Underwater digital camera

[KTinTX]

Another D10 user here. I got mine the week they came out last year, which was just a few weeks before our first STJ trip. It performed amazingly. In fact, on our upcoming trip with the kids I'm going to leave my Nikon DSLR at home. I love having that big camera along, but it really was a bit of a chore with all the sand/water and we travel via carryon, so that made it even harder.

I might have my wife throw her little Canon digital Elph in her purse, but the D10 should be just fine on it's own.

[KTinTX]

OH....I forgot to mention with the D10 and saltwater you do need to soak the camera in fresh water after every beach trip. I would do this every night in the bathroom sink at the villa. Just enough water to cover the camera...don't want to waste too much of that cistern water!

[Pote]

One important criteria for me in selecting any camera, but particurlarly the water resistant class of cameras is the memory card it uses. I have an investment in 8 and 16gb SD HC cards for my Nikon and Canon cameras, so I look carefully to be sure what the new camera will use. The Olymus camarea are just coming out in SD HC - they were XD format before, I believe. And some would take micro SD HC, but would not record movies onto the micros. Something for you to consider is what you already have and if that's not a big deal for you, what can your PC and TV/DVD plaper read as well. :^)

[Cochise86]

This is my personal experience from this past summer trip in STJ. I've been using a Finepix F30 with housing, bought at B&H, for 4 years now and wanted the "no housing" advantage and bought the Panasonic TS1. I preferred the TS1 over the Canon D10 for size and HD video possibilities. THe TS1 worked great for the first 7 days but...while visiting the "Baths" with Capt John and Palm Tree charters, the TS1 started malfunctioning and gave an error message with the battery and later stopped completely. As usual, this happened 2 minutes before a 10 foot nurse shark(huge!)sighting at Ginger Island. Turned out there was leakage into the battery compartment. Tried everything to dry it out, no success. Camera was returned to the dealer and it was repaired under warranty.
My lesson learned: although the "no housing" camera seems easier the big disadvantage is that you don't see the leakage coming. When the leakage happens, it's usually too late as with the housing, I always did the tryouts in the sink and triple checked for bubbles under water. If something is wrong you can quickly remove the camera and work the leak on the housing only...I followed all of the manufacturer'S recommendations and soaked the camera in soft water after each outing in the sea water. I have searched the various forums for such experience with the Canon D10 and haven't read anything similar...
Conclusion: I have bought a housing for the TS1...

[mrscherry2000]

I was leaning towards the D-10 as well until I read numerous reports on the leakage and that Canon didn't cover water damage (on a waterproof camera??!!)

Now I'm leaning towards a Olympus Stylus Tough-6020 Digital Camera.