Waterproof Digital Cameras

A waterproof digital camera is a great item to have if you love to take pictures and spend significant time outdoors in the elements (or like to take pictures in the shower, but that's a whole other website).

There is a waterproof digital camera on the market for nearly every purpose, whether you want to take pictures on your camping/fishing trip or at the local wet T-shirt contest (again, that's another website).

Depending on the specifics of the digital waterproof camera that you choose you can expect to pay anywhere from $200 to $600. A waterproof digital camera will take pictures as well as a standard camera, but it won't require you to store it in a plastic bag or waterproof box when you go whitewater rafting. It is also able to take pictures in the rain.

Most waterproof digital cameras are fairly sturdy and can take a good amount of abuse without significant damage. Dropping it out of your pocket may not harm it, but hitting it with a sledgehammer will. I strongly discourage hitting any digital camera with a sledgehammer, whether it is waterproof of not. Most digital cameras will break under such conditions. If you find one that won't, please let me know. I will likely buy it. I'm clumsy and tend to do stupid things that causes my high priced electronics to break.

Do you own a digital waterproof camera? If so, I'd like to know what kind you have, how much you paid for it and how you like your waterproof digital camera.

Olympus Stylus 850 SW Waterproof Digital Camera

The Olympus 850 SW waterproof digital camera is a good digital waterproof camera and sells for about $239. It is a good little digital camera that is waterproof even though it doesn't look like it is.

The good side of this camera is that it is small, affordable and waterproof.

On the downside, the pictures that it takes are not as good as they could be.

All-in-all, the Olympus 850 SW is a decent choice in an inexpensive waterproof digital camera.