After a long hike last weekend in warmer than expected weather I accidentally left my small digital camera in a lower pocket of my cargo pants. Since everything was soaked with perspiration I immediately did a load of wash. It wasn't until I was transferring the clothes to the dryer that I noticed something heavier in the pants. The LCD viewfinder on the back of the camera looked like a fishbowl, about half full of water.
I liked the camera, a Panasonic Lumix so I am looking at newer versions of the same camera. A couple of surprises. The original camera was 5 years old and the current model in the same range is now waterproof to 60 feet under water and is shockproof (dropped) safe up to 6 feet.
A waterproof camera is something I'm interested in for kayaking obviously. It also takes HD video as well as stills with over twice the pixels as my old camera. I had been looking at the HERO camera which is more oriented to video than stills, but in the same price range.
A bit more looking at reviews, etc is in order before deciding. The HERO is used by many kayakers to record their adventures and there are numerous YouTube videos to look at.
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