Kidizoom Kids Camera

This Kidizoom Kids Camera is a fantastic product that your child will enjoy for many months, if not years. It is so simple and intuitive to use they will pick it up straight away. You will soon be enjoying the product of their fun by seeing the amazing photos and videos they have shot.

With 16MB of internal memory and an SD card slot so that you can add capacity if you need it, this VTech Kidizoom Camera lets kids collect lots of images. The included USB cable lets you upload the images to your computer. The VTech photo editor lets you or your child add cool frames to photos, stamp funny hats on people, and distort images. You can even run fun animations that makes the photo look like it is rotating or underwater.

Use a Phillips head screwdrive to release the catch and install the AA batteries. The included photo editing software should be installed too, as this will help your child develop and enhancetheir own photos. This intuitive installation process is quick and easy. You'll need Windows operating system 2000 SP3+/XP or later to install this software. And don't worry if you use a Mac. As long as you have Mac OS X 10.0 or better, you can still use the camera in mass storage mode.

It's clear right out of the packaging that this VTech Kidizoom Camera was designed to stand up to tough play and rough handling. Bright pink rubber grips on each side make it easy for children to grasp the camera with both hands, and two-eye viewing make it easy to conceptualize a photo or a cool video. The camera even comes with two interchangeable faceplates, so your child can pick her favorite look.

Straight forward to use, and hard wearing, this Kidizoom Kids Camera is ready to capture and reply all your childrens escapades. The two-eye viewing, and grips designed to fit in a childs hands, even a built-in flash, this is a through and through real digital camera that can also shoot video. The photo editing software is so simple that even kids aged three and up can use it to put creative effects on their photos.

A built-in flash makes it easier to get well-lit pictures, especially if the subject of the photo is indoors. The flash does, however, often fire if you are trying to take a close-up shot, resulting in very bright, blown-out pictures. Inexperienced photographers may need to be reminded that the VTech Kidizoom Camera is not designed to focus on objects that are less than 1.5-feet from the camera. For super-sized fun, you can also link the camera to your television using the included A/V cable and view creative work on the big screen.

The photo editor interface is easy to use, with big round buttons for kids to click on and drag-and-drop stamps. More advanced artists may be disappointed that there aren't more ways to creatively control output, but files from the Kidizoom can easily be edited in more advanced programs, too.

With only six buttons to worry about and a joystick on the back the navigation around the features of this VTech Kidizoom Camera are easy to pick up. There's lots of things to do with this camera including shooting videos, and playing simple games on the 1.8-inch color screen.