VTech Preschool Kidizoom Plus Digital Camera - Pink
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Toys and Games Reviews of VTech Preschool Kidizoom Plus Digital Camera - Pink
Customer Review: Don't understand the bad reviews, this is a wonderful camera and IS MAC COMPATIBLE
Summary: 5 Stars
This product is wonderful.
First off, let me just say that if you are looking for great picture quality, please look elsewhere (even many adult digital camera's give crappy photo). You have to understand that children in general cannot take a good photo. Their little hands shake, they jump while they press the buttons, and no matter how much you tell them to stay still when taking a picture, the truth is, they won't. THEY R KIDS, what do u expect? The max megapixel is 2.0 and the lowest is 0.3. Make sure it's on the highest.
DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU EXPECT YOUR CHILD TO BE TAKING NIKON QUALITY SHOTS WITH IT. I've own 6 digital camera's in the last 4 years and I can tell you myself that only two of them was worthy of good, quality pictures (my trusty Nikon and my little Lumix :-), so don't expect too much.
AND 36 months should be the BARE minimum for this product. My daughter is 2 months away from 5 and it took her a day to figure out most of the functions. My two year old son will just press any button and turn the dials---and then get very frustrated at why the pics don't come out.
Second, I HAVE A MAC AND A PC. You don't necessary have to have a PC to download the pics or videos. You can take the SD card out of the camera and insert it into any SD card reader (many of us have adult digital camera's or printer's that take the SD CARDs.) SImply plug those into a computer of your choice and WA-LAA! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. You can purchase a bigger SD card, I think a 4 GB runs roughly $15 these days and would store thousands of pics. Of course you will need to do any editing, like adding the frames, funny faces, etc onto the pics before you take the card out since you won't have software to add those.
My daughter loves this camera. SHE LOVES THE VIDEO FUNCTION MORE THAN ANYTHING. She films her little dolls and pretends they are talking to each other and when she watches it, she laughs and laughs until she is just overboard with sillyness. She also loves how she can make funny faces, put frames on the pics, and even have animation through her videos. There r also 4 games on there for them to play. I am so looking forward to our two hour road trip with the camera to keep her busy.
AS FAR AS BATTERIES GO: Yes, it sucks a lot of juice--but that's because they r always playing w/ it. I read reviews of ppl saying it would only last one afternoon but my daughter was able to get almost 3 days worth and she had it on a lot, with the batteries that came with the camera.
YOU CAN BUY DURACELL RECHARGEABLE AA's for this. I already had a bunch that I had bought to use with the leapster's we have. WORKS JUST FINE.
I really wished some ppl really took the time to research this product, read the manual, allowed their kids to play with it more, and try over-the-counter rechargeable batteries before they gave their reviews and low ratings on this product. It's a wonderful product and I wish I had bought it sooner.
Customer Review: Given as a gift, I cannot rate this item on how it works.
Summary: 3 Stars
I cannot offer a review of this product because it was given to my niece as a gift. I can say the product looked very durable, and seemed to work well for the few minutes I saw it in use. Customer Review: 4 year old niece loved it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this for my 4 year old niece and she loved it! It is very durable and very easy to use for a young child. I'm not sure if they tried to actually print picture or connect to the TV, so I can't comment on that. That wasn't really the reason I bought it for her anyways. Her joy just came from taking pictures and seeing them on the camera.Customer Review: Best Toy EVER!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is seriously the best toy I have ever bought for either one of our kids. My daughter has had hers for 2 years, and she still plays with it daily. Some days it's all she plays with. She loves to make videos of herself, make movies of her stuffed animals, and to take pictures of her dolls and little brother. A lot of times she just records her voice. There are many times I have to tell her not to have it at the dinner table and not to take it into the bathroom with her, b/c it goes everywhere with her! But at the same time, it's not like a video game that she's plugged into and not interacting with. Great toy!Customer Review: Avoid at all costs
Summary: 1 Stars
Stay away from this camera at all costs! Here's Why:
1. the camera has a .3 mega pixel output. My cell phone takes better pictures
2. the battery runs out even when the camera is off. Plan on replacing them (AA x 4) once a week
3. When the batteries run out, the pictures on the camera are gone! If you did not transfer them to a PC, they are gone!
4. the viewing sight is not what the camera focuses on! (ridiculous!) So when looking through the site, a child would have to compensate for this and aim their site ABOVE what they want to photograph to align the camera lens. ...this really doesn't matter anyway because the quality of the photo will be so terrible the item photographed will be unrecognizable anyway
I could have bought a cheap camera with 3 megapix or more that would be better and I would not mind so much if it broke after a few uses. At least I would feel better thinking that I was not scammed! Do not purchase this item!! I bought it for my daughter for $60 and it would still be garbage at 1/4 the price.