VTech KidiZoom Camera Review from a photography loving mom

My 3 year old daughter will not put her V-tech KidiZoom Kids Camera down!

So – my youngest turned 3 last November and we bought her the Vtech Kidizoom camera and I kid-you-not she asks to play with it just about every waking moment.

I have a digital SLR and love to take photos, so naturally she has been witness and victim to my many “photo shoots”. I think this spawned her budding love of photography. Initially I purchased the camera thinking that she may or may not like it. Being that it’s a real digital camera, it is quite a bit more expensive than a “play” camera, but none-the-less I decided to chance it. From the moment she tore open the package she has been snapping hundreds of photos of things like electrical sockets, chair legs, her brother and sister at odd angles and the carpet.

I think it’s really cute, but others in the house become annoyed when they are being photographed every waking moment.

The camera itself takes photos that aren’t even one megapixel (.3 megapixels to be exact) and that means the photos are pretty crappy if you want to look at them on anything other than the preview screen on the back of the camera; much less print them (forget about it). I knew that going into this though and the joy on my daughters face is worth what I paid, but it would be great to actually print some of the photos that she takes. Sometimes she accidentally (or maybe purposefully) takes some photos that are really pretty cool!

VTech KidiZoom Kids Camera Quick Review:

Purchased: Toys R Us for $60 bucks on sale

You can get this camera on Ebay for a good price usually (less than I paid)

VTech KidiZoom Kids Camera Benefits:

• Fun – even for toddlers
• Easy to use interface (a 3 yr old can figure it out)
• Preview screen on the back (some of the others don’t have this)
• Sturdy enough to withstand being dropped
• Better than other kids cameras on the market at present (I researched pretty thoroughly)
• Can expand memory with a standard SD card (don’t use anything else or it won’t work)

VTech KidiZoom Kids Camera Drawbacks:

• Very low resolution
• Runs on AA batteries which can run low after just a few days (depending on use)
• Use of MicroSD or MiniSD causes the camera to crash

The Mrs. gives VTech KidiZoom Kids Camera a 4/5
I could have given this a 5 if it was rated just on how happy my daughter is when she uses this camera, but being the nerd I am, I would have been more happy with it if the resolution allowed me to print the photos.