[Paddlewise] Waterproof digital cameras

thanks to you who have responded so quickly, now here's a little twist.
It's beginning to look like the best way to go is to get a good digital
camera that has its own hardshell (uh-oh, are we going to go there...?)
plastic water proof case.  Has anyone out there used these cases very
extensively?  Here on Texas Gulf coast, it can get mighty hot during the
summer, and a camera in a clear plastic case just might cook in direct
sunlight.  Alternatives for that of course are that I could stuff it under
my pfd or maybe under bungie cords on the deck with an opaque cover  if it's
not too windy and wavey (technical terminology).  How big does this camera
plus case get to be?  I'm not a really big person and I don't want something
the size of even my small pelican case stuffed inside my pfd...  Gee, maybe
I should go the other direction and get a really BIG camera case to use it
for a paddle float.

Natalie Wiest
Galveston TX

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