The Pentax Optio Waterroof line is the way to go for a compact fishing camera.
See http://www.h20camera.com/faq for lots of information
Enjoy
Max
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The Pentax Optio Waterroof line is the way to go for a compact fishing camera.
See http://www.h20camera.com/faq for lots of information
Enjoy
Max
Couldn't agree more.Quote:
Originally Posted by cholcomb13
I had one of the first generation Pentax waterproof cameras and loved it! I accidentally broke the LCD screen one day so I upgraded to the latest version...man, it's come a long way in the short time between the first and the current generation.
The early one was great and the current one is far better! While I mostly use it for fishing so I don't have to care if it gets wet, I've used it for underwater as well as low-light (museums and night shots) with very good results.
Since the lens is entirely inside the camera's body, you can press it up against a window/case to get rock-solid long exposure shots (museums, night shots, etc).
I also use its macro mode to take pics of bugs I've pulled off the water so I can study them later to figure out what flies might work better or to use as models for fly tying.
Here are links to a few shots I've taken with the first generation Pentax (the current model has higher resolution and some other nice improvements):
http://thwack.smugmug.com/photos/69697988-M.jpg
http://thwack.smugmug.com/photos/58156329-M.jpg
http://thwack.smugmug.com/photos/67804254-M.jpg
fish4trout
Check out my post on the Oldman river 16 Dec, Fishing reports, or any of the post with pics I have taken they are all with the Pentex OptioW30.
Love the camera, easy to use.
As another option you might try a waterproof camera case that allows you to take pics without removing the camera. Try searching on AQUAPAC.
How well does the Pentax Optio shoot in the Macro setting? That's very important to me because I like to shoot the invertebrates I tie.
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While I've heard complaints that I don't understand; these are from my Optio WP which is the 1st generation of the Pentax waterPROOF cameras.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ownSpinner.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...veStonefly.jpg
Trust me when I tell you I have absolutely no clue when it comes to photography and I didn't spend more than a second shooting these pixs. I just switched to the macro setting; focused and clicked.
That's certainly good enough for my needs. I'm keeping a photo album of bugs.
Thanks
I have the Olympus 790SW and have been well pleased.
Jeff