Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera for Girls Reviews

• Good, but could be better

  
  By A2QE2MMJGGDUQT on 2006-09-16
  Got this for my daughter's fifth birthday. It's tough, and survives her taking it to school and having the other kids take pics too, great job there. It's really interesting as a father to see how she spent her day.
  
  Quality, however, could easily be better. They are comparable to my old cannon 1.3 megapixel, set at its lowest resolution, which means much lower than 1.3 megapixel. My phone takes better pics, and for today's day and age (not to mention the price) you should expect more. At least one megapixel, please! I bought a 516 additional memory card and she'll be able to take pictures till she's 16 years old w/out deleting any!
  
  Fisher price: Go back, do it again and get it right please (2 megapixels and its a 5 star +). I'll happily buy another and I can't find anything comparable on the market (as bad as the resolution is, the others I saw seem even worse).
  
  

• Crappy pictures, fun for kids

  
  By AC6GGXGR2QB1H on 2006-06-28
  The pictures are really **LOW** quality. Intuitive toy for kids, they love it, but you cannot help feel that for this price the camera could have a higher definition. LCD screen pretty low quality too.
  
  

• Great camera for kids

  
  By A27CP00PLT8QAX on 2006-10-09
  In a world of 10 megapixel cameras, expectations for toys need to be set properly. This is a 1/3 megapixel camera. It does a great job at what it was designed to do - take reasonably good pictures for a camera that can take a beating.
  
  The LCD is grainy and doesn't reflect the image actually captured. On a PC, the image is better. Other kids cameras do a horrible job indoors. With the flash on this one, the indoor pictures are acceptable.
  
  I would recommend this for all kids not responsible enough with a real digital camera, and old enough to not fire the flash at close proximity to eyes.
  
  

• Perfect for budding Photographers!

  
  By AA0FC05YW6I4O on 2006-11-12
  If you are purchasing a camera from Fisher-Price, please do not expect a Cannon! I purchased this from Amazon when the Parents mag review came out for $54. It is available still at other online retailers for that price. I bought this for my 6 year old, who loves to take pictures but makes me nervous with our Kodak, and I love it! (I opened it early to put in batteries and check it out) The LCD screen enables picture-taking without using the double view finder, and is clear enough to see what you took a picture of. No, it is not super high resolution, but folks, it is Fisher-Price, not Nikon! The controls are easy, and I am impressed with the auto flash- no washed out pictures. I think this is the must have toy for Christmas, and I hope the other kids in our family are not too jealous when their sister opens it! (Although it is sibling fight/drop proof!)
  
  
  
  

• Perfect Camera for Future Little Photographers

  
  By AVU2VZ8MN7INS on 2006-07-11
  My 4 year old loves her camera. It is perfect for her little hands and the 2 eyeviews make it very easy for her. Being digital she can take any picture she wants and as many as she wants. The quality of picture is not that great but it doesn't seem to bother her. She can still tell exactly what is she took a picture of. Highly recommend.
  
  
• Too expensive for the quality
  By A1FBO9O0IF39KJ on 2006-11-22
  I think many people are saying "it's just a toy, don't be so picky." But it's a really expensive toy and the point is they COULD have made it better picture quality for that price. Even little kids care about quality somewhat. Especially when they're comparing their pictures to Mom and Dad's
  
  
• Why so much on Amazon?
  By A2G6RZXNWQRI0C on 2006-11-11
  Why on earth is Amazon charging $109 for this camera??? It's retail is around $50-$55 and readily available in most stores, including WalMart and Target...don't pay this outrageous price until shopping around a bit.
  
  
• this is great!!!!!!!! Will be big christmas item! Get it fast!
  By A6IFZRXPMVVK6 on 2006-10-04
  My daughter loves to use my expensive nikon so we bought this for her birthday. Now all 4 of our kids want one. It isnt nikon quality pictures but who cares, they arent bad. They just love snapping photos and seeing their work in the panel. They have dropped it many times and it takes a licking. I may be buying 3 more for christmas. Two of my friends are buying it for their kids.
  
  
• great toy, poor camera
  By A1509W76P8I6XB on 2006-11-11
  My daughter got this for her birthday, and she loves it. She takes "pictures" every where she goes. The "camera" is rough and tough and just right for little hands.
  
  The "photos," unfortunately, are extrememly low quality, making this little more than an overpriced (but very entertaining) toy. Yes, if everything is just the right distance in just the right light, and if you hold the camera very, very still, you may get a barely passable snapshot -- but this is not how a five-year-old takes pictures. Great idea, Fisher Price, but not quite great enough to make up for the dismal photo quality. (I will try to post a typical five-year-old snapped photo.)
  
  
• BUY THIS NOW! The best toy, great idea!
  By A11QO0CUKNI92Z on 2006-10-24
  This camera is just great. Yes, it could have a clearer picture in the viewing window but what a concept! It is so easy to use that my just turned four year old can turn it on and off, take the pictures and delete or save them on her own. My six and eight year old love it too. One took it to a friends birthday party and it was a hit. Kids always want to take corny pictures when you are on vacation or making silly faces and such and they can until their heart is content with this and then by the time they are interested in taking pictures of something else, they are almost always ready to delete the last things and you never have to develop film to satisfy them. My kids ran around taking silly shots of eachother and the pets around the house. Have not even had the desire to hook it up to see it on a TV screen or to print, so haven't gone through that. They just love seeing their picture captured on the little screen. [...]
  
  
  
• great for kids
  By A1VWD9FMW6YI61 on 2006-11-22
  No, the quality is not the best, but this is for kids. My 5 year old loves this camera. So far she has only wanted to print out a couple of the pictures and the quality has not bothered her at all. It is a rough and tough camera and perfect for clumsy hands who are learning what a camera is all about. We are planning on letting her play with it for a year, show some responsibility, and then it will be passed on to little sis when a "real" camera is bought. This camera is just a stepping stone to the real thing. It is a toy and bought in the toy section of the store. That is all that should be expected of it. For children who like to run around and snap pictures of anything and everything, it is perfect.
  
  
• Make sure you order the NEW version -- not this one
  By A359J1O94F08II on 2007-05-30
  If you are going to order this camera make sure to order the new version. It has 1.3 mega pixels and a slightly larger LCD screen at 1.6". It costs a little more than this model does but worth it if you want to actually keep some of the photos taken. Here is the Amazon link for it:Fisher Price Kid Tough Digital Camera - Pink (New Version)
  
  
• Good idea - needs more work.
  By A3CPBPIJ1G7UEG on 2006-11-10
  I purchased this toy camera for my niece. She loves to check out what I'm doing with my camera. I decided to test this camera before giving it as a gift. I decided not to keep it because if I can't hold the camera still enough to get a "somewhat decent" image - neither can a child. To me a large part of the joy of photography is the finished print and I believe my niece will be disappointed with the prints and lose interest. I checked the images, I took, in my photo program and discovered that the camera is using an absurdly sloooooow shutter speed (time it takes the camera to take the photo) making it impossible to hold the camera still long enough to get anything good. The viewing screen is total crap and that little string you have to pull on to get the small battery drawer out - that's just total junk. I agree with another of the reviews here - better to purchase a small, cheap real digital camera. Possible drop and break vs. never used - cost approximately the same - atleast you'll have some prints worth looking at.
  
  
• Outrageous Price
  By A2XZC4KOBQNPY9 on 2006-12-14
  I cannot believe that Amazon is selling this camera for [...]. I bought my son's at Target for [...]. Maybe since they are so hard to find, some people may pay this, but I think it is UNBELIEVABLE that the price has been inflated that much.
  
  
• poor quality for fisher price
  By on 2006-11-11
  i bought this for my 3 year old daughter for this christmas after fighting crowds for it. Then i thought i should check it out before i wrap it and im glad i did. takes terrible pictures. There are going to be a lot of disapointed kids out there this year to much hipe on this product. It's cheaper to buy disposible cameras and develope them for your kids i can see this as being a real novilty product as the pictures suck and would be very frusturating to a kid since kids are very smart and how do you explain to a kid why the picture dosn't look like what you took.
  
  
• Totally Disappointed
  By A4VG7YHKK0D8A on 2006-11-09
  I bought this camera as a Christmas gift for my 3 year old because she always wants to take pictures. After reading the other reviews regarding this product, I am TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED!!!! You would think for the price of the camera the viewing screen would be a lot bigger, considering the size of the camera. I was very, very, very disappointed in this Fisher Price product. I bought my daughter an inexpensive digital camera with 2.1 megapixels for her to practice taking pictures. Disappointed in Bolingbrook, Illinois
  
  
• It's a good camera for a child that's 5 and under
  By A2EP4HWJ0L6D5H on 2007-02-05
  My just turned 4 yr old wanted a camera. She always wants to hold my camera or my son's camera, who's seven. My son has a cheap digital camera and is old enough to understand it. My 4 yr old needed something simple and chunky. This camera was the answer. It is simple to understand, it's durable, cute and it's Fisher Price. I have read about how bad the quality is. Ok, the complaints are from the adults. Guys, we are talking about young kids taking pictures, they are not picky about the quality. I don't think a 4 yr old is going to give a hoot if it's not high quality. The preview screen is low res, but you do see what picture you took. I enjoy how she views her pictures and talks about them. She loves her camera and goes everywhere with it. I am going to expand on the memory and buy a card for it. I am very happy with this camera.
  
  
• Perfect first camera for little hands
  By AWHYTZSYQKMBU on 2007-06-10
  We bought this camera for my daughter's birthday because she was dying to have a digital camera like everyone else in the family. We put batteries and the SD card in before we gave it to her and, as we expected, she started taking pictures the second she opened the package. With only a few instructions on how to use the buttons, our little photographer was busy snapping away. (When my oldest heard how many pictures this camera would store, she was jealous because her older camera isn't SD capable.) My six year old has snapped hundreds and hundreds pictures and we have yet to need to change the batteries. The pictures also download very easily onto the computer. She took it to school with her the next day and let the children on the playground take turns using it. Therefore, I can also say that children from age 3 and up can easily use this camera.
  
  The picture quality is not "professional" but this does not bother us. Given her age, the vast majority of the shots are not "keepers" anyway. (And unlike when my oldest got her first camera, I do not have to pay a fortune for developing film.) My daughter is very quickly learning how to hold the camera steady thanks to the sound the camera makes when she pushes the shutter button and the ability to see her shots quickly on the computer. As she does this, her picture quality is getting much better. The flash isn't very strong, so outdoor pictures are of better quality than indoor...but indoor shots are still adequate.
  
  The LCD screen is very small but to be honest my daughter only wants to look at it to see if the picture is there. She "evaluates" whether or not she wants to keep the photograph when it is displayed on the computer.
  
  The one drawback is that the batteries can be a little bit of a production to put in, but as I said before that does not seem to be something we have to do very often. (And she uses the camera constantly.) However, I also appreciate the fact that younger children could not open that compartment.
  
  This camera is extremely tough, very easy to use, and battery friendly. The LCD screen, while not extremely clear, does show the picture and gives the immediate feedback that children love. The grips are generous and make holding the camera easy. I would highly recommend this camera to anyone who is thinking about getting a first camera for a young child.
  
  
• Great for young kids (despite low quality photos)
  By A3T1GDLG9VH7TW on 2007-01-17
  I'm an avid amateur photographer and my 3 1/2 year old daughter was often pretending to take photos. So for Christmas we got her this camera and she really likes it! However, it's not perfect...
  
  PROS
  - Tough & sturdy -- it'll withstand a 3 year old's mistreatment
  - Easy & fun for a child to use
  - Good size for small hands
  - Dual-eye viewfinder doesn't require child to close one eye
  - Is a real digital camera (won't waste film!)
  - Works seamlessly with Apple iPhoto
  
  CONS
  - Poor photo quality -- 4x6 prints are very grainy. Ideally, I think this should've been at least a 1MP camera (or cost no more than $50)
  - Doesn't always fire flash in low light
  - LCD screen is hard to see
  - When taking photos, you need to compensate for high viewfinder (it cuts off people's heads otherwise...but perhaps I'm too used to my SLR)
  
  To sum up, for a young child (3-6) who's interested in photography, this is a great first camera. (I'd recommend picking up a cheap 16MB or 32MB SD flash card to go with it.) For somewhat older kids (7+) I think they'd be disappointed with this camera -- you'd probably be better off buying a used 2-3MP digital point & shoot camera off eBay for the same money.
  
  
• Great camera for Kids
  By A1TOV2J12AF3WD on 2007-01-26
  My daughter just got this camera for her 5th birthday from my sister. She hasn't stopped taking pictures. It is so easy for her to use! She loves the ability to review her pictures. She has quickly learned how to frame the pictures to ensure no heads are cut off. She actually prefers using the standard view finder and not the LCD display - not that I blame her.
  
  The LCD display isn't the best quality, but things are definitely viewable through the LCD. I'd rather the quality be a little lower on the LCD than have the LCD quit on the first drop.
  
  While the quality of the pictures aren't great, they don't turn out as bad as I had expected. It's better than wasting film in the disposable cameras she liked to use or letting her use my digital camera.
  
  It is also very easy to download images off the camera. I'm not sure what the one reviewer was talking about needing to unscrew the bottom to access the USB port. There is a spring slide cover on the back that nicely covers the USB port. The bottom of the camera has a screwed on plate that needs to be removed to change the batteries or the optional memory card.
  
  Personally, I like that the batteries are screwed in. My daughter is plenty old to know not to eat the batteries, but if her camera's battery compartment worked like my camera's battery compartment then it wouldn't be as durable. The "push and slide to open" and other adult camera battery covers just aren't going to stand up to kids using the camera. Even if kids aren't trying to take out the batteries, the adult style latches just aren't going to stand up to the type of use this camera was designed for.
  
  Not to mention the little spring loaded doors that cover the memory cards on adult cameras. Those doors would be broken off in no time.
  
  We have not yet gotten a memory card for the camera. Its internal memory will take about 60 pictures, which is just fine for now. My daughter can easily delete the pictures she doesn't want and she even downloads her own pictures to her computer. Except for supervising the use of her computer, I don't have to actively participate in the procedure.
  
  Unless something goes wrong with this camera in the near future, I'd say it was well worth the cost and I'd recommend this camera (and have already to my friends).
  
  
• Great for my four year old!
  By A3JOJDR85FPLUQ on 2007-02-23
  We got this for our daughter for Christmas and she absolutely loves it!!!
  It is practically indestructible and easy to use with big buttons.
  She loves using our expensive digital camera and this is a great alternative (especially if you can get it on sale!)
  The pic quality really isn't that bad either! Great for a 3-10 yr. old's 1st camera plus it's super feminine w/ the pink and flowers which she loves!
  
  
• A fun, but useless *toy*
  By AZQN91P3HMHAB on 2007-07-19
  My 3-year-old and 4-year-old LOVE this camera. They have learned exactly how to use it and actually do a great job with it -- so it is educational. It is also very durable and has survived a few falls. However, the picture quality is SO bad that the pictures are completely useless! They come out grainy, yellowed, and either too dark or over exposed. (I can't believe some of the customer photos on this page were taken with the same kind of camera we have because they are MUCH better!) It's a shame too because the kids have actually gotten some really great shots that I wish had been taken with a better camera....
  
  
• terrible photos
  By ARPM76BQJGADD on 2006-12-29
  kids love this camera despite the terrible quality of the photos and display. camera phones take much better photos. if, like me, you are interested in saving the photos your kid takes for posterity, buy another camera. the photos this camera generates are unviewable.
  
  my advice...wait for a better alternative.
  
  
• A perfect toy for small children
  By AC4HKS72XI2NX on 2007-03-09
  My five year old daughter can't get enough of her camera. I really appreciated to simplistic design and ruggedness of the camera, which makes it easy for my daughter to operate and impossible to break if she drops it. It's true the pictures have less than ideal resolution, but your kids won't care. Using the camera will give them a chance to express themselves. And for a parent, seeing that happen is priceless.
  
  
• My 2 year old loves it
  By A157QQYJ3OKXZ0 on 2007-04-13
  I got this as an easter present for my daughter. She could use it right out of the box. Take the time to open it beforehand and install the batteries, it is no quick task, and you'll need a screwdriver!!! She figured out how to turn it on immediately, and began taking photos of everything. The 2 viewing pieces make it easy to jusy hold up and look through like binoculars.
  On the note of photo quality. Yes it is crap, but she doesn't know the difference, and I have not run across anything this well built for tiny destructive hands :-) And, it keeps her from wanting to play with my camera!
  
  
• DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA FOR ANY CHILD
  By A1U8T0GB3O1L71 on 2008-04-14
  This is the poorest excuse for a "camera" we have ever seen. We purchased it for our 4 year old granddaughter when her baby sister was born last month(March 2008), thinking she would have fun with it while we adults were taking pictures of the new baby.
  Well, it takes unbelievably poor quality "pictures," if you can call them that. The LCD screen is so miniscule that even if the photos were actually good, you would not be able to see them very well. No matter how hard you try to keep the camera still (even adults) the photos are always slightly out of focus.
  And now I see the camera has gone UP in price! Huh? What's this? We paid $50 for this thing new on Amazon.com and now it is double that price! We have seen comparable (but still bad quality) cameras at CVS drugstores for $20. If you're going to introduce a child to his or her own camera, best to pay as little as possible. For crying out loud, you can pay $98 for a REAL digital camera, which is what a child wants anyway - something that looks like an adult camera.
  And, by the way, yes, it can be dropped and won't break. Big deal. I have dropped my little Canon digital Elph a dozen times, even on concrete once, and it still works just fine. So don't let the "durability" of this "camera" be a selling point.
  So, bottom line, DON'T BUY THIS CAMERA - it sucks, even for a 4 year old!!
  
  
• Children love it, Questionable resolution, Loud!
  By A3UHOCSIW4US6O on 2006-12-19
  My kids love this toy. They have been fighting over it constantly! You will most definately need an additional SD card as they go through the camera's memory pretty quickly.
  
  Others here have complained about the quality. It does appear lacking somewhat from what I see on the LCD screen. I have not had a chance to hook up the software and download and print pictures so I cannot say as to the final quality.
  
  Here is my one complaint about the camera: Why do they have to make it so loud! Every kids toy seems this way. I can hear my daughter beeping her way through pictures from the other side of the house!
  
  
• Easy Favorite for Kids, not so hot to Mom
  By A3L1IYT5U773BH on 2006-12-31
  My 3yo daughter, who loves to take pictures with my Sony H2 but hates Momma hovering behind her saying "be careful!!" was in Heaven when she got a digital of her own. She has been shooting pictures with mine for ages, so very quickly adapted to having a camera of her own, and has loved every minute of it. The size and design of this camera are fantastic -- easy to hold, great 2 eye viewfinder design, lightweight. I do have to admit that up to this point she's even happy with the pictures she's taken, and doesn't seem to mind the image quality. If she was rating this, it would be an easy 5 stars.
  
  From Mom's point of view -- the other reviewers are dead on. The quality of these pictures is HORRIBLE. What I've discovered is that my daughter has a really good eye (very surprising in a 3 yo! LOL!) and have been very disappointed that several of the pictures she has taken I would have liked to print out or keep -- definitely not an option with this one. The pics are so pixelated that there is no use for them. I agree with the reviewer who begged FP to upgrade this to at least 1 - 2 MP. I'd happily buy it again and give it 5 stars.
  
  Overall: It's very easy to use, easy to upload to the computer, and seems durable -- survives the drops and bumps. If you're looking for a fun TOY for your kid, this is a great one, and is actually really good training for a young child who will move on to a camera later. If you want an actual CAMERA for your child to document and save images of their life for later viewing/use, don't go here.
  
  One suggestion -- the LCD screen on the back of the camera is virtually useless -- you just get a vague hint of what the picture is. I suggest uploading the pics to your computer for your child to see what he/she took. The pictures are a bit better there, and you'll be able to tell what they are much better. Just be prepared to be disappointed when you love them and can't print or ever use them! :(
  
  
• What a joke!
  By A2YVV7329453M9 on 2007-01-21
  My daughter's grandmother bought this camera for her 4th birthday. Anyway, yes, it's easy for kids to use BUT.........you have to have a screwdriver to put the batteries in the camera. I believe if the child is old enough to take photographs, the child is old enough to know NOT to eat the batteries. This is frustrating because the screws are very hard to un-do. When you want to download the photos using the USB cable good luck! You have to once again get out the tools and un-do the screws to connect. The photo quality is so blurry you'll think something is wrong with your eyes. If I didn't have bright red hair you'd never know it was me in the photo my daughter just took. For nearly 90-dollars this is a real joke. Advice: spend a little time educating your child on how to be gentle with a REAL digital camera and you'll not be disappointed!
  
  
• Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera for Girls
  By ASJOSBEY6Y3EP on 2007-02-19
  I bought 2 of these cameras for my 2 grandaughters and saw first-hand how thrilled one was as she took the pictures and how good it made her feel to see that she had done a good job. This camera is priceless when it comes to giving children a way to know what they are doing is a GREAT JOB and that they can download the pictures and put them into their own scrapbook for their memories and to show others what means a lot to them.
  
  This cameras is priceless!
  
  

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