How many times have you seen this: your Camelbak reservoir spilling all the water and soaking all your backpack, including your last generation mobile phone. Your precious little digital camera swimming in you pocket because of the rain (that’s why you should have bought a waterproof digital camera, or a better coat!). You kid using […]

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I’ve recently written about the robust all-sports camera. The one presented here takes a different approach: a practical and quick operation. While is also designed for sport usage, it stands out for having a strap that you attach to your wrist. You carry it in the flat position and you flip it up […]

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Need a cheap waterproof camera? Are you afraid of damaging your precious gadgets on the beach? OverBoard, a manufacturer of waterproof products from the UK has launched a new line of waterproof cases specially designed for cameras, phones, MP3, PSP and so on.
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Sanyo’s new Xacti VPC-E1 is capable of recording digital video and taking photos over or under water. Some of its features are:

640×480 pixel video at 30 fps.
6 Megapixel photos.
5x Optical Zoom.
2.5″ LCD display.
Up to five feet underwater for up to 30 minutes.

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Olympus Stylus 770sw: the all-sports camera

The Xacti VPC-E1 won’t be available until June […]

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On January I wrote a post about the Olympus Stylus 720SW, claiming that it was a water sports camera. The new Stylus 770SW takes a step beyond. In addition to being a water camera, it wants to be your all-sports camera. See it for yourself:

Shockproof: drop it from 5ft if you want.
Waterproof: up to 33 […]

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