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Kayaking camera
braveheart
06/10/05 9:36 AM GMT
i want to get my dad a camera that he can take on his kayak so who makes waterproof cameras with great image quality and easy to carry?
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I don't think you'll easily find a camera that is waterproof out of the box, however many popular cameras have add-on kits that put the camera inside a waterproof shell. I know that my Canon A520 has one.
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-caedes
Nikonus Cameras are really good and durable. You can also get a seaview. But what it really depends on is how mush are you willing to spend I would go here and look you might find something you are looking for as a referance- .http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home
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Like Caedes said, im pretty sure most of canon's camera's have waterproff cases you can buy. They are pretty pricy though.
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"A piece of toast with butter always lands butter side down, and a cat always lands on its feet. What happens if a piece of toast is tied butter side down to the back of a cat? Does it perpetually hover above the ground in indecision when dropped?"
thanks for the info, so which camera model do think would best suit a kayaker? It has to be small but with high pixel count.
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Take a look at the digital elphs by canon. They are all really small, and i think you can get some in that pixel range. I loved the one i had when it was only 2 mega pixels. They seem to be good cameras.
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"A piece of toast with butter always lands butter side down, and a cat always lands on its feet. What happens if a piece of toast is tied butter side down to the back of a cat? Does it perpetually hover above the ground in indecision when dropped?"
but zoom range is also something you probably want to consider as well, especially as there, some things will be very far away, and other times you will want a very wide angle shot. but of course as the zoom range goes up, so does the size.
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Good call Carl.
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"A piece of toast with butter always lands butter side down, and a cat always lands on its feet. What happens if a piece of toast is tied butter side down to the back of a cat? Does it perpetually hover above the ground in indecision when dropped?"
the most reasonable solution for us all is here. Make sure your camera fits the bag.
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"Shoot First, Ask Questions Later."
Before going to the link I thought that you had linked to a ziplock bag. =) I've previously used a ziplock bag and cheap p&s camera on a canoe trip. A bonus is that if you put a bit of air in the bag it will float if it happens to go overboard.
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-caedes
Go to www.dpreview.com on the first page they talk about the new water tight housing for the fuji f10 camera. which by the way the f10 is a nice little camera and in in a resonable price range.
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What kind of kayaking are we talking? If it's whitewater, I'd think you'd want something pretty rugged, like one of the solid sealed cases rather than a waterproof bag. At the same time, I'd guess you might want a reasonably inexpensive camera, due to getting knocked around, rough handling, getting lost, losing a seal, whatever. (That is, of course, unless you're completely loaded.) If you drop your megapixel requirement by one (4mp), the A520 caedes reccomended seems like a good choice, since the waterproof cases themselves are not cheap.
If you need more megapixels and don't mind the price, the Fuji prismmagic mentions is supposed to be good, or possibly the Canon S-series (S70/S60).
As an aside, I'm not aware of any non-DSLR digitals that would be totally "waterproof" without the special case or bag. There are a few Olympus and Pentax models that may be classified as waterproof, but are really only "splashproof". That is, they're probably fine if you get them wet, there's some sealing, but if it gets soaked/submerged, it's destroyed.
If you need more megapixels and don't mind the price, the Fuji prismmagic mentions is supposed to be good, or possibly the Canon S-series (S70/S60).
As an aside, I'm not aware of any non-DSLR digitals that would be totally "waterproof" without the special case or bag. There are a few Olympus and Pentax models that may be classified as waterproof, but are really only "splashproof". That is, they're probably fine if you get them wet, there's some sealing, but if it gets soaked/submerged, it's destroyed.
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