The Pentax WR 90 may only be rated as water resistant however the company told me, when I explained that I wanted to strap it to the kayak deck, that it will withstand 1 meter of depth - sufficient to roll. I have dropped the beast in the water (salt & the other kind) washed it off and lost the detachable, infrared shutter release/zoom control in 12' of fresh water at Isle Royale where it was retrieved by a ranger/diver. The thing still works and is now owned by my daughter who is in the Navy. It had capability to do close work in almost macro (1:4) I believe. SLR's are, of course, better though a friend just ruined his Nikon on the Outer Banks of NC during our September trip. My Nikon stays in an EWA-Marine bag or it stays home! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Nov 20 1998 - 14:52:17 PST
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