Read the owners manual? Silly question, but one probably
should....................Do make sure you reset the digital zoom default
though.

Dashboard recharge, maybe as an accessory as didn't come with one.

It was a gift so don't know what the 128 sd card runs. This week Staples
has the 1GB on sale for $30 after "easy rebate", but I like the fact that
the 128 card and battery last about the same.

Carol

"Oci-One Kanubi" wrote in message
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Carol, Thanks for the note.

This Pentax Optio 10 sounds like a good camera (I just hope that it
doesn't have so many features that it requires an advanced degree to
operate), and the price is equivalent to the 35mm waterproof zoom
point-and-shoot cameras I used to use.

If I can just walk into Best Buy or Circuit City, plunk down my cash,
and take one away, I will.

Will I need to spend a week memorizing the operator's manual?

Is there a dashboard-connection battery recharger available?

How much is a "128 card"? I could expect to shoot several hundred
shots between access to drugstores that have equipment to burn CDs for
me.


-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
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krueger wrote:
Have an Pentax OptioWPI waterproof/resistant (haven't swam with it yet)
that
works ok and fits nicely between me and my pfd. My Olympus 740 -
10optic
zoom -with housing is MUCH better but is pricey and cumbersome. The
Optio
is 3 optic zoom and is an ok "snap shot" camera. Have found that on
default
resolution settings, the battery will last for a 128 card with no
movies/audio/flash, 100 pictures at 2816 X 2112. Unlike the 740 you're
stuck
with their rechargeable battery at @ $60 each. I found that I had to
reset
all the factory stuff, i.e. digital zoom to optic, turn off auto flash on
every shot, and all the noise affects. Also discovered that the majority
of
the info on the screen is too small to read with my "older" eyes without
my
reading glasses. Good luck and happy paddling.

Carol Krueger

"Oci-One Kanubi" wrote in message
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Yup, it gets asked six times a year, but until my ol' Minolta
Weathermatic 85 broke down I never paid any attention to the replies.

I'm leaving Friday for three weeks of boating in the Rockies, and I
need a new water-resistant camera; digital with a lotta memory because
we'll be driving hard and sleeping (and cooking) in National Forests so
I don't know how often I'll get to a place that can download to CD for
me [1]. This will be for on-river fotos, and must survive the
occasional full immersion.

Since te only opportunity I will have to shop will be Thursday evening
after work, I need a reliable water-resistant digital camera with a
good zoom that I can get in Best Buy or Circuit City. OK, if I really
must I'll compromise and go to Walmart for the first time in five or
six years. I need to know what I want so I can just walk in and ask
for it; I really, really don't have time to shop around (the good news
is that groceries are bought, the truck is loaded, and I'm all ready in
almost all other respects!)

[1] I'll also need suggestions about places in Colorado, Wyoming, and
Montana that will download from the camera to a CD. Drugstores?
Libraries? Internet cafes?


-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
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Richard Hopley Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Nothing really matters except Boats, Sex, and Rock'n'Roll
rhopley[at]earthlink[dot]net
OK, OK; computer programming for scientific research also matters
rhopley[at]wfubmc[dot]edu
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