, like the frames and other edits. But it has no business being labeled as anything other than a toy. I would not give five bucks for one of these.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, lousy execution, December 25, 2009

By 

Hey-mo! - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Vtech Kidizoom Pink Camera (Toy)

THE GOOD: This camera has a great design for kids. It has a nice shape for little hands and feels fairly sturdy and rugged. I'm sure that it will survive more than a few drops. The dual viewfinders are great for beginners.

THE BAD: At the end of the day, it is a toy camera with the accent on "toy." The photo quality is, at best, on a par with what would expect from a 2004-vintage cellphone.

I am a fairly experienced photographer (HS yearbook, college newspaper), and I have an extremely difficult time taking a "decent" picture with the camera. My 5.5 year old, who takes pretty reasonable pictures with an old Sony my wife keeps around for snapshots, is frustrated that her pictures almost never come out. And the controls are much too complicated for our 3.5 year old.

THE UGLY: The packaging and specs very prominently advertise "2.0 megapixels". But there's an asterisk. In very tiny print, it says "interpolated." The camera only shoots 0.3 megapixels; you use software included with the camera to upscale the picture to 2.0 megapixels. So if your kids want to be able to print the pictures they take, move along.

OTHER: Some other reviews of vtech cameras discuss using rechargeables. You can probably get by with Eneloops or some of the other better NiMH batteries. But you should be aware that those batteries deliver 1.2 volts, as compared with 1.5v from a standard alkaline. And the user's manual specifically states, "We do not recommend the use of rechargeable batteries."

To the manufacturer: You have a great concept here. Dump the games and feature creep in favor of stripped down controls. And for god's sake, put a decent sensor in the thing!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it. Unless you can afford a fortune with batteries, March 18, 2010

By 

Karla G. Guerra (Monterrey, MX) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Vtech Kidizoom Pink Camera (Toy)

My daughter loves the camera ...at least for 2 hours which seems to be the 4 AA batteries life using the camera. Picture quality is worse than any cell phone you can buy for your kids at half the price.
The only plus with this product is its design, durability and , well, it's pink.