Hi, Mike:
I usually feel overshadowed by the expertise in this group, but I would
advocate something like the Olympus 720SW in the absence of any better
advice that may well be forthcoming. I do a fair amount of sailing and
canoeing and bought the 720 this summer because I wanted to start
sailboarding. I wrecked an OM stylus clamshell digital doing a rescue off a
sailboat about five years ago. I didn't remember the camera in my pocket
until I was in the air and about to hit the water...oh, well.
I really like its compact size and features. I have the OM1,2,4s and
have a Nk S6 compact digital that I bought before I saw the 720 but when I
saw the 720 was waterproof to 10 feet I bought it as well. It has become my
goto compact digital because of this waterproof feature alone, although I am
very happy with how its other features stack up with the competition.
Your ziplock bag idea is excellent and is what I do as well. I use the
double-wide, heavy plastic zip locks for any cameras I carry or pack. I am
also very pleased with my waterproof map and gear bags that I get from
Altrec http://www.altrec.com/shop/detail/6305/
These bags are a bit tricky to open but are the best bags I have seen for
water -proofness and toughness in either the small, camera, GPS-radio size
or the larger gear sizes. The company also makes a clear plastic version in
several of the sizes.
Olympus has a nice FAQ page on the 720 at
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_support_faqs.asp?id=1225#top
Let us hear from you on your final choice... and bring on the Pics!!
As Ever,
Orin Keplinger
near Chicago
orink@xxxxxxx
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From: <USHER99@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 21:32
Subject: [OM] The Boss has spoken: compact/robust solution required: P&S
gurus please help
>
> Will be going on partial Zuiko trip to Mallorca and riding trip in
> Aragon.
> Must lug all the horse stuff and Mike's last year's Zuiko policy
> characterized by Marnie as "no child left behind" will have to go.
> Have typically only used (hack, hack), " Koduck HQ" disposables in saddle
> bag or carried in zip lock bag. We have been on 6 or so of these and have
> seen
> much stuff lost during gallops, etc. Worst case scenarios: one year it
> rained buckets all day. We brought "rain gear" though not of the type for
> 9 hours
> on horseback with a continuous deluge. The only thing dry was my cheapo
> cam. in the zip lock bag. Rarely can get soaked as well crossing streams
> or
> galloping across inlets (low tide). I've floated off a horse swimming
> before
> trying to keep my boots dry. Realistically, being as Type A as I am,
> chance of
> losing the item I would estimate in the 2% range per trip.
>
> Will typically have a nice OM kit (for both of us) in the van that meets
> us
> for lunch, though often wished to have better gear during the day. Saw
> that
> Oly has a shockproof, H20 proof Dig. Stylus, though seems overkill (and
> expensive) for a limited application. I do have a Nik*n Cool pix 3200 I
> obtained free (NIB). I did not like a friends that I had tried due to
> crummy VF and
> shutter lag and have not even opened it. It has a fair amount of linear
> distortion as well, though how it compares to what I had been using is
> not
> clear. Only very occasionally would anything be made larger than 5X7 for
> these
> shots. Film is fine too in my book for this application. Thanks in
> advance for
> any suggestions. Hopefully I'll get a couple shots to post.
> Mike
>
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