Recommendations on waterproof digital camera?

[BojiGirl]

Would like a waterproof digital camera for our trip to St John in July. Any suggestions? Don't want to spend over $200 or so, that probably makes it more difficult. Thanks! Kim

[lprof]

We do not have an underwater camera, so the many camera discussions on this forum have been interesting as we look ahead. A month or so ago the following quote was made. The link referenced is very through; it may be helpful to you.

I saw some underwater pictures taken with the Canon D10 (posted on this forum) and decided to research my own camera. I just got back today and looked at the pictures I took with my new Canon D10; on my 58" plasma,some of the underwater pictures are stunning. The best pictures were those taken on the several sunny days we had. The pictures did not have as much pop on the overcast days.

I found the website and article below when researching underwater cameras. This is a long article but you need to cycle through the pages by clicking through the "next" button at the bottom of each page (easily missed if you look at the page quickly). Hope it helps.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Q209waterproofgroup/

[jmq]

Indeed, the Canon D10 for less than $300 is pretty impressive.