We purchased this for my older son as a gift for when I went into the hospital to deliver his new baby brother. We figured this would be a good way for him to feel like he was also "engaged" with the baby - especially considering everyone was going to be taking pictures of the new arrival. It turned out that due to a nasty flu season, they weren't allowing visitors under 18 into the maternity ward, so my husband had to give it to him at home and he had to wait to take pictures of the baby. No problem - apparently, he occupied himself during that period taking tons of pictures of everything around the house so he could show them to his new brother.
By the time I got home, several days later, he was using it like a pro. It seems to be fairly intuitive as he hasn't had to ask us how to use it and he knows how to turn it on/off, take pictures and navigate to previous ones he's taken. It certainly does seem to live up to it's moniker of being "kid-tough" - let's just say that one of the nicknames we have for my son is "Butterfingers". So far, no signs of damage from being dropped, a few trips to the zoo and the occasional trip down a flight of stairs.
He doesn't use it constantly, but he does enjoy it and feels great about having his own camera. Fearing having to replace batteries constantly, I went out and got some rechargeable ones, but so far, we're still working off the original set. And despite taking copious amounts of pictures of things like the wall or the side of the couch, he hasn't filled up the internal memory (I will admit to surreptitiously deleting some of the less "interesting" pictures, but I've only gotten rid of a few).
Overall, a great purchase and well worth a small investment to save our digital SLR from the hands of Butterfingers...
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