This camera is very durable and seems to be easy to use for a 3 year old. My daughter has fun taking photos with it. However, do not plan on using this camera to print pictures. The image quality is absolutely terrible. The display on the camera is even worse. I was hoping to have my daughter take pictures with it and maybe get one or two pictures that we could print and show as her first attempts. However, we have made this just a simple toy instead of a usable camera for pictures. Expensive toy camera. I would have paid a little more for one that had any quality of picture that matches the technological age :)

Bottom line - if you want a toy that acts like a camera and that is durable, then this should suit your needs, if you want a camera you can use to print photos, by a new state of the art camera for your family and give your older one to your 3 year old.

I bought this for my grandson (age 4). He likes it, but he did have a hard time figuring out how to use it at first. Once he got the hang of it, though, he took lots and lots of pictures of the ground, our feet, the backs of seats in the car, etc. But he loved taking pictures because everyone else was taking pictures with their cameras! It has taken many falls and still keeps on going!

Issues - 1) He loves the noise it makes when it deletes the pictures a little too much, though, because he then wants to continue deleting pictures just because of the noise. You should be able to turn this noise off. 2) It is bulky and heavy for a child to carry around. 3) The pictures it takes are horrible. You can barely tell what it is a picture of - there has got to be a way to improve the picture quality. 4) It uses a lot of batteries.

Overall it doesn't matter about the little things, because my 4-year-old grandson is happy with the camera and the pictures!

The camera is reported to be a great gift. However, I ordered it with expedited shipping and was promised it on December 24th and it came on December 26th instead of the 24th. I did select a vendor in the same state as the recipient to insure its arrival. I guess the vendor's agenda is not my agenda. Too bad.

The point about the Kid-Tough digital camera is that it is kid-tough. And it really is. If this core feature is not required I recommend rather buying an older version of a traditional digital camera for about the same price.

The quality of the Kid-Tough camera is fair to say the best. It is comparable with a really cheap Web cam. Nothing even close to an old 2MP Canon camera from 2000. The flash is quiet useless because if the object is further away than 5 feet, the flash does not reach and the picture is black, and if it is too close then the whole picture is white. In addition, the flash only works with brand new batteries and switches off as the batteries become weaker. It also switches off when you use rechargeable batteries and those are drained to like 70% capacity, which happens with rechargeables by simple self-discharge after a few days. Usable pictures are only possible with good light conditions. The camera also has an issue with white balance. If there is a bright object in the picture such as a white sweater or a window, parts of the picture will become a big white spot. The camera has a normal and high resolution mode. You switch the camera permanently from one to the other. I recommend the high resolution mode when using extra flash memory.

Fisherprice mentioned that you cannot use the camera with rechargeable batteries, but besides the flash issue, it appears to work fine with more modern NiMh or older NiCa batteries alike. I recommend NiMh with low self-discharge such as the Sanyo Eneloop batteries. The camera takes a SD card of up to 1GB space. When connected via a USB port, the camera makes the SD cards available to the computer like a memory stick. The built-in 8MB flash is then not available anymore. You need your own photo software or use the software, your OS ships with. A big plus is the very easy user interface. One button for on/off, one for delete, two buttons for forward and backward view of pictures on the card and one to take the picture. It takes two strokes to delete a picture, but very tempting for young kids.

Summary: If you are looking for a digital camera for a very young child, this is the one for you. Kid-tough! If you have an older child, then better look into older versions of the big brands. But note, that standard digital cameras do not take much abuse, which is the reason why we bought this camera besides its shortcomings.

Our 5 year old son absolutely loves this camera! I really like that it is very simple to use without a lot of unnecessary features. This keeps the frustration level to a minimum and is very empowering for my son. Specifically, I like that it automatically turns off after a few minutes, that it is easy (but not too easy) to delete pictures and that there aren't the usual and annoying loud noises or "music" that seem to be part of every child's toy these days. I also would have never purchased this if I thought it couldn't stand up to some tough treatment. That was definitely the selling point for me. Considering all this, I don't mind that the picture quality isn't that of a really expensive adult camera. We keep the camera at the higher resolution setting and find it to be just fine. We were initially hesitant to purchase this camera after reading that the picture quality isn't good, but I find it to be perfectly appropriate for a child's camera. Overall, I would highly recommend this as a first camera for any child.