Inexpensive digital camera for 12 y.o?

[kellia]

Has anyone seen any good deals on digital cameras? I am looking for my dd for Christmas. She's 12, so don't want something too junky, but there is still a good possibility of it getting broken or lost, so don't want to spend too much.

TIA!

 

[Frantasmic]

Under $200 bucks:

http://reviews.cnet.com/4321-6501_7-6553156.html?tag=ms


http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/samsung-s630-red/4505-6501_7-32577646.html?tag=pdtl-list

Top budget cameras:

http://reviews.cnet.com/4370-6501_7-111-109.html?tag=lnav

 

[tinatark]

I saw a $89 one in the Target Black Friday ad - Kodak. I'm thinking about it for my 12 year old son.

 

[Princess Minnie5]

My daughter is a major pirate fan so I bought her a POTC camera. It's a 3MP camera (not too junky) on sale for $72 from Disneyshopping.com. They have other themes and prices, so check out the site. Walmart had the same camera for $80 (regular price). I ordered it online though, as I was buying other items and needed the price of the camera to get free shipping. I haven't received it yet, so I can't comment on the camera itself. It does come with a Disney editing program that I thought was cute. HTH

 

[n2mm]

When my grandson was 11 I got him the Kodak easyshare (can't remember which one--but a little better than basic). We found it easy to use and easy to download into his computer. (It came with the docking station/printer). He still has it and uses it (he'll be 14). There are always lots of sales on these cameras over the holidays. I think I got his on black Friday, but have had good luck buying them through walmart.com too. I've since gotten one for almost every kid in our family now.

 

[Pungodingy]

There's a nice one at Walmart right now, 8.0 Polaroid, for $98....pretty pink or black...

 

[gottaluvdis]

When my grandson was 11 I got him the Kodak easyshare (can't remember which one--but a little better than basic). We found it easy to use and easy to download into his computer. (It came with the docking station/printer). He still has it and uses it (he'll be 14). There are always lots of sales on these cameras over the holidays. I think I got his on black Friday, but have had good luck buying them through walmart.com too. I've since gotten one for almost every kid in our family now.

DD10 will be 11 on the 14th. We bought her a Kodak Easyshare 7.0 MP with 3X zoom for $129 at Best Buy. She wanted the blue one, which was somewhat hard to find - we ordered it (free shipping). We gave it to her last weekend prior to her b-day party. She loves it - has been snapping away ever since and has figured out how to take videos with it as well. I did buy her a separate SD (memory) card. The internal memory only holds a few pictures. It's easy to download photos as well. It didn't come with the docking station, but we may pick that up in the future. I saw the camera/docking station bundle at Wal-Mart for around $159 a couple weeks ago. The camera was silver -not sure about the resolution on that camera.

 

[Darcy03231]

Here's another vote for the Kodak EasyShare. I have one and love it. Mine is a 5 megapixel with a 3x zoom. It takes great pictures and is easy to use. I'm getting DD (16) one for Christmas.

 

[agentpleakley]

My daughter is a major pirate fan so I bought her a POTC camera. It's a 3MP camera (not too junky) on sale for $72 from Disneyshopping.com. They have other themes and prices, so check out the site. Walmart had the same camera for $80 (regular price). I ordered it online though, as I was buying other items and needed the price of the camera to get free shipping. I haven't received it yet, so I can't comment on the camera itself. It does come with a Disney editing program that I thought was cute. HTH

I bought this for DS11 for Christmas this year -- as it is still hidden, we will not know how it works until then.

That said -- I am a fan of the Kodak EasyShare line -- it is digital photography for dummies (which category I fall into).