Disclosure: I received the product below to review in exchange for sharing my honest opinion.
My kids are constantly asking to use my digital camera and I constantly telling them to use their own. Now they do have a Fisher Price one but honestly the pictures are terrible and the screen to view them is so small. My kids used it for awhile and then gave up. I did think about getting them a real digital camera but I also wanted to rubber protection the kids ones have. The
Playskool Showcam 2-in-1 Digital Camera and Projector is exactly what we were looking for!
Give your kids a way to add fun animations, stories and sounds to the pictures they take with the Showcam Digital Camera and Projector! With the flip of a switch they can project their pictures too. The buttons, controls and grips are all kid-sized for easy use, and the editing functions are built in so they don’t need software. Get your little ones creating digitally with the Showcam Digital Camera and Projector!
Features:
- Built for kid play with simple controls, big buttons and kid-sized hand grips
- More than 50 silly effects to customize pics: silly stamps and sounds, instant short stories and fun animations
- Stores up to 1000 photos
- Built-in editing — no software needed
- Easy to save, print and email pictures with a USB cable
- USB cable required (not included)
- 1.75″ large color screen
- Includes digital camera, hand strap and instructions
- Requires 4 AA batteries (not included)
I absolutely love this digital camera for kids. As I said we used a different brand camera for awhile and it was awful, I can’t remember but I don’t think the screen light up as nice and colorful as this one does. Operating the camera is beyond easy, once you add the 4 AA batteries in it which are not included. Just hit the power button and take the pictures. Want to add silly effects? Just hit the smiley face button and then scroll through the list then take the picture. I love that there are only a few buttons the camera and they are big and kid-friendly. You can even turn the “lens” in front, but it does not actually zoom like regular DSLR cameras.
Once your child takes a picture they can then flip a switch and project it onto the wall. Now I did find this works best in a dark room or hallway which is what I did it in. The projected image looks pretty dang good! You can even push a button to have it do a slideshow of your photos with sounds included! This is seriously awesome and I can’t wait for my kids to use over the holidays!
Now there are some grid marks both on the image on the camera and on the projected image which kinda bothered me at first, but once I uploaded the pictures they were gone and honestly the pictures are amazing! Yes these are un-edited pictures right off the Showcam camera. The best part though is there is no software to download! Once you connect the camera to the computer via a USB cord (not included but I have a million laying around) the camera pops up on your computer just like a flash-drive would. You then just copy and paste the pictures wherever you want them. The dimensions of the pictures are 640 x 480, which I think is standard 4×6 size for printing. The pictures might be grainy if you try to print them out too big but a standard 4×6 should be fine.
In addition to the cool and easy to use silly effects, the projector feature, the general ease of use for kids and the easy to upload pictures ability, I love that it can hold about 1,000 photos. Now I feel like 1,000 is a lot now but I am sure my three kids (6, 5, and 2) will fill it up quickly. The ages on this camera say 3-7 and I think that is right on, its easy for younger kids to use, but not so babyish that older kids won’t want to use it. Heck I can’t wait to give silly faces to all of our family members and project it for them!
Overall, I highly recommend this camera. I haven’t had any issues with it and even though there are strange gridlines on the camera when you view the images I am happy they are gone when you look at the pictures on the computer. For a kid-friendly and kid-tough camera, this one is pretty awesome!
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This is indeed awesome! Kids are going to get a kick out of snapping photos and being able to project them on the wall instantly! WOW!