Customer Reviews

Vtech Kidizoom Pink Camera

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

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.

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!

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.

I have to say I got a kick out of the reviewers who were so disappointed in the quality of this camera. It is an easy-to-use, fun TOY for a CHILD 2-6 years in age. We only paid $49 for this Kidizoom last Christmas and think it's been great for that price. A couple of years ago, my husband and I bought a cheap SONY digital camera for ourselves. A few weeks later it was bumped, not dropped, and, despite some tinkering, never worked right again. This very solid TOY camera has been dropped several times and repeatedly seems unfazed. I don't think my 2 or 4-year-old (now 3 and 5 years old) would have been able to manipulate all the functions of a cheap "regular" camera and find it to be so engaging. The Kidizoom is age appropriate with big buttons that their little fingers can use, plus funny add-on images, plus games. My kids have had the camera for over a year now, and it remains the toy with which they consistently play (and argue over) most. (We should have two of them.) They both love to photograph our dog, their stuffed animals, or each other, then add on the funny hats or scenery and giggle. My 5-year-old has also developed a confident, artistic eye by photographing the furniture, shoes, houseplants, etc, asking me "Mommy, doesn't this picture I took look pretty?" Yeah, the quality of the image is nothing like our Canon, but the kids do not care. It is their camera to use as they wish, and they love that. They do get frustrated over the flash not working every 2 seconds. It seems you have to wait about 7-8 seconds in between photos for it to flash. We explained that to them, so they often wait and pause before they click, which does the trick. This is a much-loved toy that inspires creativity and stands up to the usual bumps and bruises at the hands of children. That's why I give it 5 stars.

Okay, first off... I got this camera for my daughter because she really wanted one. This camera sucks the life out of batteries so quickly. Even while using rechargeable batteries, you are constantly having to recharge them. Second, the quality of th pictures taken are horrible. I do realize that this is a kids camera, but when your child wants to get their Pictures printed but can't because the quality isn't good enough, is kind of a disappointment. However the plus side to the camera, it has changeable face plates and it has a few preloaded games on the camera. Other then those two not so great qualties, I would search for a different camera.

I think my granddaughter will be able to use this camera more when she is a little older. She does enjoy taking the pictures now but they tend to be blurry. She will learn how to use it and make better pictures the older she gets.

I purchased this product for my granddaughter's birthday. My grandson has one just like it except for blue. (They are 3 & 4) I hunted specifically for this particular style so that there would be no conflicts. When I received the camera it was not as pictured. It is a totally different design. Also, it has different features. So, needless to say no one wants to play with the blue one now. They both want the new one. If I'd had enough time I would have returned it but I didn't open the package until the night before her birthday. (My mistake)

It is a great gift to instill in children a love of photography, fun and very robust, it's nice present for those young artists and a good way to keep them away from our expensive cameras: P

The photos show the older model (Kidizoom Camera) where the button that goes up and down sticks out of the camera. I order this particular model because I needed the same as the one that my older daughter has. Instead, they shipped me the newer model (which I did NOT want!) called Kidizoom Plus NOT the one I order called Kidizoom Camera.

If you are looking for the newer model great, this is it. But if you need the older version of this digital camera, then PLEASE save yourself the trouble of returns and phone calls and emails, and do not order this one.

These cameras are so fun! They really give an oppurtunity for kids to express themselves and be creative. They can take pictures and record a voice over them, add silly eyes or ears, and make their own video. For pics the flash is good enough. With videos the lighting in the room can effect the quality but the kids really aren't dissapointed by that. They are so excited they made a video! A great silly time toy that actually keeps them busy without sitting ifront of the tv. The adults in my family were having fun with adding all the silly features on the pictures, we all had a good laugh.They do have some tic tac toe type games that will occupy them for a bit. We returned my 3yr olds fisher price one for another of these as they are so much better. my now 4 and 8 yr old still use these a year later.My 3 yr old needed a little guidance with how to work it but she got the hang of it quite quickly.Battery life isn't too bad. Definetly one of the best toys I have bought and worth the money.