<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm also in the market for a new digital camera for an '08 thruhike ... I'm currently spoiled by my digital SLR which I love but which is just too big and heavy. The new digital cameras available out there change monthly, which means people's opinions and reviews from even a year or two ago are out of date, which is frustrating. For instance, I think the Canon S80 is a great camera, but it's been discontinued.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>This Olympus camera, which is supposedly water-proof, shock-proof, freeze-proof, dust-proof, and drop-proof, and is also small and light, is pretty interesting, but I don't have personal experience with it:</div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1314">http://olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1314</a></font></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I'm also looking at this Canon camera, which is much heavier and more expensive (and not , but has more of the features of my SLR that I'm afraid I'll miss having:<br><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=144&modelid=15669">http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=144&modelid=15669</a></font></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>But anyway, I'd also be interested to hear what people like using. And also, is it hard enough to protect a camera on the PCT that you'd want one of those everything-proof cameras?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Laura</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Message: 15</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:23:15 +0000</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: rizzo rizzo <<a href="mailto:rizzo1riz@hotmail.com">rizzo1riz@hotmail.com</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: [pct-l] camera</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To: Pct lov1 <<a href="mailto:pct-l@backcountry.net">pct-l@backcountry.net</a>>, <<a href="mailto:pct-l-request@backcountry.net">pct-l-request@backcountry.net</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:BAY133-W14B55D3CFD8E8D2DFFBB7CEB3D0@phx.gbl">BAY133-W14B55D3CFD8E8D2DFFBB7CEB3D0@phx.gbl</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Whats a good camera, that 07'ers liked, looking 4 a new digi camera????</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Rizz0</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_________________________________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail?-get your "fix".</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx">http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------- next part --------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">URL: <a href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/attachments/20080121/ca9f4580/attachment-0001.html">http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/attachments/20080121/ca9f4580/attachment-0001.html</a></div></div></div></body></html>