Re: paleonet Digital Cameras for Field?

[David Waugh <dwaugh@xxxxxxxx>]

Tom, I use a Nikon D100 (D70 would be the more current model). It has been in the heat and sand of Baja, saltwater in Florida, and lots of things in-between. It has worked flawlessly. There is no specific need to protect the camera, like the K1000, you just use it.

-David

On Dec 12, 2005, at 6:52 PM, TomDeVrie@aol.com wrote:

I've started to use a digital camera in the field for sed and fossil pictures, but have discovered that the lens apparatus doesn't hold up as well in the dusty, windy, Peruvian desert as my 25-year-old Pentax K1000.

Underwater cases exist for some digital cameras, but at $250, they cost almost twice as much as the 4-megapixel camera itself.

Has anyone on paleonet invented or discovered a good work-around that allows a digital camera to be used in the field without getting the electronics or lens mechanism ruined by airborne dust?

Tom DeVries