I own a Canon A1. It's something like the yellow Minolta waterproofs, a camera for those of us who snorkel and paddle and really get a camera wet. The Pentax is a zoom camera and is water-resistant. The Canon is watertight. It's great for underwater fish photos while snorkeling, and does a fine job above the surface. The color and optical quality are just fine for any fixed focal length camera work. The camera is autofocus, has a built-in flash, and a primative close-up capability. I use it for no-brainer photographs when I don't want to dig out the 3 pound SLR/telephoto combination, and for all my paddling trips. I lost a camcorder last spring going through the San Juan rapids on the American River. Piddly rapids, but the canoe took in 2" of water, and the camera case ended up floating in the bottom of the canoe. I don't have to worry about that with the Canon. Darrell Lee Alameda, CA snorkler_at_juno.com On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:15:43 -0400 "Ulli Hoeger" <uhoeger_at_is.dal.ca> writes: > Hi, > > I am looking for a waterproof camera. From previous postings I > know all the good things fellow PWisers posted about the Pentax > camera which is a bit more water resistant than advertised -forgot > the model name. Anybody out there with some hand on > experience with the Canon Sure shot A1? I would be interested in > learning about its image quality, waterproofness, durability . I > could get one for CAN$ 200, what is considerably less than the > Pentax would cost me, and since it is camera no. 4 in my > collection I think I could live with the fixed 35mm lens -if the > image > quality is OK. > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 17 2001 - 20:35:49 PST
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