Bill Tuthill wrote:
Wilko wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with this camera for boating purposes?
I'm especially curious about the quality of whitewater action pictures
in typical boating (i.e. less than optimal) lighting conditions.

Sorry no, several of my friends own the Pentax Optio WPi and are
generally happy with it, although they all say it's not one of the
best digicams, although it is waterproof.

Yeah, I also know a few boaters who have one or who have the predecessor
(the Optio WP), and at first I thought about getting one, but then I
heard their negative experiences. So that one's off of my list of
possibilities.

Other friends have a regular digicam inside a waterproof case.
This might produce better results, especially when you remove camera
from case and use it in landlubber mode. But cases are costly.

Yeah, that's not what I had in mind. The Olympus with two 1GB cards and
an extra battery pack costs about 500 Euro here. I already think that's
a lot of money, and I definately don't want to spend more.

I was hoping to find some relevant info at Bill Tuthill's old
comparison site (http://creekin.net/cameras.htm ), but I found that the
domain was taken over by some company.

Yes, I sold that domain name and moved content to cacreeks.com
so try http://cacreeks.com/cameras.htm instead.

Thanks Bill, I'll change the links!

The Pentax WPi and Olympus 730 SW look similar except the Olympus
has more megapixels.

That's what I thought at first, but now I'm not so sure any more.
Besides the depth and impact resistance, I also like the lens-protection
on the Olympus, and it looks like it doesn't eat batteries as badly as
the Pentax.

I just got an email from a lady on BT who has bought one. She will send
me some pictures and tell me more. I'm curious to hear about her
experiences and see those pictures.

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