Slightly OT - Waterproof Digital Camera

dino said:

Basically looking for recommendations. I want something fairly basic
that I can take into the hills and not be paranoid about taking it out
in the rain.

I'm not a hot-shot photographer so I don't need anything fancy. At the
minute I have a 3 year old Nikon Coolpix (similar to the url below) so
something along those lines with waterproofing would be perfect.

Online recommendations would be an added bonus

Coolpix on Amazon.co.uk: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ys5ec5

How about a waterproof camera case? I've got an Ortlieb case for my
Coolpix 995. I've walked all day in the rain with it and the camera
remained dry.

Jim Ford

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Quoted message said:

Basically looking for recommendations. I want something fairly basic
that I can take into the hills and not be paranoid about taking it out
in the rain.

I'm not a hot-shot photographer so I don't need anything fancy. At the
minute I have a 3 year old Nikon Coolpix (similar to the url below) so
something along those lines with waterproofing would be perfect.

Morgan Computers have this: Olympus FE-140 - 6.0 Megapixel Camera for 70
quid. Waterproof to 3m claimed, although personally I don't think I'd
test it! There are also several other Fuji & Nikon compacts for under
100 quid.

http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/default.asp

http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/29_FE-140.htm

Review here:

http://www.cameras.co.uk/camera-reviews/olympus-fe-140.cfm

Regards,
--
Neil Pugh

dino said:

Basically looking for recommendations. I want something fairly basic
that I can take into the hills and not be paranoid about taking it out
in the rain.

I'm not a hot-shot photographer so I don't need anything fancy. At the
minute I have a 3 year old Nikon Coolpix (similar to the url below) so
something along those lines with waterproofing would be perfect.

I have an Olymppus Mju 725 SW (now replaced by the 770 SW?) which is
completely waterproof (I've taken underwater video with it) so it should
manage the rain, and they say it's shockproof foor being dropped 1.5 m
(haven't tested that, don't intend to!). It's also very small and light
so hangs off a shoulder harness D-ring without getting in the way.

Not the cheapest around, you do pay for that waterproofing. Only other
downside is there's no viewfinder, you have to work off the screen which
can be a bit of a fiddle in bright sun.

Been very pleased with mine, in my position as a fellow "not hot-shot
photographer".

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Peter Clinch said:

dino said:

Basically looking for recommendations. I want something fairly basic
that I can take into the hills and not be paranoid about taking it out
in the rain.

I'm not a hot-shot photographer so I don't need anything fancy. At the
minute I have a 3 year old Nikon Coolpix (similar to the url below) so
something along those lines with waterproofing would be perfect.

I have an Olymppus Mju 725 SW (now replaced by the 770 SW?) which is
completely waterproof (I've taken underwater video with it) so it should
manage the rain, and they say it's shockproof foor being dropped 1.5 m
(haven't tested that, don't intend to!). It's also very small and light
so hangs off a shoulder harness D-ring without getting in the way.

Even the non-waterproof Olympus mju cameras are weatherproof ... every
opening has little rubber seals around the edge and I can attest that
they can certainly easily withstand a good soaking if kept in a not so
waterproof camera case on a very wet day and still work. I have the mju
500 which I believe is now obsolete, but there are newer models in the
range now which have a pretty good optical zoom (5x, 36 - 180mm (35mm
equiv)) and also image stabilisation. The one I have my eye on is the
mju 780.

Alun Saunders