Getting Your Kid Into Digital Cameras

Advantages: Features Like Any Regular Digital Camera
Disadvantages: 16 MB Internal Memory and No Zoom Capabilities

...No digital camera review on CIAO would be complete without a few entries about cameras designed for kids. After all, kids are almost universally enthusiastic about taking pictures. And parents with a love of photography often pass down their passion to their children. But digital cameras are not always kid-friendly, due to fragile construction, price, or complicated menus and buttons. The newest trend in children's electronics is a group of digital cameras made especially for small children. These cameras are easy to hold, come in bright colors that kids love, and have many of the same features as grown-up digital cameras. Kids love them. The VTech KidiZoom Digital Camera is one of the top digital cameras for kids. This camera was made with fun in mind. Kids like the KidiZoom's large LCD screen and the onboard photo editing options...

bennyong 21.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of VTech Kidizoom Camera Pink

My First Digital Camera - A Gushy Tribute

Advantages: Bargain buy and provides high quality pictures
Disadvantages: Bit on the bulky side

...Okay, I was walking down the main shopping street in Edinburgh, Scotland, and I passed a high-street electrical goods retailer. And there, in the window, I saw her!!! She was blown up in a large promotional poster, and allI could do was stare at her figure(s)! Reduced from 250 pounds to 129 pounds! 4 million pixels! Zoom! Flash! 60 second video recorder! I had to have her there and then! Luckily I had the money in my account as I had just received a nice little tax rebate (ha ha ha ha). What better way to spend free money than on my first digital camera. In the store, I was met by an extremely friendly and helpful clerk who showed me the camera. He was confident in the product as he didn't give me any instructions - only that the camera was very easy to use. My girlfriend has had a digital camera for quite a while, so some...

simon_hinds 22.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of Fuji Finepix S3500 Zoom Digital Camera

Kodak DX 3500 and Camera Dock

Advantages: Ease of use, picture quality, looks
Disadvantages: none

...the picture on a TV Picture quality is great with good colour balance. The 3x Digital zoom works but with reduced picture quality, better to go for an optional 4x zoom lens. There are wide angle lenses available, they fit on the camera lens via a converter. The standard lens has a 38mm / F4.5 focal length. When you have taken your pictures slot the camera onto the Camera Dock press a button and the pictures, via the USB, will transfer to your computer. The DX 3500 comes with software/drivers on CD. The software lets you view the pictures, zoom rotate etc. The camera also appears as a device on the computer so you can Copy and Paste pictures direct from the cameras memory. If you have a memory card in the camera you can select which picture you would like to be printed via Kodak, also an option in camera. The manual in the box...

StackemHigh 11.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of Kodak DX3500 Digital Camera

Canon IXUS 95 IS: The best amateur digital camera on the market

Advantages: Very high quality pictures for both print and web work.
Disadvantages: The bundled software that comes with it has a very Fisherprice feel about it.

...After reading many reviews on Amazon and amateur camera sites about the different types of hobbyist level digital cameras, I decided to buy one of these. The camera itself has a metal casing and so has a sleek feel and look to it. It's very light weight and compact making it very easy to carry around in a handbag or while, (and most importantly) taking pictures! I found that it took only 5 - 10 minutes to get the camera working from out of the box. It was so simple, I didn't take that much notice of the manual. When starting up the camera, it isn't slow like they digital cameras of yesteryear. Its ability to capture anything in an instant is one of it's many advantages. The photos it and you produce are very high quality, as I found out the other day when I had some printed off at home. The only downside is the bundled software...

loopz27 12.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon Digital IXUS 95 IS

Advanced and good value for money digital camera

Advantages: Good camera
Disadvantages: Price

...I bought this camera from marks and spencers for £279.99. This camera is great due to all the features that it has. It has a great 12x optical zoom, which even at 9x or 10x zoom, the pictures look quite clear and well taken photos. It has a good image stabilisation feature which allows you to take photos even if the object of person is moving very fast. Its battery life is quite good compared to most ordinary cameras which allows you to take 250 photos on average. It is a 10.1 megapixel camera which has a very high number of pixels for each picture, and I can say this is definitely so when I upload my pictures onto my laptop as the pictures are VERY clear and they still look good when zoomed in by half the size of the picture....

giftedreviewer 10.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7

Great Camera For a Great Price

Advantages: Looks Good, Takes nice pictures, SLR
Disadvantages: The View Finder is hard to see out off.

...The Fuji Finepix s3500. I bought this camera for my Photography college course and it is a great camera for the money. It takes great outdoor pictures it can have filters attached etc. Fuji are a very good make of digital camera at an affordable price. This camera has a 6 times optical Zoom. The Resolution Can be changed from 4.0 to 0.3mp. It takes an XD Card. The view finder is a bit hard to use but the Lcd Screen Makes up for that. The camera is light weight and easy to grip. The shape is very nice and looks very smart. In the box you get The camera, 4 AA Batteries but it is better to get Rechargable ones to save money in the Future. A Bag, A Strap, an Adapter to attach Filters etc., A 16mb XD Memory Card but i would recommend Getting a bigger to store more pictures, A Usb Cable, Lens cap to keep the Lens Clean and Tv cables to...

Jfoxon 10.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Fuji Finepix S3500 Zoom Digital Camera

Ideal first digital camera

Advantages: Contoured shape and quality camera at decent price
Disadvantages: A little large in size

...The Kodak DX3500 was my very first digital camera and I was impressed. The only thing that I thought let it down was the size of built in memory but this was soon rectified with a new big memory card. One of my favourite things is the EasyDock station which came with my camera as a package but I do believe that many of them do not come complete with it. If yours did not come with the docking station invest in one. This station is constantly connected to both your PC and the mains power supply. You just place the camera on the station and it charges the batteries, then you press a button and it connects to the PC and is visible as a removable disk in My Computer. I have basic camera skills only using a digital camera once before using this one but I found it quite easy to operate although I must admit I thoroughly read...

moorh_a 09.11.2002 · Read review
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Review of Kodak DX3500 Digital Camera

Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera

Advantages: Cheap, Good specifications
Disadvantages: Not Readily Available

...I was looking for a simple, cheap digital camera for both home and business use. I'm self employed and on occasion I need to take a client's photograph to insert in a document. After much deliberating, enter the Polaroid PDC 3030 digital camera. How Much And From Where? ++++++++++++++++++++++ I bought the camera, 64 MB smart card and a leather carrying case for £99.97 from Argos where the camera alone is £79.99. All in all this deal saved me £20. I searched the internet today and couldn't find this model at any other suppliers. So What Did I Get For My Money? +++++++++++++++++++++++++ The whole package was delivered as part of a big order I'd placed, and the camera, case and smart card came packaged as one item. It was all sealed in a tamper proof, grey polythene bag. When opened the three items were packaged by...

mickeydumville 21.06.2004 · Read review
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Review of Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera

FujiFilm FinePix s3500

Advantages: Takes good quality photographs, good resolution, good closeups
Disadvantages: Needs the best lighting or pics are fuzzy, movie quality is poor

...I chose this camera to be my birthday present at the end of 2004, and I am glad I chose it. It is very easy to use, takes very good photographs, and is an excellent starter camera for those interested in getting into photograpy, or just a general camera for those who just want a nice digital camera. I like to take photos of wildlife and nature, and have found that this camera is excellent at capturing the details and colours of my subjects. I have also found that it is a great camera for portrait work, and even just snap shots of friends and family. It is very easy to use all the different settings available, and you don't need to be a professional to get the best out of every shot. The only gripes that I have with the camera is that the shutter speed is a little too slow for my needs, the macro setting doesn't work as close as I...

Bethwyn 11.05.2005 · Read review
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Review of Fuji Finepix S3500 Zoom Digital Camera

So glad to be back to a Canon!

Advantages: Small, tough, simple and fast to use
Disadvantages: A little expensive

...and I am still pleased with my purchase. Summary I'm realling enjoying using the Canon and it lives in my pocket most of the time now, before my camera would always be in a jacket pocket or a bag somewhere. It's not the cheapest of compact digital cameras and I have no idea if it is significantly better than others, but it's a real improvement over previous cameras for me and it seems to suit my needs. Of course if you are going to do some serious photography then please read some information from somebody that knows about these things :-) (also posted on dooyoo)...

non_sense 28.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon Digital IXUS 100 IS Digital Camera