choosing a camera for a child

[lenshanem]

Bought two silver Max versions at Best Buy yesterday. (It was the only color they had, but I was still excited to have found them!)

They also had several Micro versions. (Wow, they are really tiny - don't even look like cameras!) And one style of the mid priced (Click) - POTC. I would have liked the Click version, but I have two girls.

The box for the Max looks pretty neat, shows how you can add in the Disney characters, etc. on top of the pics. I'm going to order a 1 GB SD card from Newegg for them. If you buy an off brand you can get them pretty cheap.

It says it is 3 megapixel, built in flash and 4X digital zoom.

By the way, on Best Buy's website it shows there was no in store pickup availability, but yet they still had them.


I also got the girls the Mix Max Media Players at Target. Got one Tinkerbell and one High School Musical. Also got a couple clips for them. Wow, they are missing the boys here - all the movies seem girl related???

Man, Christmas gifts seem to be getting smaller but more expensive!

 

[Tbella]

Like I posted on the other thread, I am buying the disney pix max tinkerbell from ebay because I can't seem to find any at the Best Buys in my area and I don't want to risk it. I want one for my son as well but he is going to turn 4 soon and I think the fisher-price camera is too babyish for him but I don't know if the pix max will be to difficult so I will wait until my daughter gets hers and see how he does with that.

 

[rtphokie]

Probably too much for a 4 year old but in case there is anyone else looking at this thread with an older kid or teen in mind, Woot.com has a 6MP HP camera on sale (today only) for $99.

HP PhotoSmart M525

 

[0bli0]

...and here i thought the OP was asking for advice on setting the ISO...

actually i'm looking to buy the more expensive disney one for my DD. we don't have them here but i'll be in the states in january.

 

[happybratpack]

Thanks for all the help on this thread!!

I ended up buying the Disney Max for the 8 yo and the Click (Pirates) for the 4 yo at Best Buy today. They had to find the Max in the back and they only had silver, said that's all that came in the shipment. They were way off on some strange aisle I would have never looked at.

Thanks again!

 

[asaj]

Well, I had purchased a Kodak 433 for $79 at Best Buy a couple weeks ago. Figured it would work great for my daughter and the price was right. However, Best Buy has the Pix Max on sale today for $49, and I managed to get one of those, so I'll return the Kodak. Either one would do the job, but she will probably like the Disney one better, and it has some software for her to play with.

I was hesitant on the Pix Max, because I couldn't find any details on it, especially on the memory it uses. Once I confirmed that it takes SD cards, I was sold. It lacks a zoom (aside from digital), but my daughter probably wont use that much anyways.

Search is officially over.

 

[mitushib]

Which is a good model. I want it to have a card expansion slot, a lcd screen. The MP and zoom is not very important. Just point and shoot. Dont want to spend a fortune on it too. Any ideas?

 

[jann1033]

how old a child?

 

[mitushib]

5 year old son!

 

[jann1033]

you might find these reviews/comments interesting http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2006/08/review_kid_toug.html

....i had been looking for a camera for my grdaughter as well..( for now she's happy with a old film camera that she can look through the eyepiece of and makes a noise when she presses the button but she's only 2)

i've seen easy share type kodak cameras at best buy for around a hundred. i think if and when i get her one it will be something along that line, a cheaper entry level adult digital since i seems all the "kids " ones are pretty lousy

the ones at this link are about $100 unless you can find them on sale http://www.steves-digicams.com/best_cameras.html like the kodak around 90 but the fisher price was around 70 and awful..maybe get a neck strap so he doesn't drop it so much?

 

[allie5]

We bought my 5 year old the Kodak C110 as it was simple to use. She takes some cracking pictures with it and it cost less than $100 - we got it from the Big K mart. My mother (who has the techno skills of a 5 year old - bless her!) has a Nikon Coolpix which is has a small zoom and cost a little more (around $150) which would also be a good option.

This is one my DD took with her little Kodak. I cropped it in photoshop, but thats all. Its only 3mp and it tad grainy, so Id try and go for 4/5 mp if you can.

 

[donaldduck1967]

I bought my 4yr old a nikon coolpix 4600 last year and she learnd how to use it quickly.

 

[Jilly16]

You might want to check out HP cameras. When I was 11, my first camera was an HP. It was really simple to use, and wasn't that expensive.

 

[alexy]

Try ebay. You can get very reasonable deals on a used 2.0 MP camera. A $300 2.0 MP Canon can can be found for ~$20 +shipping. Often they are in very good condition.

I've tried those "kids" cameras and they are horrible!

 

[Lachesis00]

My girlfriend bought her son who is 8, a digi for his birthday. She got an extended warrenty which was suppose to cover anything if something went wrong... well he dropped it 2 weeks later and jammed the zoom lens. She is still trying to get it fixed or replace. I am trying to remember where she bought it. I know it was an HP.

 

[mebmama]

My 10yo has been saving her $$ for a digital camera for a very long time. We are taking our 1st trip to Disney in late October and she would really like to take the camera with her. My question... any suggestion for a really nice, reasonably priced, digital camera suitable for a responsible 10 yo? She has around $85 saved if that helps. Thanks so much.

 

[Marty Joe]

We got our 11yo DD a Kodak digital camera with an additional memory card. It was around $90 (the card was around $23extra). Its learning curve is very small. With some instructions from mom or dad, your 10yo will be up and shooting in no time. The Kodak has a screen on the back (no view finder) and some other options as well (like a small zoom and different modes for fireworks, night, closeups, etc).

 

[Kim&Chris]

the Canon a460 is great. You can pick one up from Amazon for about $90.

 

[polkadotladybug]

We got our 10 year old a pink Samsung s630 for her birthday in May - she loves it! Easy enough for her to operate and a few "cutesy" features like funky frames, colors/etc that she can get "wacky" with for pics with her friends. She took it to WDW in June and had a blast taking pictures!

 

[fitzperry]

We got our dd a Nikon Coolpix L4 a little over a year ago. Newer models (L10, L11 I think) can be had now for around $100, I believe. She is now 8 and loves playing with the different shooting modes. For a kid that age I think the key features are a decent sized LCD, at least 3x optical zoom, movie mode (I think she uses this more than taking still pictures) and ease of use.