If you want to take photos from your kayak, you’ll want a waterproof camera that’s easy to operate. I certainly wouldn’t recommend taking you expensive SLR 🙂
I have search a bit on the net, and apparently there are only two producers of simple waterproof digital cameras: Pentax and Olympus.
Pentax Optio W10
A 6 Mpixel camera, image size is 2816×2112 pixels. It has 3x optical zoom.
Waterproof until a depth of 1,5m for up to 30 minutes.
It can also record video in 640×480 pixels at 30 fps, e.g., almost TV quality.This is the camera I have.
Pentax Optio W20
A newer version of the Option W10, now 7 Mpixel, image size is up to 3072×2304 pixels. It has 3x optical zoom.
It is waterproof up to a depth of 1,5m for up to 30 minutes.
It can also record video in 640×480 pixels at 30 fps, e.g., almost TV quality.
Olympus µ 720SW
This is a 7 Mpixel camera, image size up to 3072 x 2304 pixels. It has 3x optical zoom.
It is waterproof up to a depth of 3m and can withstand a fall from a height of up to 1.5m.
It records video in 640×480 pixels at 15 fps.
Olympus µ 725 SW
A newver version of the Olympus
µ 720SW. It is a 7 Mpixel camera with 3x optical zoom.
It is waterproof up to a depth of 5m, can withstand a fall from a height of up to 1.5m.
It records video in 640×480 pixels at 15 fps.