Fisher-Price Kid-Tough Waterproof Digital Camera Blue

My three year old daughter has always shown an interest in taking pictures with mommy’s camera.  Although I wanted to expand her creativity and photography was a good start, I just wasn’t comfortable with her using my expensive “grown- up” camera.

Fisher Price has come out with a very reasonably priced kid tough camera.  A very appropriate name for the product because its kid friendly durability.  Its simple layout is not only easy for kids to use but understand as well.

• Two eye view finder = no frustration or confusion on how to keep one eye shut.
• Soft rubber side grips = big enough for little hands to have a good hold.
• Big colourful buttons = easy to push and identify with different colors.
• Color LCD screen =  you can instantly see the picture you took.
• Built in auto flash = no need to worry about that complication.
• 64 MB of internal memory = can store up to  500 pictures.
• Built in card slot for additional memory = You can put in a relatively cheap memory card and not have to constantly unload the camera.
• Auto power off = will not drain your battery when child gets distracted and leaves on.
• USB connection with cord = easy to download slot and I didn’t even need to use any program other than windows that I already had.
• 4 ‘AAA’ Batteries = although you do need to change I was impressed at how long it lasted before needing it.  With kids we always seem to have batteries on hand!
• Two choices for image resolution = I chose the best image and could still store a large amount of photos.
• Available in Pink or Blue .
• Compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Apple Mac OSX, Apple Mac OS9

Kid Tough Digital Camera

Fisher Price did a great job with making this camera enjoyable for kids and parents alike.  It’s very durable casing has been dropped a few times in my household with no problems.  The design is very appealing and the choice of color is a nice option.  Two buttons (one on back and one on front) for picture taking may have been a nice option because my 19 month olds small hands have a hard time reaching around to the front but I am amazed at the fact that my baby is taking pictures at all!  I definitely wasn’t able to expand my photographic horizons at such a young age!  Both my kids have so much fun taking pictures of each other and seeing what they looked like.   But most of all I am glad to encourage my kids to feel like they can be creative and not have to have a worried parent hovering over the expensive camera making sure it’s not damaged.  My camera is no longer a target and quite often I am finding they take some great pictures that are a great addition to my albums.

This is a great product to buy because of its:

• Price

• Durability

• Ease of use

• Low use of Battery life

• Expandable memory with card slot

• Design