"Tristan" wrote in message ...
My friend has that same camera. He bought i mainly for use n the boat
as things usually get wet out on the Gulf......he also snorkels in
and around the Jettys etc and uses it, and the pics come out just
fine. IIRC he said its rated for like 10 feet, but he has bounced to
over 25 feet with it, and it did not leak, but the light was
insufficient for a decent pic too.

Exactly what I was thinking of... Think of sunbathing on the beach.
Sand, water splash, and of course snorkeling - this is not a place
for an expensive camera which can be destroyed by sand/water.

I took to the beach my Samsung digital camera with zoom lenses
protected with some closing flap in front - after one trip some sand
get into the lenses mechanism and the flap is getting stucked.
And of course you can see this camera is NOT to be wet.