Digital Camera for child, HELP please

[SuzyQzy]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:01pm

I am trying to find a decent, but inexpensive digital camera for my neice.

does anyone have any recomendations?

Thanks

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:08pm

Depanding on the age of the child, this one is getting huge thumbs up reviews.
Fisher Price Camera

[picturetaker9211]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:17pm

If your niece is older, say maybe in her teens, you can go to www.tigerdirect.com. They good cameras for a fairly good price.

[etoile]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 4:24pm

A few weeks ago I was able to find the Fisher-Price Kid-Tough camera on sale at Target for $56 or $57. They had one model that was a Target Exclusive, meaning the colors were red and grey and included a bonus memory stick.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 4:45pm

We didn't have digital cameras when I was a kid. We had regular Kodak 126 cameras and it took a week to get pictures developed. And we liked it!
Updated On: 12/6/06 at 04:45 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 4:47pm

I don't even have a digital camera, other than my phone. And Fisher-Price makes them? Good Lord.

Carrying on Joe's crochety post, when I was a kid we had play cameras with fake pictures.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 4:51pm

When I was a kid, the camera was made of stone and there was a bird inside that pecked out the picture, while holding up his thumb.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 4:52pm

Get off my lawn.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 7:50pm

Just imagine the poor parents - downloading 45 pictures of the sidewalk.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 7:56pm

If it's the same niece you showed us the pictures of, isn't she a little young?

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 8:32pm

"We didn't have digital cameras when I was a kid. We had regular Kodak 126 cameras and it took a week to get pictures developed. And we liked it!"

Joe, speak for yourself, I NEVER liked waiting for pix!
I loves my digital cameras, all 6 of them!

My question Suzy is why does a young child need a camera at all?

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 8:43pm

I want to know the picture quality of the Fisher Price camera! I'm in the market for a new digital camera since I left my last job and that one sounds like fun. If the pictures come out halfway decent I might just get one.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 8:45pm

Not very good resolution:
640 x 480 resolution;

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 8:51pm

Poo. I know the trend in technology is smaller and slimmer, but if I could find a good quality digital camera in a casing to resemble vintage Viewfinders from my childhood I'd be totally sold. Surprising no one has jumped on the "nostalgia" bandwagon yet in that market.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 8:54pm

I had a Polaroid camera when I was younger. those were all the rage.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:05pm

See? I think a line of quality digital cameras in vintage casings would have quite a market. I had an old Kodak 110 growing up and I loved it. Plus the original Polaroid casing in white with the stripes as well as the Viewfinders I already mentioned? Someone's missing an opportunity here.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:06pm

I think you're on to something...

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:07pm

If only I had the money to INVEST in the idea!

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:08pm

Capital! There ought to be willing investors out there.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:10pm

Nostalgia Digital Camera:

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:14pm

with digital cameras Wonder, smaller is in. Especially for those who travel. Vastly different than other areas of life where BIGGER is in, lolol
Two good ones for you

and this one, the Z610
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=8824&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=7553

All of my pix from Europe were taken on the V603, amazing pix and fits in my pocket, and I paid nowhere near list price at Costco.

The Z612 is a bigger camera, almost an SLR, but not quite.
None of these are suitable for a child





Kodak Easyshare V603

Updated On: 12/6/06 at 09:14 PM

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:19pm

Yeah, but if I had the option I'd go for a digital replica of an older camera in a heartbeat if only for the nostalgia and camp value.

And DD, who's holding that camera in that photo - the giantess from Into The Woods? My dad's camera was three times that size!

[To The Stage!]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:22pm

Kodak EasyShare's are good. And they are really simple to use. How old is she?

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:28pm

It's so cool... and 5 MP not too shaby, eh?

Apparently it's a miniaturized shell of the "legendary" Leica M3, not that I'd ever heard of it.

[Marlene]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:37pm

I believe seeing a really tiny hello kitty camera at urban outfitters for under $50. It look as it were something appropriate for a child, given that it's plastic-like and somewhat durable looking. However, every portable and small.

You could get a less expensive camera perhaps, a slightly older more durable model. You honestly don't need anything more than 3.2 megapixels, unless you plan on making huge posters. Canon lenses kick ass.