Fisher price type digital camera as present for my mother. Suggestions ?

Folks,

I am looking to by a very easy to use digital camera for my mother. I want
it to use a CF card or similiar and connect via USB cable or docking station
to PC. Not too expensive 2-3 mega pixel would be fine.

Do fisher price actually make cameras

Joe

 

Kodak made a range of cameras that connect to the PC via a docking
station and can transfer pictures using a "share" button

 

If you go with Kodak, back up your system before you install their Easy
Share software. It's really invasive and doesn't uninstall cleanly. And,
if it doesn't work for you, know that Kodak support isn't very supportive.
I had a horrible time with it on one of my Win 98sp1 systems and their
response was to tell me that there was a problem with some conflict on my
system. Period. Works like a charm on another Win 98sp1 system, though.

 

It'd be easier, faster and a lot less of a pain to just get a card
reader and skip their software entirely. I've had the Kodak
CX-4230 for going on a year now and I love it.

 

A very easy to use camera?

Go with a Sony Mavica. It stores on floppy discs, no cables needed, the
pictures are already in JPG format. (Other than the price), it couldn't be
easier to use. 1.44 mg floppies are very easy media, sturdy, and found
everywhere.

Nothing against Kodak, but cables, software and such are not exactly
Fisher-Price.

I have many, but use an MVC-FD73 the most....... Digital zoom is cool,
you could read a license plate from 2 blocks away!

Mike in Houston

 

Do they even make the floppy camera anymore? I thought
they switched them all over to the CD version.

All she'd need is someone to install a card reader, then
she could use whatever she wants to view or move them
off the card.

Digital zoom is pure CRAP.