Tough camera for 5 year old

SparkyG

I want to buy my 5 y/o granddaughter a camera of her own as she is very keen on photography, and I have my heart in my mouth when she runs around with my Sony Cybershot!:eek: She does take some great pics though.

I have discounted the Fisher Price and V tech 'toy' cameras as being too low spec and having read some bad user reviews.

I've been looking at this one which is available from Amazon for £73.24. I don't really want to spend more than £100.

All other suggestions welcome, or experience of young children using digital cameras.

Thanks in advance for any replies:D

pandora205

That looks fun!

If you were thinking about a child friendly camcorder for a similar amount, look at this thread I posted. There are some great easy to use camcorders:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1050623&highlight=creative+vado

I bought a Creative Vado in the end though I'm using for my own use at the moment rather than with children (which was my original plan).

markelock

ALDI have got one. it's less than £100 but sadly that's all I can remember.

gaming_guy

what about one of the cheap vivitar cameras?

you can get them for around £30 or over. they have good picture quality for the price, but dont expect them to have similar features to a more expensive compact such as your cybershot.

samhale

Surely a second hand one from say eBay - 4 megapixles... going for about £20-25 should suffice?

Networkguy

We found another option.

We bought a £40 camera from Argos and then took out the £15 3 year warranty that covers accidental damage.

It's doesn't stop the camera getting broken but we don't need to worry anymore.