Originally Posted by rltipton

This is a bit lower tech than most of those, but I got a Polaroid t833 last year and I wish I had it when I was on a team. It fits in your pocket, it's light, waterproof, tough, takes awesome photos and video. I love it. It's perfect for a hike. It takes some pretty amazingly good shots in low light and stop-action, plus video/sound quality is very good. If I ever tear it up I will definitely buy another one.

The only downsides to it are that it does not use off the shelf batteries (it has a removeable battery pack with a charger it fits into). Also for me it has too many adjustments to choose from. I would personally like it better if it only had like 4 settings because I'm not on top of the pro photo stuff too much anymore.

Folks who like the manual cameras might like this one though. Instead of turning the lens dial to set aperture you do it with a digital button...they are all there.

http://products.polaroid.com/product...54.61271.0.0.0

Also, if you are looking for a nice video camera for carrying easily, check ot the ipod Nano. I gave my wife on for Christmas and that little thing takes some excellent quality video...way better than I would have expected. You guys may know about it already, but I don't keep up with technology too much. haha

Be safe,
Randy