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11-12-2008, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Philadelphia
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Originally Posted by kenyee
You just have to be willing to venture away from the mainstream Nikon/Canon. 
Pentax K10D's can be had on fleabay for $350 after the live cashback and you just have to pair it up w/ a $700 DA*50-135 lens to make it splashproof. People have done demos where they run the setup under a kitchen sink for a while and they've been dropped in mud and they keep shooting.
Olympus's DSLR system is also weatherized. |
SLRs are great. I own a K10D with few lenses, and yes it is sealed better than many comparably priced d-SLR cameras.
I don' know why anyone would take one in or even near the surf. That's why they make waterproof housings (which will cost more than the camera), and waterproof compact digitals.
I hear the Nikon D3 is sealed pretty well, and the magnesium body is less likely to crack if you drop it on a rock. The perfect fishing camera if you ask me. I wonder when we'll see Ashton in waders?
I'll stick to my Optio W70 for fishing use. Works just fine. |
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11-12-2008, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Cape Cod, MA
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Great thread.
I have been thinking about this a lot lately. I have seen so many awesome pictures online and been out a few times and wished I had a camera to take some shots. I have already got the wife thinking about getting me a cheap digital to keep in my bag that never goes in the water.
Thanks
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11-12-2008, 03:11 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Boston, PRofMA
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Originally Posted by wheresmy50
I don' know why anyone would take one in or even near the surf.
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For better photos for a book like Zeno's :-)
That said, I'd feel safer w/ a W30 or 770SW if there's any chance of dropping it in the water... |
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03-29-2009, 12:47 PM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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Just got the pentax optio W60, here's a few from yesterday. Jury still out on the camera, but so far, so good...
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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03-29-2009, 02:02 PM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,506
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
Just got the pentax optio W60, here's a few from yesterday. Jury still out on the camera, but so far, so good...
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nice form on your son, you can sit in the rocking chair now. |
May fortune favor the foolish....
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03-29-2009, 05:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Onset
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
Just got the pentax optio W60, here's a few from yesterday. Jury still out on the camera, but so far, so good...
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Sweet, got my own camera man now. |
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03-29-2009, 07:59 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Framingham, MA, USA
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Last year I got the Pentax Optio w 30 and have been happy with it. The pictures do not come out as clear as my wife's Cannon Power Shot, but it seems like you have to loose some detail if you want a waterproof camera, and built in zoom. It is small and easy to carry, not too bulky.
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