My pillion's trusty old Kodak C533 is starting to act up. It wasn't an expensive camera and has been used and abused over the past several years quite extensively, producing a lot of memorable shots. It doesn't owe us a thing. But it's time to upgrade and the choices are many.
Ideally the new camera should have the following desired features:
Rugged
Waterproof
Long battery life
Fast power on
Use SD cards for image storage
Rechargeable / swappable batteries
Image stabilization would be nice
Glove friendly controls would be good also
Cheap as possible in case it does any pavement surfing
Resolution doesn't seem to be much of an issue.
The old Kodak was only 5MP, and it took perfectly adequate shots. Besides, can you even buy less than a 5MP anymore?
Point and shoot will be the sole modus operandi, so fancy SLRs are out of the question ($), even if there was one that would meet the above criteria.
It seems that the reviews that I read about "waterproof" models are very mixed. Some reviewers claim the photo quality is inferior (To what, I wonder? Would I even notice?) And some bad reviews are that the camera wasn't as waterproof as claimed, but those are mostly people trying to go underwater with them. We'll only be concerned with rain.
Recommendations?
[edit] looking at a Pentax Optio WG-1. Anyone know anything about those?
Ideally the new camera should have the following desired features:
Rugged
Waterproof
Long battery life
Fast power on
Use SD cards for image storage
Rechargeable / swappable batteries
Image stabilization would be nice
Glove friendly controls would be good also
Cheap as possible in case it does any pavement surfing
Resolution doesn't seem to be much of an issue.
The old Kodak was only 5MP, and it took perfectly adequate shots. Besides, can you even buy less than a 5MP anymore?
Point and shoot will be the sole modus operandi, so fancy SLRs are out of the question ($), even if there was one that would meet the above criteria.
It seems that the reviews that I read about "waterproof" models are very mixed. Some reviewers claim the photo quality is inferior (To what, I wonder? Would I even notice?) And some bad reviews are that the camera wasn't as waterproof as claimed, but those are mostly people trying to go underwater with them. We'll only be concerned with rain.
Recommendations?
[edit] looking at a Pentax Optio WG-1. Anyone know anything about those?
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