harsh environments was re nikonos iv etc etc in article apr leland stanford edu brett glass glass leland stanford edu writes this posting reminded me about a long standing question i ve had does it pay to consider an underwater camera for pictures taken on land but in harsh environments e g rain snow heat cold mud dust or are the lenses etc all tuned for the refractive index of water i have had a nikon l aw since unfortunately it is no longer made it is a p s sealed to resist water to a depth of feet it is not really an underwater camera but it has been great in wet and dusty conditions it takes aa batteries hooray it has the solid heavy feel of old style nikons and has taken all the abuse i have been able to give it this includes a lot of water rain river and sea desert and beach sand as well as being used as a weapon against a mugger shouting and swinging the camera by the strap didn t scare the mugger away hitting him with the flying camera did this is my never be without a camera camera the current water resistant sport touch i think is the name model is nothing like as solid or well sealed don mackie his opinions
