Bought an Olympus 790 sw for next year.
- shock proof from a 5 foot fall
- water proof to 10 feet
- freeze proof to 14 degree
- sand/dust proof (kinda a given if its water proof )
- 5.35 oz with battery and card
Will be taking it on this weeks backpack trip to see how it does at taking photos. One nice thing is it has a idiot menu that explains what the different modes do to your photos, so yo cant really mess things up.
The sales people took the display model and threw it to the ground, then smack it on the counter - took more abuse from them then any of my cameras have seen on a hike, still it worked without a problem.
I will miss my "real" camera on the thru-hike but for size, weight and durability this camera seems to be the way to go.
Here is a link for those that might be looking around for a camera also:
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...p?product=1314