Oci-One Kanubi wrote:
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
--

================================================== ====================
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
================================================== ==================

first of all, im "into" photography so i have a lot of reasons to like
one or another camera.

however, this is digital so theyre all good....but both pentax and
olympus are known for good glass. That being said, just yesterday I
went down to the camera store to get the pentax and then spent 100 more
to get the olympus for the simple reason that it is solid metal and
somewhat shock proof.

my first digital was a really good Fuji which broke 3 months later when
it got bumped. so after that i got a small, solid metal canon which I
have loved ever since.

i love pentax (my K-1000 and all my nice lenses have served me well)
but i think for kayaking it would behoove me to get a more solid
camera....a solid metal body camera in case i drop it. im sure the
pentax is fine though but the Olympus is a good choice for me.