TroutLegend

My 2 cents….

I’ve been shooting dSLR for about 5 years now. My first camera was an 8MP Olympus E-300 that I trudged around the country, through rainforests, dropped in mud, almost fell down mountains with. It was a 2005 model, older camera, but it took wonderful pictures and was wonderfully rugged….Here’s a couple of shots it took…


These were with the kit lenses, UV filter, polarizer. Nothing fancier than a tripod, some minimal photoshop work. I loved the e-300, but it finally gave out after 3.5 years of hard work.

After much debate, before I went to Peru, I decided on the Canon EOS40D, another wonderful camera with the EF-S 17-85mm lens. Wonderful camera that I have not hesitated to bring up with me to the Salmon River and play around with quite a bit this year (it’s got rained and snowed on a bit, some mud here and there)…



Again, takes wonderful shots, does have the live view (honestly, I don’t use it…don’t really find much of a need to, viewfinder is nice, big and clear)…I’ve found that most new camera’s with the magnesium body do an excellent job of keeping drips here and there. My 40D has gotten quite wet a few times, especially when I took it down to Peru in the Amazon basin…no ill effects.

You may also want to look into the Olympus E-lines – the E-520, E-3, E-30, I think a few of them do indeed offer the weatherproofing at a reasonable price (1100-1300)….

I have no issue with my camera now, I’ll probably stay with Canon and keep my point and shoot (Olympus 720sw) which is great for underwater shots of releasing fish and such.