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A good camera for river running

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:06 pm
by Seanie
I'm looking for a digital camera for paddling, thats water proof, can fit in a buoyancy aid easily and isn't going to cost too much.

Any suggestions?

Re: A good camera for river running

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:22 pm
by tiernan
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_secti ... oduct=1225

a mate of mine has this one. rapid fire, fairly simple to use, and would deffo fit in a BA (size of a deck of cards)! plus all the basic requirements and 7.1megapix!

Re: A good camera for river running

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:30 pm
by tiernan
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_secti ... oduct=1287

this is the more advanced version i think (can go deeper and whats not)

Re: A good camera for river running

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:34 am
by rlynch
I've heard good things about Olympus and Pentax for waterproof cameras alright.

Re: A good camera for river running

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:09 pm
by bowsie
Get one on ebay for €190, looks good


http://cgi.ebay.ie/NEW-OLYMPUS-Stylus-M ... dZViewItem

Re: A good camera for river running

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:17 am
by Seanie
Jesus Bowsie, you're after going ebay mad, we're going to have to take that credit card form you asap!! :D

Re: A good camera for river running

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:33 am
by bowsie
Check out the pentax optio w30.

Not as robust as the olympus but seems to have better picture quality and better video capabilty

Also available on ebay

Re: A good camera for river running

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:49 am
by jimfinn
Just returned from a 5 day run on the Salmon Main in Idaho here in the US. Used the Olympus 770SW and got some great pics,,even some video and sound snippets.