Waterproof Camera
Most of us have had scary moments with our camera’s proximity to water on holiday.
Well, worrying about dropping your camera in the pool or it getting splashed could be a thing of the past.
Pentax have brought out a 7 mega pixel compact digital camera that is water resistant to 1.5 meters depth (they say for 30 minutes?!). I have read reviews by people who have used it to take underwater photo’s and have been extremely pleased with both the results and the camera’s appearance. It isn’t recommended for ‘serious’ underwater photography such as when diving, but it will certainly withstand the odd pool-side splash or tumble in the waves when trying to get close-up action shots of your kids, or being used in a tropical downpour.
The camera has a built in image stabiliser – but I’m not sure how effective that is, and you will need to get a memory stick and case as it comes with neither. Although the retail recommended price is £230 you can get one through Amazon’s marketplace for around £140, which I don’t think is too bad a price.
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