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I wrote a previous post about my sons' birthday gifts and how excited they were to get their own digital cameras. As it turned out, buying a GE digital camera was a huge waste of time & money. After realizing how much the cameras drain batteries, we were able to return those for different cams of better quality. A Samsung & a Polaroid, with plenty of battery-life to spare.
It may be a tad late for presents but dpreview.com has a basic evaluation of various P&Shoots. I like Consumer reports too but their electronics-related reviews tend to be dated.
I should have known not to shop for a camera without checking up on it first. It was the twins' birthday though, and I didn't want to pay too much (everything is "x2") for a camera that would just be a starter. We had to pay a little more for the samsung & polaroid cams, but spent more in batteries for the GE's. Live & learn, I guess.
We, don't have twins but we do have three young daughters that might as well be triplets. Anyways for a Santa gift for two of them we purchased the Canon Powershot A470. ( the third daughter really wanted a doll) We got them for around $85 each on Amazon. They looked to have pretty good reviews for a first time camera. I hope that they will do the trick. I guess we'll see in a few days.
I really wasn't wanting to spend all that much on first time cameras. But we did the cheap camera last year and got one for around $50. I can't right off remember the brand, I think it was a GE and my daughter has been overly disappointed in it. It takes poor pictures and the batteries drained down really fast. I told my hubby if we are going to get cameras for them, we should look at spending a little more to get cameras that hopefully work better.
I told my hubby if we are going to get cameras for them, we should look at spending a little more to get cameras that hopefully work better.
That was my thought upon returning the GE's. The polaroid & samsung were more expensive, though they've only had to replace the batteries over a few days and not a few hours. I am giving thought to purchasing the powershot for another child, so please let me know how well they work.
That was my thought upon returning the GE's. The polaroid & samsung were more expensive, though they've only had to replace the batteries over a few days and not a few hours. I am giving thought to purchasing the powershot for another child, so please let me know how well they work.
Will Do!!
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It was the twins' birthday though, and I didn't want to pay too much (everything is "x2") for a camera that would just be a starter. We had to pay a little more for the samsung & polaroid cams, but spent more in batteries for the GE's. Live & learn, I guess.
