Dave Bunnell wrote:It's easy to tell people they should have a manual camera but the problem is that these waterproof models are so darn convenient for the caving environment that people are going to see them as the optimal camera for caving. However, NONE of them currently offered gives manual control over shutter or aperture, to my knowledge. Some of them at least give you manual focus and white balance. So a good digital slave in combination with one of these would be a great setup for wet caving.
Yeah, this kinda sucks. I was actually thinking of replacing my Nikon 3200 with an Optio W10 until I read this thread (since one reason for wanting to replace it is the damn double-flash that can't be disabled).
I don't have aspirations to take awesome photos, but I want some ability to get photos that actually turn out, which is (apparently) hard with the current small-and-light digicams... I guess they are being optimized for the (rather larger) wet-outdoors market
It would sure be nice if something like the Optio W10 or Stylus 720SW would add just enough manual controls to enable better low-light performance.