Child friendly camcorders - does anyone know of any?

pandora205

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

hope this helps

pandora205

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.