OK - I might consider using this a bit more often - probably in
shallow pools along the shoreline.  

Don't know that I'd be game to fully submerge it, though......


Cheers

Brian

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Brian Walters
Western Sydney, Australia


Quoting David Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> The IQZoom90WR was a pretty good camera for a P&S.  If I recall, it
> does 
> double-exposures, and interval exposures (one shot every xx 
> seconds/minutes/hours).  And it's just about the most weatherproof
> P&S 
> zoom out there (at least a few years ago it was).  You can
> carefully 
> operate it underwater (I know; I've done it), but don't zoom it
> whilst 
> underwater.  It can withstand one meter submersion for 30 minutes,
> if I 
> recall.  But be sure it doesn't turn itself off or zoom while
> underwater 
> as that will suck water into it.  Obviously it's not marketed as an
> 
> underwater camera, so attempt this at your own risk!  ...but it's
> been 
> done.  The front element is supposedly a scratch-resistant glass,
> and I 
> have found it to be quite durable.  If there is a weakspot its that
> the 
> remote can be dislodged with a little force.
> 
> For a rough-and-tumble camera that can operate under the worst 
> weather/dust conditions, the IQZoom90WR really is something.
> 
> 
> 



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