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It’s a Pentax Optio W20 - a waterproof 7mp ultra-compact. Yep, waterproof.

Our criteria were (in order):

1. Significantly smaller and lighter than current camera.
2. Waterproof enough to survive the surf, wakeboarding and the snow.
3. Good low light photos.
4. No AA batteries.
5. 6 megapixels or more.

I nearly bought a Fuji F20 because all the reviews say that takes excellent low-light photos but I’d have had to buy a $200+ underwater case (rated to 20m+) to meet #2. The W20 was definitely more agreeable to our budget. It’s only rated to 1.5m but that’s all we need.

Here’s a review and this guy uses his when he’s kayaking - check out the cool Sticky Pod camera mount that he uses on his kayak. Wonder if that’d work on a snowboard?

So far it’s been easy to set up. It even has a user-programmable button (the green one), so I’ve set that to go straight to the white balance menu then the ISO menu, which will be handy in different light situations provided that we remember to use it.

We’re looking forward to seeing some great action photos out of it.