El-Cheapo Digital Camera Recommendation?
 

Clumsy ******* that I am, I refuse to take my wife's
god-awful-expensive digital camera out on one of my fishing
expeditions.

Can anyone recommend an inexpensive (like under $120) digital camera I
could buy just to stick in my vest and not freak out if I dropped it
into the river?

Thanks.

Charles Crolley wrote in
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Clumsy ******* that I am, I refuse to take my wife's
god-awful-expensive digital camera out on one of my fishing
expeditions.

Can anyone recommend an inexpensive (like under $120) digital camera I
could buy just to stick in my vest and not freak out if I dropped it
into the river?

Thanks.


I find the Nikon Coolpix 2100 or 2200 just the ticket for that sort of
thing, small, pocket-friendly and it takes great pictures. I got both of
mine on Ebay, one for under a hundred bucks, the other about $110. I bought
a waterproof bag for about 25 bucks as further insurance against my
penchant for taking a dip now and then. You could do worse for the money.

Frank the Elder

I'm eyeing the Pentax Optio WP. $350 and waterproof for up to 30 minutes
of submersion. Maybe ...

Mu

On Wed, 4 May 2005, Charles Crolley wrote:

Clumsy ******* that I am, I refuse to take my wife's
god-awful-expensive digital camera out on one of my fishing
expeditions.

Can anyone recommend an inexpensive (like under $120) digital camera I
could buy just to stick in my vest and not freak out if I dropped it
into the river?

Thanks.


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Mu Young Lee wrote:
I'm eyeing the Pentax Optio WP. $350 and waterproof for up to 30
minutes of submersion. Maybe ...

I would have bought one of those if it didn't require a nonstandard battery.

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rw wrote:

Mu Young Lee wrote:
I'm eyeing the Pentax Optio WP. $350 and waterproof for up to 30
minutes of submersion. Maybe ...

I would have bought one of those if it didn't require a nonstandard battery.

Does look like a very nice gizmo, but I don't like the tendency these days
to produce P&S digitals without optical viewfinders. The monitors are OK
indoors and on overcast days, but most don't cut it outdoors in the sun.

JR

Charles Crolley wrote:
Clumsy ******* that I am, I refuse to take my wife's
god-awful-expensive digital camera out on one of my fishing
expeditions.

Can anyone recommend an inexpensive (like under $120) digital camera
I
could buy just to stick in my vest and not freak out if I dropped it
into the river?

Thanks.

Or, you could do what Frank Reid did and buy a good one that is water
proof. He had a post here awhile back on his new toy. Popular opinion
was for him to dunk it to verify that it's water proof BEFORE the
warrantee expires.