Camera for the kids

Your budget is going to determine a which cameras to get - within any price bracket the features tend to be quite similar between brands. I have grandkids around the same age as your children, and as a professional photographer, I love the way they have taken to their cameras. I did not get them the same cameras - they are individuals and I wanted to try to match their cameras to their interests, knowing that they would change, expecting them to outgrow the cameras, but wanting them to have some idea about using the cameras their way, not just relying on the cameras to "take the picture". So, although the cameras are basically point and shoot, I looked for features which set them apart a little, and ignored some features which are sold as "must haves" because they don't do much except put the emphasis on the camera instead of on the photographer. My list of haves and don't needs: Want more optical zoom (most basic cams have 3x - try for at least 5x) Don't want Digital Zoom (it fakes zoom but spoils picture quality) Want eye level viewfinder (very hard to get any more) but will settle for hi-res screen (must be more than 200K dpi) Don't want low resolution screen or screen smaller than 2.7" Want higher burst mode (3 frames per second or faster) Don't want shutter lag and slow start-up time (shutter lag is the time between pressing the shutter and the camera taking the photo) Want LiOn battery and a spare Don't want AA, rechargeable or not Want good lens (Canon, Lumix/Leica, Pentax, Nikon Don't want unknown brand Want PASM control (these are the basic semi-automatic and manual controls that let kids learn to control the camera Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual - they don't have to use them , but if they are there, they can learn) Don't want dozens and dozens of subject modes (food, baby, beach, sunset etc) Do Want exposure compensation, flash compensation [i]Don't want a flash you can't turn off [/i] Do Want Manual Focus Don't want smile recognition

Maybe this link good for you: www.zdnet.com/blog/digitalcameras/the-best-digital-camera-for-kids-or-how-to-keep-grubby-hands-off-your-camera/314 Hope you could buy good gift for your child :)

Well you can check this link this may give you a hint... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0025VKVOC?ie=UTF8&tag=havedbest-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B0025VKVOC