Parker,

I have heard some stories ranging from funny to semi horrifying for the naive that have left their cameras in the trusted watch of 'friends'. I wish I could tell you here some of the ones I've heard about. Later for that.

I agreee with you completely about the water/moisture thing and cameras! That's why I went against my grain and purchased the special extended warranty from Best Buy, where I got this cam. These are usually over-priced insurance policies. But in this case, for $59.95 I got a 4 year plan the includes free cam cleaning, and so importantly for a fisherman, also total new camera replacement for any unrepairable damage regardless of fault. I thought that this package was a bargain, unlike most other ones of it's type.

But I will consider the additional battery and memory card issues. But if I transfer pics out of the card and into another storage area, isn't close to a 100 picture capacity with what I have enough for 1 or 2 day fishing trips? Ooooooh, that's where you are coming from! You know I usually catch more than 50 fish a day; so need the extra capacity.

Actually, this does have a 40 second movie feature that takes 15 pics per second. That's 600 hundred pics. So I would assume it a necessity for the big memory cards to be able to use that function?

Steve