Well are you interested in conventional or digital cameras? Also decide if you want a water resistant or water proof camera. For a water proof camera you might consider a Canon A-1 or the Minolta weathermatic. I have taken my weathermatic scuba diving with no problems. For high end users there is always Nikonas, but they are extremely expensive. A great camera that you might be able to find used is the Nikon Action Touch. Unfortunately I don't believe they make them anymore but you can find a used one on the web. Now a nice water resistant camera (takes splashing but not dunking) you might look at the Pentax zoom 105. The lens goes from 38-105 so it is a pretty good zoom. I have now opted for a digital camera and I have a photo quality printer (Epson 870). Kodak makes a water resistant model (splash proof) the Kodak DC -5000 it will run you about $500 (USD). Some of the other digital manufacturers make waterproof cases for their cameras. I like digital because I can share photos on the web, manipulate the photos with software to make personal cards etc. The Epson printer is incredible (around $225), most folks can't tell the Epson from a photo lab. If you want to print photos larger than 8.5 x 11 then look for a camera with greater than 2 megapixels. If most of your photos are snaps you can do with less pixels 1 to 2 mega pixels. I have a 64mb media card in my camera and I can take about 750 photos in the lower quality and about 120 in higher quality. I opted for Olympus (2.1 megapixels) which is not water resistant. I posted some of my seakayak photos on webshots to share with other members of our group. These are nothing fancy, but they were all taken with a digital camera. I like digital because you can share them, well...with the world! Your friends and family can download them much easier than passing photos around. http://community.webshots.com/album/10100406OmLdQjIrbo and you can't beat the price...free. website: http://members.home.net/mzuschlag *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Apr 12 2001 - 23:11:44 PDT
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