A:AnswerI’d say definitely not. My daughter is 8 and has trouble. (And I’m a professional photographer, so she knows a thing or two) You have to look in the viewfinder and it has to be angled down a certain way or the resulting image shows a ton of area above the subject. It also produces very dark and underexposed images taken indoors if there’s not a ton of light (even with using the booster setting!)
A:AnswerNot sure of the shelf life but I know some people who have used the camera (older model with same process) at wedding receptions and other parties and used the pics for a minnie album which still looked good after a year.
A:AnswerI should work with any brand new batteries. I have being having problems with batteries from Costco is like they are already dead. Maybe that’s the case?