I bougt a vivitar camera at toys r us today as a b-day present for matt's neices, i wanted to play around with it so i took a few pics and thought id share my thoughts in case anyone is thinking of getting a kids camera.

The camer is a Vivitar ViviCam 5022 (they also have it in red and its on sale only thru today for 29.99 reg. price 49.99)  -- i dont think i would have parted with the 49.99 after dinking around with it but i think the girls will be happy with it anyhow.  i did purchase an additional warranty on them for 5.99 which covers accidental damage for 15 months, i thought this was well worth it!  

so here are my thoughts:

Positives:

• feels light yet sturdy like it could be dropped a mess of times and not suffer.  
• good price
• easy to use
• takes fairly decent pictures
• takes pictures quickly 
• comes with a cd for software installation, usb cord and a little hand held cord to attach.
• good size screen for viewing 

Negatives:

• picture quality seemed better in outdoor light than indoor.  and with pictures far away vs. up close. 
• takes 3 triple AAA batteries, i dont know how fast those will go but id say kids with tend to leave them on and i dont think there is an automatic shut off?  -- no manual included?  could probably find it online, have to check.  
• you have to buy an SD card in order to take any pictures.  
• i didnt post about 3 of the pictures i took because i must have took them to quickly without holding the button down or moving to fast?  -- those turned out blurry.  hopefully the girls can figure out how to avoid that after using them a bit.