Thread: Decent Point and Shoot camera

A large chain Wharehouse type store (Costco) has been selling a Panasonic Lumix DMC-Z19 for US$200 so I bought one on a whim last year. It is the same as the DMC-Z20 sans the GPS. They are both made in Japan with Lecia lens' and have outstanding optics from wide angle to 20x optical zoom.

My camera was fully submerged in the Clinton River while fishing in Fiordland National Park one warm day about 8 weeks ago. I turned it on and took a photo and thought "we'll &$@ me, this &$@er, is &$@ed ! It was water logged - no surprise there.

I took out the battery and SD card so the camera turned off in the on position with the lens open and extended and left the battery cover open - then clipped it to the side of my fishing bag for the rest of the day. It was warm with a nice breeze so I thought why not try and dry it out ?

The camera fully recovered in 48 hours and I have been using it since that day as if nothing happened.

I cannot say the same for my iPhone4 that did a full cycle through the washing machine last Sunday morning. Listen to the opening line of the song Sunday Morning Coming Down and you will understand the mishap with the phone !!