VTech Kidizoom Multimedia Digital Camera (Blue) 
ग्राहक क्रम: - Kids Camera. Very bad quality photos, BUT my daughter loves it and that s all that matters!!! The batteries seem to run out quite quickly and you have to remember this is a toy rather than a camera, but as my 7 year old is not David Bailey it doesn t really matter ,-)
- What use is a camera when you can t see what you are taking?. When designing a junior version of an adult product, it is crucial to understand what the needs are that need to be met in preparing it for a child. In the case of a digital camera, I guess there are three: what-I-see-is-what-I-get clarity, ease of use, and ruggedness.
Our three year old is obsessed with his mum s very cheap and simple mobile phone - or more particularly its photo and video capability. It doesn t say much for the Vtech camera that he prefers the mobile phone.
The reason is simple. The Vtech offers the child two means of looking at the image: a binocular viewfinder (and have you ever seen a small child successfully use that kind of viewfinder?), and a screen on the back of the camera - the standard viewing method for digital cameras nowadays. Five or ten years ago this might have seemed acceptable. But not now. The screen is small, and the quality is appalling. It is so bad that the child will struggle to make out an image indoors, or in artificial light, it even struggles outdoors on a gloomy day. This is such a fundamental failing the child is likely to lose interest immediately. But if you can persuade them to trust to blind faith and press the button, the quality of the image they capture will be extremely poor by current digital camera standards - even at this price.
It is great that the camera has a video function too, but since the image is just as poor in this mode, the benefit is more apparent than real.
When it comes to ease of use, the camera scores about 5 out of 10. There are few buttons, well located, but they are not entirely intuitive. Shouldn t a child s camera have one button to take the picture, and another beside it to see the result instantly? The Vtech isn t that straightforward - though it does go to the effort of providing a stamp feature which overlays templated stamps on your pictures. This seems pretty pointless: it s beyond the understanding of a very young child and an older one will find it laughable compared to computer game functionality.
For ruggedness the camera does much better. It s very graspable and solid. Ours has had insufficient use to be severely tested, but when thrown aside in frustration, it stands up pretty well...
I m a bit of a fan of Vtech products generally, so I am puzzled that this one falls so far short of their normal standards.
- One very happy nephew!. This Christmas present became an extra appendage to my nephew, he yelled whenever it wasn t in reach and ran around like a crazy person popping some of the most dreadful photos I ve ever seen. That said, he s just 4 1/2 years old and it simply gives him joy that he s like the grown-ups, taking his own photos. The thing worth noting is that he received masses of presents ... pirate ship, transformer, toy metal detector ... and this was the one that he kept to hand.
I would expect that it s colour (we bought blue) and design make it attractive to kids, too.
I agree that the photo quality is poor though that wasn t the reason that we bought this for him. He will surely learn things from having it and seeing such pleasure - and knowing he will be able to use it for some time to come - is the main thing.
I would add that the comments about battery life from other reviewers were most helpful so we bought a battery recharger and had the whole thing fully charged by the time he opened it. - Terrible resolution and it looses all your pictores when the battery goes flat. The camera is fun and sturdy and the kids like to play with it, but:
The resolution is 640x480, which is as low as you can possibly get. The pictures do look really rubbish - you ll never want to print one.
The exposure is dreadful - 80% of the pictures are unusable.
When the battery goes flat, you loose all the pictures you ve taken, which is really bad when you ve just promised your 5 year old he can look at all his christmas pictures on the PC.
No rechargable batteries.
Vtech have saved a lot of money by using the cheapest possible electronics inside, and not cared that it gives a very disappointing user experience. Shame on them.
- Great toy!!!. Excellent toy for kids and a great tool to teach them the art of photography
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VTech Kidizoom Multimedia Digital Camera (Blue) (ID: B000SQI5T4)
