The Ultimate Digital Camera Guide
Do you know what the best advice is for buying a digital camera? Apart from following your own common sense, the next best thing you can do is become informed. Read as much as you can about digital cameras, both pros and cons. Especially the cons.
While it's easy, to find out how great a camera may be, you really need to focus on the negatives as well. Instead of using the camera with the most glowing reviews as a guide, why not focus on the camera with the least negative reviews. You need to consider both sides of the coin, as any honest digital camera guide will explain.
There are several models out there, but my favorite choice would have to be the Olympus Stylus 790SW waterproof, shock proof, dust proof, and freeze proof. The 790SW is the successor the the 770SW, which is still available, but a little harder to find.
You can generally find any cameras manual in an online format, by simply Googling the manufacturers website. Reading camera reviews and articles from well respected websites can then help you determine which of those specifications are meaningful.
The other nice thing about the 790SW, is it's all around durability. This has got to be one of the toughest cameras out there. Dropping it from 5 feet or less has no affect on the sensitive internal workings. Why more cameras aren't built this way I have no idea.
Not only can you take you take pictures under the water, you can take it out in the snow with no worries as well. Temperatures as low as 14 degrees Fahrenheit, or -10 degrees Celsius won't damage the camera. I'm more of a warm weather fan myself.
Friends of ours recently used their 790SW at one of those indoor water slide parks. They shot a video while hurtling through one of those big blue tubes from beginning to final submersion at the bottom.
It's a pretty trippy clip as the light streams through the semi-translucent tube and the riders pitch to and fro. Definitely a fun camera. Some slight sacrifice in image quality are completely outweighed by the fun factor under these circumstances.
While there are some other quirky / novelty waterproof cameras, (GoPro Digital HERO 3 Sports Wrist Camera and the Jazz Waterproof 3 In 1), none match the Olympus 790SW in terms of quality and durability.
It still takes pretty darn good pictures and videos even in non waterproof environments. But, if you do feel a need to swim with the sharks, or follow in the footsteps of Indiana Jones, the 790SW is the sidekick for you.
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