Re: [Paddlewise] Minolta Vectis, sea&sea MX10

Thanks, Rob for the info. Larry and I are looking for both on the water and on
the land cameras, the Minlota Vectis appears to be the on the water camera for
the action shots. With any luck we will be in some serious stuff that only a
simple operational camera will catch the moment.


Arthur


www.lacostadelgolfo.com 


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  To: seacajun_at_gs.net 


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  Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:35 PM


  Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Minolta Vectis, sea&sea MX10








  Arthur,





  I often use the Minolt Vectis Weathermatic. It is waterproof to 33 feet,
very sturdy and shoots fairly good photos in the APS format. It is not the
kind of quality I get from my Canon EOS but it is an on the water camera that
comes with a bracket that I mount to my shoulder strap on my pfd. It is best
with 200 ISO film. The telephoto is very short and as such is really only
useful for preshot editing. Be advised: any point and shoot, with the
exception of Leica and Contax, are too slow to provide any lens speed worthy
of the long telephoto's some of them are equipped with. Read the specs and see
what the speed is at the outer limits of extension and you'll see what I'm
talking about.





  Cheers,





  Rob G









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