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This pretty pink camera takes videos with audio, pictures both closeup and more distant with radiant clarity.Highly recommended.
I did not even try to use the underwater case, i knew i was not going to keep the camera so there was no point. I liked the deal, and that it was underwater too, thats why i took a chance. My 11 year old wanted to keep the camera and i would not even keep it for her, no point in having a camera that does not take good pic.
The shipping was great, and return was easy. The only pic that came out good were taken with in a few feet, and no motion. Now i am talking about the camera only.
I took a picture of a car across the street, a moving car, and used the digital zoom, none of the pic came out good, not even ok. If you are going to take up close pic, of non moving objects, and not use the zoom this camera might be ok. The Camera however is not so good.
Most of the pictures i took (30-50) were blurry.
The pink plastic camera body was a little disappointing, function was fine. I returned this camera because it didn't have optical zoom (the kind you control). This camera is fine if you don't need optical zoom. Underwater housing was neat, but I didn't get to use it. I had purchased it for our vacation in Destin, FL later this month.wanted zoom. Was a good camera except for that.
I think any child using this camera will be quickly bored and unimpressed by photography. Don't you want your children to be able to print their photos and enjoy them. Some of the reviews I read described this camera as good for children, but I disagree.
It is advertised as a 5 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom. It's as if the camera is unable to focus. I bought this camera for my 9-year old daughter who has a budding interest in photography.
I thought the waterproof case was cute, but not cute enough to make up for the total lack of quality in the pictures. I returned it and ended up paying shipping twice and also shelling out 10% for a restocking fee. When you use the zoom feature, even at the smallest amount of zoom, the pictures become grainy and fuzzy beyond recognition.
Without the zoom, they are also fuzzy and grainy.
The SD port cover is a rubber "plug" (similar to the covers for USB ports, etc on most digital cameras). The poor picture quality would not be a huge issue for a child. The waterproof case was pretty tough and seemed to be up to the task of protecting the camera from rough handling. You also couldn't change the length of playback which was barely a second. There's a noticeable circle in the middle that was reasonably focused with increasing fall-off towards the edges. No big deal, but I could see it coming off with rough use.
The latch to open the case required enough dexterity that a curious child would not be able to open it on accident.All-in-all, I could see a 4-6 year-old having hours and hours of fun with this at the beach or pool. I bought this to test for an upcoming trip to Hawai'i (want an underwater digicam for snorkeling). I was initially impressed by the housing but the camera was awfully light. Approximately 60% of the image was out of focus.
The lens may be fixed focus, but it's a relatively narrow cone in front of the camera. Aye, there's the rub.The shots are really quite poor. A shot of my refrigerator with flash "on" resulted in a very blurry picture. Mom and Dad, on the other hand, are likely to be sorely disappointed.
Judging by my brief experience, I would strongly suggest avoiding this for any "meaningful" photography (above or below the water).I give it 2 stars because it's probably ideal for a child as a first camera. Switching "modes" resulted in the display disappearing while the change was made then reappearing (the first time I set flash to 'always on" the display didn't come back up for 5-6 seconds). These shortcomings might be mitigated underwater, but I doubt it. A quick inspection showed why.
Furthermore, the shutter speed was iffy at best. I took a few shots then pulled them up on the computer. The menu was extremely basic and didn't even have an option to turn off the barely audible "beep" that followed each button press. "No big deal," I thought, since it was a $60 u/w digicam (I own a Nikon D200 so certainly wasn't expecting to use this on land).
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