Looking for some recommendations for waterproof digital cameras

[James3shin]

I'm looking for a digital camera to take on my fishing trips. I fish the surf, and rivers primarily and am looking for durability and compact, but who isn't? I do wade in the water a lot and traverse some rocky terrain, any suggestions for me to take pictures of my Striped Bass and Rainbow Trout?

 

[Ballatician]

Please refer to this thread.

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[soydios]

I brought my Olympus 1030SW on a recent river rafting trip. It worked just fine. It's a compact camera with the image quality issues that go along with that, but the waterproofing worked 100%.

Iff you get one:
Don't touch the lens or try to clean water from it. It seems to have a water-repelling coating, so when you turn the camera on and off to actuate the lens cover, the water will be removed.
Buy the $12 float strap. You use a float bob with your boat keys for the same reason: the camera will sink otherwise. The float strap isn't that big but has plenty of buoyancy for the camera, and has a loop for carabiner clips. Tip if you're wearing a life jacket: clip the top buckle of the life jacket through the camera float strap. That way the camera will always be hanging ready and right in front of you.

 

[luv2liv]

thanks for the advice! that Olympus looks tempting. i just wish it uses SD cards!

 

[soydios]

Originally posted by: luv2liv
thanks for the advice! that Olympus looks tempting. i just wish it uses SD cards!

It uses MicroSD as well. It's what I've got in mine.

 

[luv2liv]

hey, i just got the Olympus stylus 1050sw from newegg for $230.
thanks for the suggestion!!! it is awesome! n with a micro 2gb sd card. not sure if this handles 4gb sdhc though...