Its heftier design even won favor with the Mountfort boys, making it the overall critics' choice.

CNN: Pint-Sized Pixel Play

The Mountfort boys are at the young end of the recommended age range for children's digital cameras, but their photo-friendly upbringing more than makes up for their shortness of tooth.

CNN: Pint-Sized Pixel Play

With this in mind, we recruited a crack team of reviewers (that is, Asiaweek Picture Editor Rob Mountfort's sons Kai, 6, and Niko, 4) to test-drive a few of the latest lower-end offerings: the Che-ez!

CNN: Pint-Sized Pixel Play