Are you looking for a digital camera for you kids? The Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera is a real digital camera that’s tough enough–and easy enough–for kids to use. What a perfect way for kids to get creative by taking, viewing and even printing their own digital pictures!

The Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera features:
1.3” color LCD preview screen that lets kids instantly see the pictures they’ve taken;
Two-eye viewing which makes it easy to look through the viewfinder;
Sturdy, dual handgrips for a steady shot;
Big buttons that make it easy for little hands to use;
Controls are simple for kids to understand – no reading required;
Best of all, it’s built with a durable, kid-tough™ design.

Additional Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera features include:
Built-in auto flash;
Stores over 60 pictures, with 8 MB built-in memory;
SD memory card slot for increased storage capacity (SD card sold separately);
640 x 480 resolution;
USB cord for computer connection;
CD of digital camera software;
Wrist strap.

Camera compatible with Windows 2000 or higher and MacIntosh.

Requires 4 “AA” (LR6) alkaline batteries and includes 1 lithium (CR2032) battery.

Photo software requirements:
OS Windows 2000/ME/XP
Hardware: Pentium Class 500 MHz processor or better
75 MB hard drive space recommended

Camera is approx. 5½” W x 4″ H.

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera Features

Here’s a real digital camera built with a durable, Kid-Tough design, sturdy dual handgrips and big buttons that make it easy for kids to use
2-eye viewing makes it easy to look through the viewfinder and a 1.3″ color LCD preview screen lets kids instantly see the pictures they’ve taken
640×480 resolution for 4×6″ prints, 8MB built-in memory that stores over 60 pictures, slot for SD memory card (sold separately) to increase storage
Includes CD of digital camera software (compatible with Windows 98 or higher and Macintosh), USB cord, built-in auto flash and wrist strap
For ages 3 yrs. and up; Requires 4 AA batteries (not included)

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera Details

Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 9 x 8.6 inches ; 2.6 pounds
Shipping Weight: 1.20 pounds
Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
ASIN: B000EULZPU
Item model number: J8209
Our Recommended Age: 36 months - 6 years
Manufacturer Recommended Age: 36 months - 7 years

I purchased the new Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera for my daughter, who is 6 years old. In the past she’s relied on disposable point-and-shoot cameras for taking on school field trips. The only problem: we’d develop the film and find out half the shots were bad. Now with the new FP digital camera, she can snap to her hearts content (that is if you add the optional SD memory card….as the camera will only take about 60 shots before maxing out the internal memory). The software that is bundled with the camera is windows PC compatible. I use a Mac, and photos downloaded fine from the USB interface. Overall, the quality of the camera is good. The double “viewfinder” style eyepiece makes it easy for young kids to focus on their subject without squinting one eye. The controls are very easy to use, whether your child is old enough to read or not. It takes 72 dpi pics, which is fine for printing 4×6 photos. And because it’s digital, you can choose which pics to print…a savings from developing the whole roll of 35mm film. Two criticisms: The $70 price tag does seem a bit high. It would be a better bargain if priced closer to $50. It uses 4 AA batteries, rather than a single rechargeable. (Although I am using rechargeable AAs). I’m finding that changing the batteries is a real pain because I have to keep reaching for the phillips-head screwdriver to take off the child-proof cover. Nice if you have a really young child, but a hassle for the parents of older kids.

My husband and I are both avid shutterbugs, and my almost 3 year old son really wanted a camera to take his own photos. We had a few gift cards that we had not used, so we invested in this camera. He was very excited to get it and uses it often, he especially likes to take it on Photo Safaris with us. It is also a hit in the neighborhood among all the kids who take photos like crazy with it.

Pros: Seems quite durable. Buttons are easy to use for him, while the batteries and sd card (optional) are easy to keep out of his reach. Photos download easily and cable is included in the kit. The optional SD card (I got a cheapie 512meg) adds storage for over 1000 extra pictures.

Cons: Does go through batteries quickly- but we use rechargables anyway for most things. Photo quality is TERRIBLE- and I just don’t mean terrible because we are photographers ourselves, I mean TERRIBLE in general. The photos are most frequently blurry and dark- even with flash or bright sunlight. Also, I don’t think they would even print well at 4×6 but we have not tried. We will have to upgrade him to a cheap digital point and shoot once he is able to treat this camera nicely. (I will upload a few sample shots to customer photos.) Another con is the discard photo button is right there on the back- great for them to erase the photo they just took without realizing it.It also makes a rather annoying noise when any button is pushed- which encourages the button pushing to go on and on and on.

OVerall, the camera performs as expected, just wish the photo quality was better, but again, this is a camera for my preschooler so I should not expect too many megapixels I guess.

My 6 year old son would love taking my digital camera and taking all sorts of pictures with it. All the while I would be a nervous wreak thinking he would drop it. Just like the Daniel on the commerical my Daniel isn’t the most careful. So when his God mother got this for him for his birthday I was very surprised to see how great it really is. I download the pictures I want to keep that he takes onto the computer and then print them right up. It’s great. No more wasted 35mm and no more nervouseness about my camera shattering into a million pieces. Thanks Fisher Price!

Pros: sturdy, rubber casing and a two-eye viewer so your child knows which side of the camera to look into.

Cons: The LCD screen is very poor quality (ever tried to look through fogged up glasses and can’t distinguish what you are looking at?). The camera only takes 72 dpi photos at roughly a 6×8″ output size so yes, you could probably turn them into 3.5×5″ prints, but the quality will still be terrible. The flash is automatic on every photo, but only brightens within two feet of the camera. The photos we took of each other within three feet turned out okay, but the photos of the room or anything more than four feet were just black fuzz. The camera itself had flaws. There were obvious fingerprints and large scratches on the inside of the plastic view windows, and several paint scratches and “smudges” on the camera body.