BR, I shoot with a Panasonic DMC FZ18 these days, an FZ7 before that. I got the camera for the telephoto, since I take a lot of wildlife shots. It is a digital, but is NOT waterproof. The key to using a non-waterproof camera is to NOT DROP IT IN THE WATER. I keep it cased.

The latest one-handed, no-place-to-set-it brown trout photo:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...wn07292008.jpg