Fisher Price Digital Camera

[cinmell]

Does anyone have the new Fisher Price digital camera? If so, how do the pictures come out when you print them and are they clear on the screen? Basically, I would like to know if this camera is any good. Thanks!

 

[mickeyboat]

I would like to know, too, because I am thinking of these for my kids for Christmas. Thanks for this thread.

Denae

 

[cinmell]

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

Curious here, too. I have been looking, found a few that were really cheap looking for about $20. Looked at the little keyring ones, too. Finally I found Spongebob ones at Target for $20- 1/2 price. So I bought them, but I am still looking. They do have an autoflash, but don't have the picture view finder on the back. Just as well, that would be another thing to play with. I bought them because it will be cheaper to have this camera than to give them each a disposable, and pay $12 each for developing, which is what I was going to do.

I wouldn't expect great quality picture resolution from the FP ones, but at least you know they probably won't break if your kid drops it. They're expensive, too, about $70! My kids are old enough to look at it and think it's a baby toy, anyway.

Good luck!

 

[cougar4camping]

We bought the FP digital camera for my daughters birthday. She absolutely loves it, but I do question if the pictures are going to turn out clear. The pictures that you can view on the camera are not very clear at all (nothing compared to what the picture on the box looks like). I'm holding onto the box because I have not had the chance to download them yet. I hope they turn out better or the camera is going back because for that price they should turn out somewhat nice. Curious to know if anyone else who has the camera has the same issues with pictures that are viewed on the camera itself.

 

[GoofieRuthie]

We got DD6 one for her birthday. She LOVES it. The pictures are a tad grainy, but I had expected that. We had just returned from our trip to Disneyland when we came across the FP camera. We got each of our girls a disposable and DD6 took pics of anything and everything and of course maybe 4 pics turned out. I wish I had found the FP before the trip. She loves being able to see her pics when she takes them, then putting them on our computer. I will post one of her pics if I can find one. Right now I can't find where they saved to on the computer, lol.

 

[manckids]

Would like to know more for our DD6 too...

 

[MB MinnieGirl]

DD6 is wanting a digital camera for Christmas as well. I'll be interested to see pics posted here from the FP!

I'm also going to search and see if I can find reviews on it. I know I want one for her that has the display.

Kelly

 

[MB MinnieGirl]

Here are some reviews I found on the FP camera. No bad news on it, just no info about the quality of photos. I agree with another poster that it looks "toyish" ....I would love to see actual photos from the camera.

Toys R Us also has a Disney Princess, and a Hello Kitty one as well that I would be interested in knowing more about but there are no reviews. Does anyone know anything about either of those?

September 28, 2006 - Review by casey p


August 22, 2006 - Review by Tracey M

My daughter just thinks this camera is the best present ever! Very tough camera and has held up unbelievably well to some very rough drops. I highly reccommend this camera!


August 17, 2006 - Review by Barry

The new Fisher Price camera is so much fun and so sturdy/tough. My child has dropped it a 100+ times and still the camera has not shown any of the effects of all the dropping; it still works great. The picture quality is what you would expect from a camera for preschoolers, and it has been just fine for our uses. I think the camera is great and so do my kids.


August 16, 2006 - Review by Laura

My daughter loves this camera. The image quality is just fine for her- she is just 5. We have a lot of fun using the software that comes with the camera to add clip art and funny stuff like that. I highly recommend this camera.


July 31, 2006 - Review by Jerry

Great toy!!! My daughter just loves this camera.


July 27, 2006 - Review by Lane B

Very disappointed by photo quality. My 6-year-old loves this camera and runs around taking lots of pictures, but when we got them on the PC they are all barely recognizable - - even the ones I took. Sure it's cute and durable, but even kids toys need to fulfill their function, especially $70 kids toys.


July 21, 2006 - Review by Bianka L

My 3-year-old was always playing with my digital camera, I knew I had to get her one. I found this pink one and it's perfect, she loves it, and it takes great pictures.


July 10, 2006 - Review by Sandra M

My daughter received this camera as a gift & she LOVES it!!! She carries it with her all the time & she loves the fact that she can download her pictures, add graphics and print her favorite pics. The camera is definitely durable! She's dropped it a few too many times but it hasn't made any difference. It's still working. My 11 year old even took it for a little while & took his own shots.

 

[brasswillow]

Amazon has a feature where people can post their digital pictures.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cu...8426?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&index=0#gallery

Here's a link with three consumer pictures.

 

[cinmell]

Thanks for the link!

 

[Savsmommy]

My Mom just got my DD this camera for Christmas. She saw it on one of the morning shows that it was a popular gift this season. I'm hoping it works good. She got it in blue since DD's favorite color is blue.

 

[Tinijocaro]

I would guess that kids in general would not have a steady enough hand, especially when they push the shutter, to get a clear picture. Perhaps with instruction on how to be very steady when taking the picture, the pcs could come out clearer.

 

[cinmell]

Well, I bought the camera and tested it out to see how well it worked. The screen is very small and very blurry. However, the pictures came out better than I expected. I'm on the fence about whether or not I want to keep it b/c when my 5 year old takes pictures w/ my camera, her favorite part is to review them on the screen. I'll try to post a pic that I took with the camera so you can see.

 

[juligrl]

We're considering this for our DD3 for Christmas, so thanks for the links and keep the photos coming. I don't expect it to take the same quality photos as our digitals, but it's nice to know what to expect.

 

[cinmell]

Here are 2 pics:
I took the pictures so I was trying to keep very still and steady. Not sure how they would have come out if my 5 year old took them.

 

[T1130]

My dd (5) got this camera for her birthday . We have not downloaded any pictures so I cannot comment about that. But my dd loves the camera.

 

[*JoGo*]

We haven't tried this camera, but my ds got a $20 digital camera for xmas from ILs. It is AWFUL. If the camera doesn't have a flash, it really is not worth getting. J was really disappointed w/ how the pics turned out but loved having a camera.
http://www.amazon.com/Kidz-Cam-Digi...=sr_1_936/102-6474446-4184934?ie=UTF8&s=photo

We decided to get him a nicer cam the day after Xmas w/ some xmas money we received. We spent around $90 and got him a name-brand camera, I don't remember which brand/model, similar to the Kodak EasyShare models. It was a nice little camera, we thought it was really sturdy... we get to Disney World, take it out of the bag (it had been in my backpack with my $$$$ camera) and it wouldnt' work! He was crushed and so were we.

When we got back home, we exchanged the camera.... after three of those cameras, (problem was mostly that it'd freeze, but at Disney it wouldn't do anything) we decided to get him the Kodak EasyShare CD33. It's fantastic! I even stick it in my purse and take it on short trips with us since my Canon 10D is rather heavy and bulky. Granted, I definately would not recommend this camera for a child under 5. My ds got his within days of his 6th birthday. I don't let him take it to school, but if I'm on a field trip w/ him, I'll let him take pics w/ it, and he takes pics around the house or at family gatherings. The pics he takes are hilarious -- although I definately wouldn't pay $12 to develop pictures of stuffed animals lol! I have a photo printer and will let him print some of his nice pics, or a few stuffed animal pics, just not all 30+ of them.

Definately keep all packaging and put the receipt in the box.
This is one of those things you get what you pay for. I know you're not looking for professional quality photos, but IMO if every photo is going to be dark, grainy, or blurry, the camera isn't worth a cent.

Good luck!
I hope you find the right one for your child.

 

[Disney4Drew]

I bought this for DS's 4th birthday in December. He has a keyring digital camera, so he'll love this even if the pics are a little grainy.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

I think this camera is the cutest thing!!!