What Digital Camera ...???

dwr888 · Joined: 24 Apr 2000 Posts: 17

Looking for some guidance in which waterproof digital camera to get. We are looking for a Pocket Point & Shoot that repels water, sand (hopefully) and other nasty stuff.

I have seen the Olympus Tuff and the Go Pro video .. I was wondering what what was out there and if anyone else had some guidance for me.

Many Thanks
Dale (dwr888)

FredFX · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject:

camera or camcorder?

bobgatpdx1 · Joined: 13 Oct 2002 Posts: 385

new Sanyo HD waterproof camcorder ... coming this spring

These will be really slick for filming those epic sessions.
The waterproof model is the DMX-CA9.
The recording format is 720p (1280 x 720) compressed into H.264 format (same as iPod videos but higher resolution).
Has a 5x zoom.

http://www.sanyo.com/news/2009/01/21-1en.html

They also have an SD version - DMX-E2.
bobg

icesailing · Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 172

walmart has a digital
camera inclosed in a waterproof pastic shell- $80.00

FredFX

braden · Joined: 12 Jun 1987 Posts: 73 Location: Providence RI

I got the olympus 720SW point and shoot camera
SW for shockproof and waterproof

It is definitely waterproof, but not a very good camera.
noticeable shutter delay
very noisy even at iso 400

the new model, I think it's the 770, may be better

Wind-NC.com · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:42 am Post subject:

I have the Olympus SW series, although I noticed on their website that they only offer 1 waterproof camera next year. I've been pretty impressed with the quality of pictures and video for such a small little hand held thing.

My latest video effort can be seen here, shot entirely on the olympus. And if you click around and hit up some of the other posts on the blog you can get an idea for photo quality. Any uncredited, or Anne credited photo was probably shot with the Olympus.

Two thumbs up on the Olympus, from me!

fanaticultrahawk · Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 54

I have the sw 1030 its 10.1 mega pixels and takes great photos.
I have used it for windsurfing, snorkeling, surfing, in dusty areas, skiing etc. It always gets knocked around keeps going. (just make sure to keep gaskets clean and only open in safe enviroment)
i bought for 400$ last june, saw it for sale at circuit city underliquidation for 250$. I am still hapy with what I paid despite the huge drop in price.

only cons
heavy for a point and shoot and slow shutter lag in between pictures.