My wife and I have been using an older Pentax Optio WP1. It works just great but has been surpassed by leaps and bounds since we bought it. On our way to the Idaho Fish-In we discovered that the one item we forgot was the battery charger for the Pentax. Unable to find a new charger, we bought a new camera, not a Pentax. Very high tech, face recognition, drop/freeze/waterproof, huge megapixels compared to the old camera. I prefer the old camera. The controls are where I expect them to be on the old camera. When holding the new camera in a logical way, your fingers cover half the lens. Very uncomfortable for me to use.

I should have remembered what every pro photographer I've ever known told me. Pick a camera that feels right in your hands, everything else will fall into place.

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