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Great Toy. Lousy Camera.
We purchased this camera for our 4 year old. It will hold up to a 1 GB SD card. It is a 1.3 megapixel camera on high resolution, but the photos appear to be taken with a .3 megapixel camera. It is very easy for her to use, but I am going to take it back and spend a little more money and get her a real camera. We travel a lot and I find that the kids occasionally take some really good photos. And they take them from a completely different perspective. If you want a toy for your toddler to learn how to take photos and you don't care about the quality then this is the camera for you. If you have any desire whatsoever to use the photos, then avoid this camera.

Christmas Gift
My six year old grandson now has his own digital camera that he absolutely enjoys! Thanks to a product I consider worth every penny!

it works awesome
My mom bought this for our new baby girl. There is no interference for me. The sound is very clear. The vision is very sharp. Night vision is a little dark. I recommend this to other new parents. I feel my baby is with me all the time.

I uploaded my test video.
I tried verious brands but returned all of them due to the inteference. I am in UK and this is my first purchase in amazon. I like the product and did some inteference test. I uploaded it to youtube. Not sure whether the link is allowed.

Visit youtube and search: Test Baby Monitor Video

It should be the first one from the top.

kid tough
We bought this for our 4 year old last year. He loved to play with it. The only negative thing is the quality of the pictures. Even with proper lighting the pictures were blurry and dark.

Durable camera, use as toy
This camera is very durable and seems to be easy to use for a 3 year old. My daughter has fun taking photos with it. However, do not plan on using this camera to print pictures. The image quality is absolutely terrible. The display on the camera is even worse. I was hoping to have my daughter take pictures with it and maybe get one or two pictures that we could print and show as her first attempts. However, we have made this just a simple toy instead of a usable camera for pictures. Expensive toy camera. I would have paid a little more for one that had any quality of picture that matches the technological age :)

Bottom line - if you want a toy that acts like a camera and that is durable, then this should suit your needs, if you want a camera you can use to print photos, by a new state of the art camera for your family and give your older one to your 3 year old.

Kids digital camera
I bought this for my grandson (age 4). He likes it, but he did have a hard time figuring out how to use it at first. Once he got the hang of it, though, he took lots and lots of pictures of the ground, our feet, the backs of seats in the car, etc. But he loved taking pictures because everyone else was taking pictures with their cameras! It has taken many falls and still keeps on going!

Issues - 1) He loves the noise it makes when it deletes the pictures a little too much, though, because he then wants to continue deleting pictures just because of the noise. You should be able to turn this noise off. 2) It is bulky and heavy for a child to carry around. 3) The pictures it takes are horrible. You can barely tell what it is a picture of - there has got to be a way to improve the picture quality. 4) It uses a lot of batteries.

Overall it doesn't matter about the little things, because my 4-year-old grandson is happy with the camera and the pictures!

A day late and a dollar short.
The camera is reported to be a great gift. However, I ordered it with expedited shipping and was promised it on December 24th and it came on December 26th instead of the 24th. I did select a vendor in the same state as the recipient to insure its arrival. I guess the vendor's agenda is not my agenda. Too bad.

Fair picture quality
The point about the Kid-Tough digital camera is that it is kid-tough. And it really is. If this core feature is not required I recommend rather buying an older version of a traditional digital camera for about the same price.

The quality of the Kid-Tough camera is fair to say the best. It is comparable with a really cheap Web cam. Nothing even close to an old 2MP Canon camera from 2000. The flash is quiet useless because if the object is further away than 5 feet, the flash does not reach and the picture is black, and if it is too close then the whole picture is white. In addition, the flash only works with brand new batteries and switches off as the batteries become weaker. It also switches off when you use rechargeable batteries and those are drained to like 70% capacity, which happens with rechargeables by simple self-discharge after a few days. Usable pictures are only possible with good light conditions. The camera also has an issue with white balance. If there is a bright object in the picture such as a white sweater or a window, parts of the picture will become a big white spot. The camera has a normal and high resolution mode. You switch the camera permanently from one to the other. I recommend the high resolution mode when using extra flash memory.

Fisherprice mentioned that you cannot use the camera with rechargeable batteries, but besides the flash issue, it appears to work fine with more modern NiMh or older NiCa batteries alike. I recommend NiMh with low self-discharge such as the Sanyo Eneloop batteries. The camera takes a SD card of up to 1GB space. When connected via a USB port, the camera makes the SD cards available to the computer like a memory stick. The built-in 8MB flash is then not available anymore. You need your own photo software or use the software, your OS ships with. A big plus is the very easy user interface. One button for on/off, one for delete, two buttons for forward and backward view of pictures on the card and one to take the picture. It takes two strokes to delete a picture, but very tempting for young kids.

Summary: If you are looking for a digital camera for a very young child, this is the one for you. Kid-tough! If you have an older child, then better look into older versions of the big brands. But note, that standard digital cameras do not take much abuse, which is the reason why we bought this camera besides its shortcomings.

Camera case
I purchased this to hold and protect my sons camera. It is good and easy too use. He is able to open and close it with no problems. I agree with the others though that it needs a handle. He has to carry it with both hands because thre is no handle on it.

Not bad, a custom case for the Kid Tough camera, but you get what you pay for
This is an adequate impulse item for those buying the Kid Tough Camera as I did for a 2007 Christmas present. The pink case is a very light shade of pink, almost not pink at all. Lack of a handle costs it a star, but form-fitting to the camera and an internal pocket for the USB cord or extra batteries is handy. Though it's a light case, which will not prevent crushing damage to the camera, it does keep dust off the lens and camera controls. .97 at Wal-mart as of this writing.

Sturdy case.
I think this case is great for the Kid Tough camera. I like that it teaches my son that things should be put away safely, and as tough as the camera is, it should still be protected because it is important to him. It makes it easier to put it on a shelf or bring it with, protecting from dust, dirt, etc. However, I took one star off of my rating because rather than a handle, it has a small tab. When trying to teach my son to keep his camera safe to take it with us, it works against me because he cannot easily hold on to it. Because the camera is a good size, it usually means he uses both hand to hold it. Not convenient or practical. Fisher Price should add a common sense handle!

Cute but not necessary
First I must say that you need to watch what you pay for this. I got mine at Walmart for $[...]. That is ALL it is worth. Please do not pay more.

Back to the product. This is a cute, "foamlike" case for the camera. It fits the camera very well and comes in colors to match the camera. I don't think it offers much protection because it is a bit flimsy and the camera is pretty tough on its own. For kids who insists that their camera needs a case just like mom's then it is prefect. I would recommend going with the blue one rather than the pink because it can get scuff marks very easily and the the pink shows up way too much dirt.