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Message # 17958.2.1.1

Subject: Another camera to consider...

Date: Tue 30/08/05 09:21:41 GMT

Name: FountainFrolic

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Hi there. Thanks for all you've contributed to the community. You and Jennifer are great, its fun to see a couple enjoying wetlook and each other as you obviously do.

Canon cameras are great - certainly not a bad choice, but I have an Olympus that I think you should take a look at too. The Olympus Stylus 410 is a 4MP, just like the Canon you're looking at. I've used one for a couple years now, and like it a lot. The big advantage is that it has a ruggedized metal housing with rubber seals at all openings, and is sold as an "all weather, splash-proof" design. You can't immerse it in water, but I think had it gotten splashed the way yours did on your recent trip, it would have likely survived. I bought mine on eBay, but directly from Olympus, who sells factory refurbished cameras with warrantees there. Here's a listing that ends soon and is only at $160 so far:

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLYMPUS-Stylus-410-Digital-All-Weather-Camera-Warranty_W0QQitemZ7541558396QQcategoryZ30016QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

In addition, once you're ready, there IS an OEM underwater housing available also, which allows all controls to be operated on the camera.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Olympus-PT-016-Underwater-Housing-Stylus-300-400-410_W0QQitemZ7541229367QQcategoryZ15215QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hope this helps...

-FF-

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Re: Re: The black outfit is now available.

By tdouty - tdouty@yahoo.com Tue 30/08/05 08:57:56 GMT

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Thanks Juan. It's much appreciated. Wait until you see the skirt and sweater sets. My son has a Canon Powershot and I think Nigel recommended a Canon as well. I'm thinking about a Canon Powershot A520, which I found for $199+$40 for a 512 Meg card. My complact flash is worthless since this uses different memory. The waterproof housing is another $250 if we can get it sometime. I'd like to have a remote control, but I don't see many cameras I'm interested in that have that available. If I can get enough donations, the camera should come soon. I plan on replacing my mom's camera with some cash I have set asside for emergencies. We sure love water, but this was a bad encounter with it :-(. We have to be more careful next time.

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Re: The black outfit is now available.

By Juan - Tue 30/08/05 07:45:25 GMT

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wow great thank you.Tod, jenn I love your photos, so I will contribute to your camera, I will send the money on thursday

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The black outfit is now available.

By tdouty - tdouty@yahoo.com Tue 30/08/05 06:27:02 GMT

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I just finished uploading the pictures from out trip of Jennifer in the black outfit. This was a fun day because I got to bury Jennifer in sand in her wet clothes. I enjoyed this too much. Afterwards, she rinsed off in the ocean. When we got back to the camper, we discovered an outdoor shower by the restroom. This was quite handy to rinse the saltwater out of our clothes :-). Enjoy.

I haven't had anybody inquire about the Paypal account or give a donation towards a camera. I have had one very gracious offer by a fellow member here to let us use a very nice camera until we can get one of our own. The optimal situation would be to have one of our own so if we get it wet, it's our own problem, but this is an option. We currently have over 1100 pictures online and they all have been free to everyone. If you would like to donate towards a camera so we can continue posting pictures, go to http://www.paypal.com and send the donation to tdouty@yahoo.com. Thanks.

The next set of pictures is at http://community.webshots.com/user/tdouty2007 (Black outfit)

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