Potpourri

June, 2005

Slick when wetCameras and water have never been on the best of terms, digital cameras doubly so. Squeezing off subaqueous shots requires bulky aftermarket housings and other annoying special equipment. That explains why we're so jazzed by the Pentax OptioWP ($350, pentax.com), a five-megapixel point-and-shoot that combines the slim body and convenience of today's film-free snappers with waterproofing down to three feet. At that depth you won't exactly be the next Cousteau (or even Zissou), but i...