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sturdy digi camera

  • 29-08-2004 2:36am
    #1
    chewy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭


    had a coopix 950 good camera like it looked the part, well it was my brothers but i always adopt the gadgets he buys and doens't use...used it loads great fun... you know that little twisty button the top, it broke, stopped working over time kaput.... twa bought in america.. so little hope in fixing it... well i looked round seemed seemed dammed expensive to fix rather then just get a new one... so i though hmm i don't have the money to get new camera, ill get last years model of the coolpix seeing i like it know how to use it... so put a want ad in buyandsell and get a mail pretty quick turned out to be older rich business man who'd just get a newer camera and didn't need this one anymore sold it to me for 200e last year twas happy with that, used it a cpuple of times, then yes believe what you read iwas talking photos in the rain,cos i wante to take photos of in/the rain...etc and afaik water got in under the twisty btton thingy.. and it stopped qorking... i know im careless..stupid!... is there such thing as study digi camera?... something with no fecky little buttons or switches that break... whats a brand that could be fixed easily of i "paulled" it... how long woud you expect a digital camera to last...


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  • #2
    rymus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    well I dunno about waterproof, but my canon powershot s30 has been out in its fair share of rain and it's still working. There aren't really any fiddly buttons; small slider for the zoom, ring for choosing shooting mode and a couple of buttons on the back. Best thing is it's an all aluminium body so it takes the knocks well. Mine has survived a few bad falls onto various surfaces that I'm quite sure would have killed lesser cameras outright. It's heavier than a plastic body camera obviously but thats the price we pay for a bit more sturdyness I suppose.

    afaik, there is the s30, the s45 and the s50. Mine is 3.2MP, the top of the range being 5MP. Bloody good camera though (if only I could remember where I put the charger :( )


  • #3
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,540 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    I had the Canon Powershot S30 till it got stolen, it had some bad falls and continued to work fine till it was stolen :(
    I now have a Canon Powershot S50, more or less same layout and build and I ain't left it fall yet :)


  • #4
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,549 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    The Pentax Optio 33WR and 43WR are two sturdy little cameras which are water and dust resistant. I have the 43WR and would recommend it.
    -Picture quality is about average for a 4 mp camera
    -It has an excellent movie mode (640x480 @30 fps with sound until memory card is full)
    -It has an excellent macro mode (can take pics as close as 1 cm IIRC)
    -it uses AA batteries and battery life is pretty good

    review here:
    http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/O43WR/O43A.HTM

    BrianD3


  • #5
    chewy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭chewy


    hoy does that _look_ ugly and cheap, how do they think putting brright stickers on a camera will make it look of more quality?


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