shopping for a digicam part 2
Looks like the Canon S80 is out. It looks and feels like a small brick. The lumix LX-1 looks and feels better, even though it weighs about the same. The only sucky thing is that it doesn’t have an underwater housing. I did research alternatives, such as ewa-marine’s plastic bags, but a hard case is preferable.
I did check out the Olympus SP350, and it is quite a stunning camera. Quite compact, though a bit squarish. It doesn’t have wide-angle, and I’ve heard that it lags a bit (the menus did, when we tried it out that time). But it does have a underwater casing, and some cool features like a flash hotshoe.
The best way is to buy a similarly sized underwater casing for the LX-1 and hack it to make it adapt to the LX-1’s controls, but so far I haven’t seen anyone do that.
Oh well, suggestions are welcome.
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