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cameras, waterproof worth it? 17-Sep-2008 At 12:58:27 PM Alex
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I used to have the first waterproof digital released, the Pentax Optio WR33, it was pretty much bulletproof, and took it everywhere on land and water and nothing could kill it, until a few weeks ago it finally stopped working. Originally it used to shed water off the lens pretty well, but I never kept it in a case of any kind and eventually the coating on the lens wore off so any water tended to stay on it instead of beading and falling off.

I've now replaced it with the newest one in the same line, the Pentax Optio W60. Seems about as tough and a lot more waterproof, this time i'm going to try and protect the lens so the coating lasts, something as simple as keeping it in a sock should help.

I can definitely recommend getting a tougher/waterproof camera, especially a smaller one as you just tend to always have it on hand when you just might want it.

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