Well, you guys are missing some of the value here, which is that you can use this cam iery bad weather without fear of breaking the cam. So, rain, sleet, snow, etc. For example, how about taking this thing skiing? Now you can drop it in the snow, be out there in a total snow storm, etc., without issue. Anyway, I wouldn't completely discount the value of this b/c of the 5' thing.
I agree that the value is more in being weatherproof than waterproof. I'd imagine any pics or video taken underwater wouldn't look very good anyway.
What I'd really like to see is a camera/camcorder with a "transformer" form factor that would look like a camera in photo mode and a camcorder in video mode. People make assumptions about what you are doing based on what the device looks like. Whenever I take photos with my camcorder I have to tell my subjects to "hold still I'm taking a photo." When I record a movie with my camera I have to say "you can move around, it's a video!"
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BayTaper.com @ May 22nd 2007 8:43PM
Well, you guys are missing some of the value here, which is that you can use this cam iery bad weather without fear of breaking the cam. So, rain, sleet, snow, etc. For example, how about taking this thing skiing? Now you can drop it in the snow, be out there in a total snow storm, etc., without issue. Anyway, I wouldn't completely discount the value of this b/c of the 5' thing.
Mark @ May 22nd 2007 9:01PM
I agree that the value is more in being weatherproof than waterproof. I'd imagine any pics or video taken underwater wouldn't look very good anyway.
What I'd really like to see is a camera/camcorder with a "transformer" form factor that would look like a camera in photo mode and a camcorder in video mode. People make assumptions about what you are doing based on what the device looks like. Whenever I take photos with my camcorder I have to tell my subjects to "hold still I'm taking a photo." When I record a movie with my camera I have to say "you can move around, it's a video!"