Which is the best waterproof digital camera?

Answer 1

I use Case Logic for my camera and I love it! It's harder than the average case which provides more protection. I also like it because if you don't feel like holding it, it has a clip on the back so you can attatch it to your belt/belt loop. And if you don't want to do that, you can clip on the long neck strap, and wear it sort of like a necklace. Hope my info was helpful! -fastpitch_girl

Answer 2

Latest waterproof cameras are quite good. On very rare occasions they come faulty, but the same is with regular digital cameras.

If you want camera, that makes good quality pictures on land or underwater, then I would suggest to look into these three cameras: Sony TX5, Panasonic Lumix TS2 and Olympus Rough 8010.

And all three of them cost less than $300 on Amazon.

You just need to decide which features you need more:

Sony TX5 is waterproof to 10 ft, when Panasonic TS2 and Olympus Rough 8010 are both waterproof to 33ft. And Sony TX5 has got the lowest resolution from these three. It's just 10.2 megapixels. Panasonic and Olympus have a resolution of 14MP, which is quite a great difference.

All cameras are shock-, dust-, sand- and freeze-proof. But Olympus 8010 is also a crushproof and designed to withstand a weight up to 220 pounds.

Sony TX5 gives you the opportunity to capture panoramic pictures with it's Sweep Panorama feature. Your images are automatically stitched together, which gives you the extra-wide view of the scenery.

Olympus 8010 has got the panoramic shooting option too. It also comes with a built-in 2GB memory, which is more than most cameras available on the market.

Panasonic TS2 has a good quality video recording. Although all these cameras record video in HD format. But Panasonic TS2 seems to be the most expensive out of them.

But if you do not need waterproof camera right now, Sony are releasing a new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX10 in April 2011. It will have a resolution of impressing 16.2 megapixels. And it is going to be the first waterproof camera that can capture 3D still images. You can pre-order this camera and it costs $330.