Child friendly camcorders - does anyone know of any?

pandora205 · 23 July 2008 at 5:37PM

Hi
I'm thinking of using camcorders for a project I'm doing. This will involve quite young children 5-7+ year olds taking videos of activities out of school, so I need something cheap and robust for them to use. I heard about Digiblue cameras on a course recently but couldn't find the ones they meant (about £70 very simple point and shoot).

Any ideas please?

purplepurple · 23 July 2008 at 5:52PM

We've just recently bought a Panasonic VDR-D100 from Tesco (about £150) for my daughter who's 8... it's really easy to use and thanks to her younger brother, has been dropped more than once and is still working fine. It's quite robust and records straight onto discs.

thomas01155 · 23 July 2008 at 5:58PM

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CLICK-CAMERA/dp/B001628864/ref=pd_sbs_k_h_b_cs_1 i think it might have a record option.

isofa · 23 July 2008 at 6:03PM

The Creative Vado is getting rave reviews for a simply point and shoot digi-camcorder, very simple to use but only 640x480 output, recently tested on the Gadget Show, it's under £80.

pandora205 · 23 July 2008 at 6:50PM

Thanks for the suggestions though still not quite what I'm looking for. There are some camcorders that have been made especially for young children - they can be dropped etc and have about two buttons.

nickj_2 · 23 July 2008 at 7:37PM

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/221234/?camp_id=ppc_google_products_flip_video
this one has very good reviews , it only has one button to deal with and is under £100

isofa · 23 July 2008 at 9:04PM

nickj wrote: »

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/221234/?camp_id=ppc_google_products_flip_video
this one has very good reviews , it only has one button to deal with and is under £100

That's the one! I thought this was the one I posted about earlier, re the gadget show, but I'd obviously got the wrong link. This is the one they were talking about on TV the other night, very simple to use, idiot proof etc, as per nickj's post.

Correct link to Flip video camera on the gadget show: http://gadgetshow.five.tv/jsp/5gsmain.jsp?lnk=401&featureid=874&show=s9e7&section=Features

purplepurple · 24 July 2008 at 6:31AM

How about.... http://www.amazon.co.uk/iVideo-Colour-Digital-Video-Camera/dp/B000AXUOZ8/ref=pd_sbs_ce?ie=UTF8&qid=1216877261&sr=8-44

or.....http://www.amazon.co.uk/Childrens-Digital-Camera-Movie-Video/dp/B0019R7W6I/ref=sr_1_44?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1216877261&sr=8-44

both look robust and cheap!

pandora205 · 28 July 2008 at 6:57PM

Wow - better and better! Now decided that I want a Video Flip for me though can't decide whether to go for the Video Flip Mino which has a zoom and seems to be completely rechargeable.

The Creative Vado seems to be the other that people like.

Anyone used any of these (Video Flip Ultra, Video Flip Mino or Creative Vado?)

nickj_2 · 28 July 2008 at 7:41PM

no , but here's a review
https://www.webuser.co.uk/products/Flip_Ultra_review_4579-58.html

hope this helps

pandora205 · 28 July 2008 at 9:05PM

Just what I want I think (though not even thinking about my project... I'm being selfish and looking forward to my holiday pics!) It looks great for someone who is hopeless with technology like me, or even for those who just want a quick pocket camcorder.

I'm going to go for it - and I can use Quidco for Play.com I think too.

Child friendly camcorders - does anyone know of any?

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