On Jul 15, 2:57 pm, "Steve P" wrote:
Can't wait to see 'em. Great idea on the trip reports BTW. Where's everybody
else's?

My daughter has a Nikon D80 that I worry about more than she does when she
brings it out in the boat. I have a Canon A60 that is crapping out and I'm
thinking about getting a replacement. Someone on another board mentioned
waterproof cameras like this one...

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07022103pentaxw30.asp

At $250 it is very attractive as a boat-safe camera. Anyone have opinions or
advice on this or other models to look at?


I had bought my wife a couple of the preceding years' versions of this
Pentax waterproof model and they both ended up not working. I am
intrigued though that the description talks a lot about improved
waterproofness, I guess they realized they had some room for
improvement. For my wife's next digital waterproof (I pretty much
have to provide her with a working one in order to motivate her to
come on waverunner cruises with me!) I have been looking at the
SeaLife ecoShot SL321 model which is very compact and has some good
user feedback on Amazon.

richforman