I was looking for a Christmas gift for DD (2.5 now) and she loves pretending to take pictures with my cell phone. I was considering the FP Digital Camera since Costco has it for $60. I think she'd really get a kick out of it.
Anyone have it? Is the picture quality decent or pretty lousy?
We have one we got last year when DS was 3. It is a solid phone that can take some abuse and the double view finder is a plus for younger kids who can not always close one eye to look through a single hole. It also have very simple controls. Just the very basics. Point and snap. Save/erase. Move picture your are viewing back or forward. This is what makes it a good children's camara.
The screen quality is not great. Similiar to a cell phone photo, before the cell phone camara became decent. Very grainy. We have not printed out any photos so I can't tell you about that quality. I think the quality is fine for the purposes of a children's camara, which in my opinion is:to allow a child to mimic adults in taking pictures; allowt them to experment with the art form of photography; allow them to show you what they find interesting and important visually in their world.
My DS liked the camara but has not used it that much, maybe because we never printed out the photos (we don't even make hard copies of our own, we are just really bad about that stuff) but I think it was more that he is just not a very visual person. He is more audial (if that is the right word). He had gotten much more use out of his FP3 player, which was Fisher Prices other big electronic thing last year. Regardless of my child's interst in the toy I do think it is a great gift/toy for the right child.
There was a thread about these camaras last November/December which you may want to look for.
I'm one that thought it was great when we first bought it but now am really disappointed. DD figured it out quickly and LOVED taking pics of everything. After about 3 months of occasional use it stopped working. We replaced all of the batteries and it would turn on and then turn right back off. I contacted Fisher Price and had to return it to them and they sent us a replacement (the replacement was at no charge but I had to pay to ship ours back). Two weeks later, the same thing happened. I haven't sent this one back- it's still sitting here staring at me. I think I'm going to buy DD a reasonably cheap (hopefully fairly simple) real digital camera for Christmas this year. I'm frustrated that I spent $70 on this last year, and another $10 to ship and insure the broken one. That could have gone towards a better camera. My cousin also bought her DD one and it has also stopped working. She hasn't tried changing the internal battery yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't help.
The concept it great- DD loved it- if only it had been more durable.
FWIW- I don't think she ever dropped it.
DD got the FP one yesterday for her birthday. The picture quality isn't great. What you see on the screen is very grainy - think very early cell phone photo quality. I don't see us printing many, if any, of the pics.
But it is super fun. DD has already taken hundreds of pictures and gets a huge kick out of photographing her sister's foot, Daddy's hand, the other toys she received for her birthday, etc. She hasn't asked to print any of the pictures, and I don't really see that as being part of the appeal anyway, because the quality is so low. It's more about the process of finding cool stuff to photograph and then snapping some pics.
Overall, I see this as a toy DD really enjoys playing with and getting a lot of use from. I'll keep you posted on how durable it ends up being...
My son has had his since Christmas. He brought it along this morning to take pictures of the bagel place. He also took pictures of my car and the bagel case.
We download the pictures once in a while, but it's more for fun like Ohana said.
I'm one that thought it was great when we first bought it but now am really disappointed. DD figured it out quickly and LOVED taking pics of everything. After about 3 months of occasional use it stopped working. We replaced all of the batteries and it would turn on and then turn right back off.
This is exactly what happened to ours. I bought it last November (the last one Target had in stock until after Christmas) but didn't actually give it to DD until January. We gave it to her as a 'big sister' gift when DD#2 was born. It worked for several months, but sometime in late summer it just stopped working. We replaced the batteries, and it still won't work. I don't really care because it wasn't DD's favorite toy. She used it plenty - but it just wasn't "the" favorite toy if that makes sense. I should probably call FP and see what they say.
DD has had hers since last Christmas. She still takes pics with it (almost daily) and loves to see her Photo Shows on the computer. We have had no problems with it.
Anyone have the Fisher Price Digital Camera?
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