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VTech Kidizoom Camera Connect, Blue (Frustration Free Packaging)

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  1. 311 of 318 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Great CHILDREN’S camera… for Children (not over-bearing parents), October 1, 2014
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    This review is from: VTech Kidizoom Camera Connect, Blue (Frustration Free Packaging) (Toy)
    My wife and I purchased this camera for our son’s 3rd birthday and he loves it. We saw a lot of ridiculous negative comments on here about the camera’s picture quality as well as the games and noises. First off, you can definitely adjust the volume of the camera, its under the settings options. Second, this is a cheap children’s camera, meant for children. I’m sure the picture quality isn’t going to be as good as your $1,500 Digital SLR camera…. but this is for a child, and it works perfectly for a child’s standards. The snaps may be a little slow, as well as the shutter speed causing some extended exposure shots with the ghost trails. This doesn’t have to be a bad thing, it can be an opportunity for you to explain to your child about how the camera works, and how you need to hold it still while taking a picture. The camera also comes with a free “app” purchase which is little games or graphic effects for the pictures. We picked up the dinosaur graphics package since our son’s birthday party was dinosaur themed, and he absolutely loves it. As for the games, I don’t think our child has played with them once, he has too much fun taking pictures of Mommy and Daddy and swirling our faces or putting silly graphics on our pictures. Once again, great little camera for a child. If you’re going to judge it based on the performance of your Nikon, Cannon, or Sony digital camera, its probably going to come up short. But if you’re a 3 year old who is amazed by the magic of taking pictures and editing them, you’ll be blown away.

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  2. 243 of 252 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Perfect for the Beginning Photographer, October 8, 2013
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    This review is from: VTech Kidizoom Camera Connect, Blue (Frustration Free Packaging) (Toy)
    The Kidizoom Camera Connect is designed for ages 3-8. I’d have to say that the age recommendation is spot on. The dual view finder is great for little eyes that don’t yet have the ability to wink or focus out of just one eye. The exterior of the camera is designed to fit easily into little hands. Each side of the camera is coated with rubber that insures a good grip and protection in case the camera is dropped.

    The navigation menu is very easy for the little ones to pick up on. Kids quickly learn that they can press the house button and be brought to the navigation menu that will allow them to use the little joystick to navigate over the different camera options. The camera options include: Camera, Video Recorder, Playback, Voice Recorder, Downloads, Games, Creative Tools (includes a photo editor and animation maker), and settings.

    The camera is only 1.3 megapixel so you’re not going to get pictures that you can blow up and hang in your living room. For most, I really don’t think that will be a big disappointment. Unless your child is a budding Ansel Adams chances are their camera will be filled with a lot of pictures of carpets, walls, and blurred figures until they learn they need to remain stationary while taking pictures. Even then I think you’ll find the 1.3 megapixel perfectly adequate.

    I’m pretty sure my kids don’t know the meaning of the word off so I really appreciate that there is an automatic shutoff on the camera that shuts the camera off after a couple minutes of non use.
    So far both my boys love this camera!

    My 6 year old likes to play Newscaster and make little news report videos with the movie function. We are still getting lots of shots of the carpet and walls from my 3 year old. He hasn’t quite figured out that there is a split second delay from the time that he presses the shutter button til the time the picture is captured.

    Both boys LOVE playing with the effects and the games!

    Disclosure: I received this product at no cost to myself for review purposes. I am not required to give a positive review. All opinions are honest and are my own.

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  3. 105 of 110 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Light-weight camera can be taken anywhere, September 12, 2013
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    This review is from: VTech Kidizoom Camera Connect, Pink (Frustration Free Packaging) (Toy)
    My daughter loved this camera. It’s definitely durable and kid-friendly both in it’s grip (how it feels in your hands) and the user-interface. The games and photo/editing features are really easy to play with. The video features are definitely a hit with my kids and it has inspired many short films already. The camera also has fun sound effects including music during the games. Best of all, there’s an auto shut-off feature so it’s not left on. My one thought for improvement is maybe the creation of a sliding cover for the lens because little fingers are always curious about touching that glass and once it’s smudged it’s hard to clean.
    I highly recommend the Kidizoom Camera Connect for your kids (recommended for ages 3-8). My kids have asked for a camera for years and now I have a camera I’m comfortable letting them run wild filling their movie director desires.

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  4. 566 of 581 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Very good camera for its class, December 26, 2014
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    Roger J. Buffington (Huntington Beach, CA United States) –
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    This review is from: Nikon Coolpix L330 Digital Camera (Black) (Camera)
    If you are looking for a snapshot camera that can pretty much do it all, this Nikon Coolpix L330 is worthy of your consideration. I am a camera nut and own both full-size Nikon SLRs (my present one is the Nikon D5300) as well as small pocket cameras. This L330 is essentially a hybrid between the two — it is small (and light) enough to be easily carried, and yet has a large and powerful lens that can do many things better than a true pocket camera.

    The outstanding characteristic of this camera is the lens. The lens features a much larger objective lens than any pocket camera, which means that it is capturing more light for more detail and sharper shots. For taking still pictures, for example, I notice a clear difference in favor of this camera in comparison to my Canon pocket camera. The 26X optical zoom really makes this camera a “do all” for both landscape shots, portraits, and many other kinds of shooting. Like all cameras of this class, this one is probably not the camera to use for action shots such as flying birds or football games, although it may do in a pinch.

    Ergonomically this camera is well thought-out. I was able to pretty much completely figure this camera out without resorting to the manual, which is a good thing as the manual is nearly useless. Most users should simply spend 20 minutes browsing through the camera menus; this will adequately familiarize most users with the camera. (The manual is very rudimentary.) Frankly, you can put most settings on “auto” and do just fine with this camera. The viewfinder shows both shutter speed and F/stop, which is a nice feature for more advanced shooters. The flash is easy to use and is pretty good for a flash of this class. I took night party shots with it and it functioned about as well as any on-board flash that I have used. The overall fit-and-finish of this camera is excellent, as one expects from Nikon. This is an all-plastic camera, which is good as it makes the camera nice and light, while still adequately sturdy for almost all users.

    As seems to be the remorseless trend in camera design, this camera does not have an optical viewfinder; it uses the rear LED screen for framing shots. I am against this trend, as this can present problems in bright sunlight. But all camera manufacturers seem determined that for cameras of this class they are eliminating optical viewfinders. A shame, in my futile opinion. I will say that the LED on this camera is nice and bright and does about as good a job as you can expect for this type of screen.

    The maximum shutter speed on this camera is 1/500 which is adequate for action shots in bright sunlight; you can forget about indoor sports or other indoor speed shots though; the lens here is simply not fast enough. This camera will not yield satisfactory results for snapshots of indoor basketball games, for example. The continuous shooting speed on this camera is 1/FPS which is really not fast enough for wildlife shots in my opinion, but it is better than nothing.

    This camera takes excellent photos wherever there is adequate light. For night shots you will be cranking up the ISO setting (with the resultant graininess) or using the flash. Either approach can yield decent photos although in practice I found night shots to be somewhat tricky. Fortunately you can immediately review a photo and re-take it most times if it turns out unsatisfactorily. Sure beats the film days.

    I am very pleased that this camera uses 4 AA batteries. Firstly, AA batteries are ubiquitous; always available on vacations and my family always packs a bunch of them on trips. The 4 AA batteries that power this camera give a LOT of shots — I am on 500 and still going; many using the flash. I am very pleased that Nikon eschewed using those puny little AAA batteries for this camera. The AA battery bank gives this camera lots of juice; the flash recycles pretty fast, does not drain the camera quickly, and the camera just keeps chugging along. This was a very good design choice by Nikon in my opinion.

    This camera takes 720p movies. I have not used mine much for this so my review will not cover this feature.

    Overall, this is an excellent camera for its class and will outperform true pocket cameras. It is small enough to be much less a chore to carry than a full-blown SLR such as my trusty D5300, and takes really good photos within its limitations. This is a good choice for family trips, portraits, or industrial/business use. There is a lot of camera here in a small package, and it is very easy to use. Recommended. RJB.

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  5. 217 of 229 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    LOVE LOVE LOVE!, December 2, 2014
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    This review is from: Nikon Coolpix L330 Digital Camera (Black) (Camera)
    I love this camera so much. I upgraded from a cannon elph 150 and it was a great little camera but with only 10x zoom this camera is so much better! I wish it didn’t take double A battery’s but I got the rechargeable kind and it’s great. The 25x zoom is amazing and will be great for my trips and concerts 🙂

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  6. 142 of 161 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Fantastic!, February 10, 2015
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    J. mcdaniel (CA, USA) –
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    This review is from: Nikon Coolpix L330 Digital Camera (Black) (Camera)
    I LOVE my new Nikon Coolpix camera!! My last camera was the Canon Powershot A495. I could NOT believe the difference in quality of the pictures. This one takes noticeably clearer shots. The features are easy to understand…didn’t even need to read the manual. I haven’t had to change the batteries yet, and with my old Canon, I would have had to by now. Sooo happy I got this!

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